iopcb.blogg.se - Order of the stick hydra

Belkar tries to give him a "halfling Courage Rock", but Roy won't take it, and instead suggests Belkar keep it someplace safe. Roy lampshades this trope when Belkar points it out.

Magic Feather: Enor, the blue ogre/dragon hybrid, is given a piece of lizardfolk Victory String by Gannji to give him courage in battle (it's just a piece of string, of course).

Magic A Is Magic A: "Truly, more wizards have been laid low by the writings of Jack Vance than by any single villain.".

V wins a fight with him by Dominating a kobold to shoot him full of arrows, and later a vampirized Durkon is able to knock him out with a single punch and then kill him with a Neck Snap.

Mage Killer: Zz'dtri is minmaxed to be the perfect counter to other arcane casters (specifically Vaarsuvius), which leaves him in trouble against pretty much any other class.The party fought the chimera Trigak in strips #17 through #21.Sir François: Don't break the Paladin Code by strangling Elan, don't break the Paladin Code by strangling Elan, don't break the Paladin Code by strangling Elan.Just like in the myth, when you strike off one its heads, two spring up in its place. Hydras in D&D are modeled on the Lernaean Hydra of Greek myth.AD&D is also short for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, the title that D&D went under during the 1st and 2nd editions in order to distinguish it from the simpler original D&D rules.Roy: Proof once again that we are the only adventurers for whom the letters, "AD&D" stand for "Attention Deficit Disorder".īelkar (off-panel): Now I'm gonna try two at a time! D&D Context Haley, Elan, and Belkar stare at the new heads in surprise. Two new heads appear at the wound: "POP! POP!" Panel 10 Not listening!!īelkar cuts a hydra head off: "schlurkt!" Panel 8

Vaarsuvius: Actually, the hydra has superior-īelkar: Blah blah blah I'm a boring stupid elf blah. Roy: Gee, the Oracle must be whispering to me from afar.īelkar: He doesn't look so tough, I bet I can take him in one round. The passage is blocked by a five headed hydra. So probably not that, then.Įlan: Ooo! I think I know what it might be! Roy: Well, I think we can expect the Test of the Body to be some sort of combat, probably against a really tough monster like a manticore or chimera.ĭurkon: We already fought a chimera once, lad. Roy: Hey Durkon, do you remember what the Tests were last time?ĭurkon: Huh? Um. Elan: So when you came here before, what were the Tests like?