# Order of the Stick book 7 discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438 "2020-02-03T17:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/742 "2021-02-08T16:48:10Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > They can fly, don’t forget… Then why have a ladder?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/743 "2021-02-08T17:02:05Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Basically, it says “magic instant pot.” Instant Pot is a brand of multicooker, a combination of slow cooker and pressure cooker. This is news to me, since I’m a compleat non-chef. Anyway, my take is that the magic instant pot can cook things without needing a fire underneath. And there doesn’t seem to be one, although that’s not certain because the speech bubble from the panel below obscures where the fire would be. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/744 "2021-02-08T17:38:59Z")
They’re this generation’s crock pot, but they can supposedly (I don’t have one) do some other nifty things like frying and pressure cooking too. I figured Rich was making a pun, and tweaking the nose of his more observant readers. I’d use another teleporter for moving heavy stuff between levels. No idea why the ladder, except as maybe a piece of misdirection. Interesting that there’s _six_ sets of manacles. The Invisible Duo’s all set for my old Baldur’s Gate party to show up… The more I think about it, it looks like a living space for a neat adult, and a messier kid. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/745 "2021-02-08T17:46:23Z")
Looks like the Holey Brotherhood is finally entering the main story. I will gloat that I’ve been predicting this. ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/746 "2021-02-08T20:17:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Looks like the Holey Brotherhood is finally entering the main story. > > I will gloat that I’ve been predicting this Not a chance in Pandemonium. One line joke is one line joke and will remain one line joke. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/747 "2021-02-08T20:18:41Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > They’re this generation’s crock pot, but they can supposedly (I don’t have one) do some other nifty things like frying and pressure cooking too. I figured Rich was making a pun, and tweaking the nose of his more observant readers. As someone that owns two types of Instapots, that is mostly right. They are primarily pressure cookers, but with the ability to saute and slow cook. They have branched out into sous vide as well. > [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > I’d use another teleporter for moving heavy stuff between levels. No idea why the ladder, except as maybe a piece of misdirection. > > Interesting that there’s _six_ sets of manacles. The Invisible Duo’s all set for my old Baldur’s Gate party to show up… > > The more I think about it, it looks like a living space for a neat adult, and a messier kid. Not sure if this is me reading into the drawing a little much, but look at the positioning of the handles sign on the cabinets. That looks like it would be knee to thigh level for the figure stirring the pot. Which means either there is someone much shorter who we can’t see, or the figure is three babies or two gnomes in a cloak. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/748 "2021-02-08T21:47:07Z")
Neat! I didn’t know they could do sous vide too. Yeah, I am wondering about the drawer heights too. Or the cloaked figure is pulling a Belkar in Azure City scam for some reason. We’ll find out. Wonder where the teleporter site(s) is or are? ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/749 "2021-02-08T21:58:39Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Neat! I didn’t know they could do sous vide too. Just to clarify, they have a sous vide/slow cook model that does not do pressure cooking in addition to the pressure cooking/slow cook model that does not do sous vide. The sous vide version looks like a larger slow cooker with an oval pan, as opposed to the pressure cookers which have a cylinder shape. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/750 "2021-02-08T22:07:03Z")
There’s also a version that does pressure cooking, and talks to a cell phone, that can apparently be hacked to do sous vide. I considered getting it, but decided I wasn’t going to deal with hacking the cell phone controls. So I got a different model. (does pressure cooking, slow cooking, yogurt, rice, and sautes.) ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/751 "2021-02-08T22:19:02Z")
If it is the model I am thinking of, you wouldn’t be able to sous vide much in it. You need the food to be completely surrounded by water to sous vide properly. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/752 "2021-02-08T23:30:14Z")
> [@CardboardBoxx](#): > > Not a chance in Pandemonium. One line joke is one line joke and will remain one line joke. They’ve appeared in the background in several scenes. ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/753 "2021-02-08T23:37:53Z")
No they haven’t. Some people who happen to be wearing robes have appeared in various scenes, none of which would be out of place for a magic user who just happens to wear robes. They are probably not connected, and if they are they are not “Holey Brothers” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/754 "2021-02-09T21:28:55Z")
I don’t think this is the Holey Brotherhood… but Burlew certainly isn’t a stranger to making frivolous jokes become relevant long after the jokes were made. It’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/755 "2021-02-09T22:38:37Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Yeah, I am wondering about the drawer heights too. Or the cloaked figure is pulling a Belkar in Azure City scam for some reason. We’ll find out. Anyone else think Hoodie’s arms look unusually short? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/756 "2021-02-09T23:32:43Z")
Whoever the captors are, it seems pretty obvious that they’re working with, or for, the Snarl. My guess is that the dungeon is in the world inside the world. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/757 "2021-02-10T01:34:53Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Yeah, I am wondering about the drawer heights too. Or the cloaked figure is pulling a Belkar in Azure City scam for some reason. We’ll find out. It could be one short character standing on another short character’s shoulders. Hey, it explains the two voices. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/758 "2021-02-10T02:15:55Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > > [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > > > Yeah, I am wondering about the drawer heights too. Or the cloaked figure is pulling a Belkar in Azure City scam for some reason. We’ll find out. > > Anyone else think Hoodie’s arms look unusually short? With green fingers, or at least green gloves. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/759 "2021-02-10T02:24:11Z")
I will absolutely _roar_ with laughter if Cloakie turns out to be RedCloak’s niece. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/760 "2021-02-10T03:56:17Z")
It won’t be. Redcloak’s niece is not a plot hook with a planned payoff. See the Giant’s reply to [Q11 here](https://www.patreon.com/posts/answer-post-aug-45605183). ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/761 "2021-02-10T04:06:42Z")
I do like his Patreon Q&A sessions. And I did like how he answered that particular question: > But to be 100% explicit and crystal clear: Redcloak’s niece will never be mentioned again or dealt with in any way, shape, or form, unless she is. Reminiscent of how he’s answered MITD questions all of this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=39)