# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1344 "2021-12-15T15:28:12Z")
8 years of our time, or in-strip time? Because 8 years of “reader time” might actually not be enough to cover the whole adventure. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1345 "2022-01-01T02:15:06Z")
Dxyye Mwp Ewxk, everybody. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1346 "2022-01-01T02:19:48Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Dxyye Mwp Ewxk [From here](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0316.html). Dxyye Mwp Ewxk, Peter. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1347 "2022-01-01T02:21:00Z")
(Amazing that we’ve been fighting Serini since last March) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1348 "2022-01-07T14:46:15Z")
I haven’t been able to do this in years! New one: Bite Sized [https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1251.html](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1251.html) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1349 "2022-01-07T15:04:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I haven’t been able to do this in years! Oh, don’t exaggerate. It hasn’t been _that_ long since the last update! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1350 "2022-01-07T15:19:06Z")
> **Hiding some dialog.** > > “Sharks don’t have fire or acid.” > “You’d be surprised.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1351 "2022-01-07T15:41:11Z")
Leather-toed hill dingus? Pretty sure that’s not in the Monster Manual. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1352 "2022-01-07T15:55:21Z")
I assume that is halfling for “white trash redneck” ---
**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:** [January 7, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1353 "2022-01-07T16:15:14Z")
Well, I guess we can stop worrying about that amnesia potion. Funny that it’s not all over the floor, but I didn’t see any. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1354 "2022-01-07T16:48:59Z")
For the record, my DM once ruled that digestive juices count as acid, which was useful when I fed a troll to a kraken. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1355 "2022-01-07T16:54:14Z")
When playing Nethack, the player eating a troll is one way to prevent it regenerating (although it can regenerate in the middle of your snack). ---
**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:** [January 7, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1356 "2022-01-07T17:06:59Z")
I thought acid damage was a pretty standard followup to a Swallow attack. Maybe celestial sharks are full of Holy Water or somethin’. Not that it matter besides the joke; Serini ain’t gonna notice two rounds of d8 acid damage. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1357 "2022-01-07T18:55:04Z")
“One wonders why our party ranger did not try to deploy his own [ferocious beast].” “Shut up!” Last we saw of Bloodfeast, he was biting a cat’s tail. I wonder whatever became of him. I imagine that we will find out next time. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1358 "2022-01-08T00:26:03Z")
This strip is leaning into “halfling togetherness”. I’m curious if that will go anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1359 "2022-01-08T01:30:05Z")
I think it’s just being played for laughs. This approach shouldn’t really work anyway. Why would a murder hobo like Belkar be satisfied with “wetting his beak” when he can just kill you and loot everything you have. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1360 "2022-01-08T15:03:47Z")
Golden goose, and all that? Although Belkar strikes me as the type who’d grasp an immediate gain over future income. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1361 "2022-01-08T15:07:51Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > I think it’s just being played for laughs. > > This approach shouldn’t really work anyway. Why would a murder hobo like Belkar be satisfied with “wetting his beak” when he can just kill you and loot everything you have. I was thinking it might go the other way. Maybe Belkar will be the one she listens to. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1362 "2022-01-08T15:26:03Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Last we saw of Bloodfeast, he was biting a cat’s tail. I wonder whatever became of him. I imagine that we will find out next time. In the sense discussed here, Bloodfeast isn’t the “ranger’s ferocious beast”; the cat is. Scruffy is Belkar’s animal companion, to whom he has a special bond, and who has statistics considerably higher than one would expect for a creature of its type. An animal companion is comparable to a paladin’s mount. Bloodfeast is just a random animal who happens to have taken a liking to Belkar, mostly because Belkar feeds him well, but the two of them don’t have any particular special bond. > [@DesertDog](#): > > Golden goose, and all that? Although Belkar strikes me as the type who’d grasp an immediate gain over future income. Instead of the usual “shoulder angel and shoulder demon”, Belkar just has two shoulder demons, one advocating for short-term gain at the expense of others, the other for long-term gain at the expense of others. And the one time we saw him choosing between the two, he chose the long-term. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1363 "2022-01-08T15:51:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Bloodfeast is just a random animal who happens to have taken a liking to Belkar, mostly because Belkar feeds him well, but the two of them don’t have any particular special bond. Sure they do. Belkar freed Bloodfeast from his cage in the arena, then rescued him from life as a battle mount. Bloodfeast remembers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=69)