Cast
- Order of the Stick
- Sapphire Guard
- Order of the Scribble
- The Linear Guild
- Sunny ◀
- Mimi ◀
- Minrah Shaleshoe ◀
- Blackwing ◀
Transcript
- Panel 1
Nale: Hey, so, I accidentally threw the wizard too hard and knocked a bunch of the good guys into that huge chasm we passed.
Nale: I guess I didn't get as good a handle on my new strength as I thought.
- Panel 2
Sabine: Don't be too stressed, baby. Tails can be tough to master.
Sabine: They just sort of like to do their own thing sometimes. You know how mine gets.
Nale: Yeah, true. Anyway, I'm just going to pop down and-
- Panel 3
O-Chul: Now, Sunny! Zap! Zap away!!
- Panel 4
ZZZZAP!
- Panel 5
Nale: Who is that... ruggedly noble man...
and why is he so... effortlessly likable?
- Panel 6
Nale: No!
Nale: I don't like likable people! And I put a lot of effort into it!
Nale: Sabine, stop playing with her and go kill the mysterious scarred man.
- Panel 7
Lien: Aaaargh!!
Sabine: Sorry, cutie. I love your whole look but the boss says I gotta run.
Sabine: In his role as team leader, not because he's my boyfriend.
- Panel 8
O-Chul: No dice. Your charm ray seems unable to pierce his fiendish spell resistance.
Sunny: Mrmph.
O-Chul: We cannot risk the same being true of the succubus. Which leaves us with one remaining target.
- Panel 9
Thog: sneaky one play catch with thog instead.
Sabine: Sorry, I need to go take out that-
- Panel 10
Thog: catch axe with back of head!
THUNK!
- Panel 11
Minrah (thinking): Ha! The tables have turned, I can hear it!
Belkar (thinking): I don't know if I'd go that far.
Minrah (thinking): The tables have nudged! Any table-based movement is good!!
D&D Context
Trivia
- This is the latest appearance of:
- Nale, leader of the Linear Guild, arch-nemesis (in his mind) of the Order of the Stick and evil-opposite to Elan. He first appeared in #43, and has had 144 appearances, with 28 additional appearances in bonus material.
- Sabine, the succubus lover of Nale who works for the IFCC. A major antagonist of the comics, Sabine has appeared in one hundred and five strips overall. Her first appearance is with the rest of the original Linear Guild in #43.
- Thog, the half-orc barbarian who serves as the Linear Guild's muscle and Nale's loyal sidekick. A major antagonist of the comics, Thog has appeared in eighty-one strips overall. His first appearance is with the rest of the original Linear Guild in #43.
- Minrah Shaleshoe, Assistant Overnight Caretaker Acolyte of Thor come member of the Order of the Stick. She first appeared in #1093, "Night's Templars" and joined the party as a cohort of Durkon in #1180. Minrah has appeared in one hundred and thirty-six strips overall.
- O-Chul, the Chuck Norris of paladins, has appeared in ninety-three strips, first appearing in #403 "Leadership Is About the Tough Decisions".
- Lien, the aquatic paladin, has appeared in ninety strips, debuting in #411, "The Power Behind the Throne".
- Serini Toormuck, the halfling rogue and member of the Order of the Scribble who devised the scheme of dividing the Gates' defense, and on whose diary Xykon relied to find the locations of the Gates. She first appeared in #196, The Diary. She has appeared in seventy-seven strips.
- Sunny, a Beholder and Serini Toormuck's mysterious ally. They first appeared in #32 and have appeared in forty-eight strips.
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