# The Order of the Stick **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454 "2007-10-12T11:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/101 "2007-11-05T07:41:07Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t get the part about … See this [strip](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0472.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/102 "2007-11-05T09:21:13Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] See this [strip](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0472.html). [/QUOTE] A-ha! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/103 "2007-11-05T09:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=straight man] The big question is: What’s up with Elan’s eyepatch? [/QUOTE] Perhaps he gained a level in his new prestige class and this is one of the class features? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/104 "2007-11-05T14:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Perhaps he gained a level in his new prestige class and this is one of the class features? [/QUOTE] An intriguing theory, but Julio Scoundrél has completed the Dashing Swordsman PrC (since he has [10 levels](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0390.html) in it) and does not have an eyepatch. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/105 "2007-11-05T15:19:20Z")
Now he can read the runes? 😃 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/106 "2007-11-05T15:54:58Z")
I bet all those other lands they visited will be the subject of a book. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/107 "2007-11-05T18:16:07Z")
Maybe Elan’s trying to mini-max his stats and took a “no depth perception” disadvantage so he could go up a fighting level. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/108 "2007-11-05T18:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] I don’t get the part about … saving Daigo’s surname, “just in case” [/QUOTE] See [this one](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0472.html). ---
**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:** [November 5, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/109 "2007-11-05T21:41:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Burlew has said in the FAQ or maybe somewhere else that he purposely doesn’t have levels for the characters. He justs keeps 'em weak enough for dramatic tension but strong enough that he doesn’t eliminate funky skills from the pool of possibilities. IOW, don’t try too hard to make them fit a certain level because there probably will be discrepancies. Correction: He’s stated that he won’t officially reveal their character sheets. But given how consistent he’s managed to stay, I think it’s safe to assume that he does actually have character sheets for them that he’s just not revealing. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/110 "2007-11-06T03:50:38Z")
Well, [it wasn’t a class feature.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0502.html) Poor Hinjo. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/111 "2007-11-06T03:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=straight man] …and the big, anticlimactic reveal [here](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html). The big question is: What’s up with Elan’s eyepatch? [/QUOTE] And the somewhat anticlimactic reveal [here.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0502.html) Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/112 "2007-11-06T04:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] And the somewhat anticlimactic reveal [here.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0502.html) Heh. [/QUOTE] Aww. I was hoping that, during his time in prison with Thog, he was convinced to take up the Eye of Gruumsh prestige class. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/113 "2007-11-06T04:25:07Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] And the somewhat anticlimactic reveal [here.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0502.html) Heh. [/QUOTE] It’s pure Elan all the way, though. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/114 "2007-11-06T05:06:30Z")
Okay, Burlew’s just fucking with us now. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/115 "2007-11-06T05:09:21Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Okay, Burlew’s just fucking with us now. [/QUOTE] Nah. That’s completely consistent with Elan’s character as established. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/116 "2007-11-06T17:35:38Z")
I know. But Burlew had to know that boards like this would immediately fill up with speculations on how Elan lost his eye. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/117 "2007-11-07T05:14:18Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I know. But Burlew had to know that boards like this would immediately fill up with speculations on how Elan lost his eye. [/QUOTE] It’s all that clever quipping his prestige class lets him do. It’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye … d&r ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/118 "2007-11-07T14:21:17Z")
Wow…Burlew is really cranking them out. What’s this, three comics in three days now? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/119 "2007-11-09T13:57:43Z")
[OOTS #504](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0504.html) Finally get to see what V has been up to. I’m assuming that she’s supposed to be exhausted, not that she’s supposed to have two black eyes. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454/120 "2007-11-09T13:58:42Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray] [OOTS #504](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0504.html) Finally get to see what V has been up to. I’m assuming that she’s supposed to be exhausted, not that she’s supposed to have two black eyes. [/QUOTE] (s)he [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick/422454.md?page=7)