# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/161 "2020-04-17T18:21:04Z")
I get there if I use the link in this thread. But the ootslatest shortcut still goes to the last strip. Something strange is going on there. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/162 "2020-04-17T18:29:30Z")
me too, but for a few minutes 1200 wasn’t showing on the list at all. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/163 "2020-04-18T04:42:00Z")
> [@crazyjoe](#): > > Wouldn’t Redcloak be likely to have some sort of abjuration that blocks spells like Sending and Clairvoyance, in order to prevent an enemy from finding out where he is? I would think so, too. But the fact that the author is explaining why this won’t happen suggests that it actually would have worked. Because how easy would have been to simply use the Sending and have if fail? I actually now suspect that they will try Sending later to contact him, after everything goes south. Or, at least, something that would have been blocked, same as Sending. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/164 "2020-04-18T04:54:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, it wouldn’t necessarily cost them surprise, since Sending works anywhere on the entire plane. All it would give away is that they’re interested in Redcloak (which he already knows), not that they’re right on his doorstep. If anything, it’d be more likely to give the impression that they’re further away. It kinda would cost them a surprise, though, because as far as Redcloak knows, his Si Elemental done kilt 'em all at the ruins of Girard’s Gate. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/165 "2020-04-18T05:55:54Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Also, strip 1200 doesn’t seem to be there any more. Anyone else seeing this, or just me? > > edit - and now it’s back Looks like Rich’s Cloister effect isn’t quite as robust as Xykon’s… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/166 "2020-04-18T11:44:37Z")
Dammit, Roy. The one thing you truly need is allies. And Redcloak would be the supreme ally. Ingrained distrust - both from Roy and Redcloak - is a bitch to get past. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/167 "2020-04-18T13:06:57Z")
Redcloak’s not naive enough to think that a single summoned monster, even a max-level one, could take out a whole party of the Order’s level. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/168 "2020-04-18T21:30:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It kinda would cost them a surprise, though, because as far as Redcloak knows, his Si Elemental done kilt 'em all at the ruins of Girard’s Gate. Durkon would be the entity Sending. RC didn’t see Durkon at Girard’s Gate. (He was still Malack’s thrall, and elsewhere when Team Evil 'Ported in.) Would RC even recognize Durkon from way back at Azure City? I guess, Dorukan’s Dungeon was the closest RC got to Durkon. He might remember that Greenhilt had a Dwarven cleric in his party, and I guess he might remember that Durkon used Thor’s Might during the Dorukan fight: [111 Inukchuk! - Giant in the Playground Games](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0111.html) Odds he’d think Durkon was still a member of the Order, since he wasn’t there for the Si Elemental? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/169 "2020-04-18T23:07:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m wondering if the current series of expositional strips is a set-up for a dramatic surprise in the next strip, which will be #1200. I will acknowledge I was wrong. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/170 "2020-04-18T23:13:31Z")
Hey. I’ve been bingeing _Community_, and I find myself reading the last few posts in Troy and Abed’s voices. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/171 "2020-04-19T02:01:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I will acknowledge I was wrong. I thought you’d be right this last week, given it took him a little longer to get this strip out. Despite other strips on big even numbers lampshading that he wasn’t using the occasion to write a big, in-depth strip. I was hoping for something a touch more out of this strip than wordswordswords, but what can you do? As far as the plot, I think the paladins are behind one of those doors. LOL if it’s one of the marked doors where the MITD was ‘helping.’ Kayla’s dad, I have to admit I’m not that familiar with Community, other than a few clips. I know it’s supposed to be a great show. Are either of those characters the guy who had them all play D&D, and who method-acted as a Drow in darkface? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/172 "2020-04-19T02:43:30Z")
Troy and Abed are besties who share an apartment (along with a life rich in pop-culture – driven by Abed’s probable Aspergers, but Troy is his enthusiastic sidekick who tends to keep up). Abed was the DM for their game. The drow was played by former Spanish teacher Ben Chang. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/173 "2020-04-22T05:45:37Z")
Somehow this had slipped my mind in all the excitement. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/174 "2020-04-27T12:52:02Z")
[1201: The Freckles in Their Eye](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1201.html) ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/175 "2020-04-27T12:55:11Z")
Awwwww… ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/176 "2020-04-27T13:25:01Z")
I don’t get the potion merchant joke. Explain, please! [Edit: A reference to video game RPGs that have a final place to buy stuff before the boss fight?] ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/177 "2020-04-27T13:27:06Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I don’t get the potion merchant joke. Explain, please! > > [Edit: A reference to video game RPGs that have a final place to buy stuff before the boss fight?] See [#966 panel 2](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0966.html) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/178 "2020-04-27T13:38:30Z")
Good tactical move on Roy’s part. Don’t let them hang around. They can’t possibly help against Xykon and could potentially be a hindrance as hostages or something. Their part’s done. Drop off the team and get clear of the fireworks. Either the world’s going to end or it’s not. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/179 "2020-04-27T13:41:19Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > See [#966 panel 2](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0966.html) Thanks. I was right in general, if forgetting the details! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/180 "2020-04-27T14:19:37Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > See [#966 panel 2](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0966.html) :lol: I didn’t get it, either. Thanks for the reference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=10)