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The Order of the Stick: thoughts on stats in 5th Edition by JotunPhilosopher
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick, Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
06 Sep 2025
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I got into this lovely little webcomic recently, as an offshoot of my interest in Dungeons & Dragons in general – it’s extremely well-crafted in plot, worldbuilding and characterisation, and is very accessible even without being completely au fait with the 3.5 edition mechanics on which the comic’s world runs.
One of the interesting aspects of the comic is the main characters' poor build optimisation relative to their effectiveness. Now, I’m mainly used to Fifth Edition (pre-2024) mechanics, which are a lot less complicated than 3.5e mechanics (I tried to read the 3.5e Player’s Handbook and went cross-eyed from overload very quickly), which got me thinking – how would the Order’s builds translate into 5e? My thoughts are below!
Spoilers abound, because it’d be difficult to make the discussion remotely coherent otherwise XD
Tally ho!
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- Part 8 of Dungeons & Dragons nibbles and tidbits
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Allied with the Linear Guild and believing themselves rid of Xykon, the Order of the Stick find themselves on the Western Continent planning to infiltrate the Empire of Blood.
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Small, canon-compliant stories. Mostly centered around the Order members or Redcloak, but others feature. Chapter titles indicate the characters/relationships.
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Roy stood still for a moment, straining his ears to listen for any remaining goblins who might be arriving late. Once he was satisfied, he sheathed his sword, a deep sigh draining from his lungs. “Belkar’s gonna be so mad that—“
Vaarsuvius dropped like a stone.
In which Belkar refuses to share his possessions, Vaarsuvius starts bleeding out, and Roy is pretty damn sure he will never split the party again. Ever.
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A siege upon my soul / Defy, deny, defend a bitter life by Tiffany Smithi (TIOtheTiffany)
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick
25 Sep 2024
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Belkar's perspective of Durkon's death (strips 868-879). Slight creative liberty with the duration and effect of the domination. Title from The Frozen Land by Fellowship (check it out it's an AMAZING OotS song).
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“Are ye sure ye don’t haf somethin’ ta admit?” Durkon asked finally, once the silence between them had grown thick and disquieting. All around, the Azurites trickled back to their assigned posts, muttering gloomily about their prospects in battle.
“Positive,” Belkar huffed, eager to escape whatever afterschool special Durkon was trying to trap him in. “But since you clearly think otherwise, just tell me what I’m supposed to admit so we can pretend we had a bonding moment and be on our merry way.”
“Is tha wha’ ye really want me ta do?”
“If it’ll get you off my back? Hell yeah.”
“Fine.” Durkon folded his arms, gaze turning stern. His eyes bore into Belkar, peeling back all his layers until he felt that Durkon could see the rawest, deepest part of him. Belkar kept sharpening his dagger, harder and faster and harder and faster and harder and faster. Anything to distract himself from those goddamn eyes.
“I think yer in love wit’ Vaarsuvius.”
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The town around Kraagor's statue is made of people forgetting the past. It's made of people who aren't members of the Order, or paladins of the Sapphire Guard, or the crew of the Mechanae, or anyone else who found out what the Gates were before said Gates got sealed away, people who aren't any of those things, not anymore.
Pasts are easy to outrun, easy to avoid, easy to bury. People? People are a little harder to outrun, especially when you're a goblin cleric and an elven wizard trying to avoid the ex who learned how to ranger from your parents, the man who's entire family you accidentally murdered (even if you did fix it later), the brother you killed for what turned out to be absolutely nothing, in the end, and the paladin who burned your village down.
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the room of doors by curtailed
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
26 May 2021
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Where the Order has to get themselves out of multiple AUs.
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Exactly what it says on the tin.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 523
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 12
- Hits:
- 154
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An Extremely Belated OotStober and If You Think This Is In Literally Any Semblance of Actual Order You Are Wrong by LightningHeterodyne
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick
26 Feb 2020
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I use the 2019 Inktober list to write Order of the Stick oneshots because I'm sorry I procrastinate on everything but not sorry enough to stop, no this is not in order of days I just post as I write and count the days until my next day off.
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It was the end of Book 6 and I wanted an Order of the Stick-themed Tarot deck, so I made one.
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Third-Party Supplements by russian_blue for littledust
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick, Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
13 Dec 2019
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Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Oz anymore.
Or, how a devious trick by Xykon changes . . . everything.
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Pink Hellfire and Plum Stormclouds by LightningHeterodyne
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick
26 Nov 2019
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Redcloak did not expect to end up piloting with a formerly retired elf. Vaarsuvius did not expect to pilot again at all.
Between the two of them, it evens out.
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Of Slapstick and Touching Emotional Conversations by cartesiandaemon for EcclesCake
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick
16 Dec 2018
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After the Roy is resurrected and the party are reunited, they seek a random encounter before departing on the ship to the western continent.
In which Roy is not meticulous, Durkon isn't taken for granted, Haley doesn't search for gold, Vaarsuvius cares what people think, Elan isn't useless, Blackwing isn't forgotten, and Belkar listens to reason.
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A short one-shot of Belkar and Durkon seeking Vaarsuvius out in the Elemental Plane of Ranch Dressing.
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Six People Who Should Never Have Gone To Hogwarts by the_bright_eyed_demigirl
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Apr 2015
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What it says on the tin: the Order of the Stick go to Hogwarts. In which Roy joins Gryffindor to spite his ghost dad, Haley learns to fear Veritaserum, Vaarsuvius puts a mandrake leaf in their mouth, Durkon won't go near the Forbidden Forest for reasons other than the obvious, Elan is the world's most unlikely Ravenclaw, and Belkar tries to adopt the giant squid. Meanwhile, Nale is considering facial hair, Miko has her eyes on becoming a Prefect, and Shojo is wondering where the extra Slytherin dorm came from.
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Irritating Romantic Subplots Ruin Everything by Evatrice
Fandoms: The Order of the Stick
18 Jan 2015
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Takes place after 946. WIP. The Mechane is only one day into its journey to the final Gate when its pacing is dramatically slowed by an ill-timed romantic development. Much angst and shenanigans ensue.
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The OOTS is fleeing their latest encounter with their archnemesis, Xykon. Tired and injured, they hole up in a cave for the night. But how safe are they? Based on the incredible webcomic by Rich Burlew See his website for over 480 pages of comic!
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Takes place between 879 "Running on Empty" and 880 "Getting the Message"
Somehow, Belkar survived where Durkon died. He's in no fit state to fight, or even walk, but that isn't stopping him from crawling along to try and tell the rest of the Order what horrible fate has befallen their cleric.
But the pyramid is a big place, and it takes a long time for him to pull his mangled body along. Woozy from blood loss, Belkar finds himself giving in to one of the most disturbing hallucinations he's ever faced, and all he can do is hope to get back to the rest of the team and make this rapidly worsening situation their problem, instead of his.
All the while Belkar keeps telling himself that nothing he feels is real. It's all just part of the game.
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Falling for people sucks. Getting mauled sucks worse. He's still wondering if getting stuck--dying, beaten, and bloody--with the object of his affections sucks even more or less.
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- Part 4 of Latin Series