# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 806
**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 25, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/806 "2021-02-25T22:38:40Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I suspect that it’s a reference to the “intelligent monsters are people too, not just XP on legs” issue that comes up every so often (most notably as the root cause of Redcloak’s grievance). That may not be in line with old-school D&D, but it’s very much how many people play the game today. See [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-d-got-woke-and-thats-good-because-you-should-have-all-been-playing-that-way-or-not-if-you-didnt-prefer/933114) recent thread. Rich, if anything, was ahead of his time. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438)._