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[[The Order of the Stick/Tropes A-F|Tropes A-F]] | [[The Order of the Stick/Tropes G-O|Tropes G-O]] | [[The Order of the Stick/Tropes P-Z|Tropes P-Z]]

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* [[20% More Awesome]]: An angel shows Roy [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html a graph] of Belkar's evil against time, measured in kilonazis. The standard unit is based on a hypothetical lovechild of [[The Lord of the Rings|Sauron]] and [[The Hundred and One Dalmatians|Cruella DeVille]]. Of course, in a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''-based universe, "evil" really might be quantifiable...

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0660.html "Obligatory Sewer-Themed Labyrinth"].

* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: In-universe parody.

** The Ancient Black Dragon

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Many of Nale's plans. His draft plan to kill Elan in Cliffport involved Sabine flying over carrying an anvil on a string. And Thog on ''rocket skates''. Their final plan kept the rocket skates.

* [[Back from the Dead]]: Pretty much anyone who's got a [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist|friendly cleric with a Raise Dead spell nearby,]] including the Oracle, Roy, and Jirix.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Many characters who kick ass without any intrinsic magical ability. This includes Roy, Haley, Thog, Kazumi, Daigo and more. Belkar as well, despite the fact that as a ranger he ''could'' use spells. Theoretically. If he didn't have a Wisdom score normally reserved for lemmings.

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html Apparently,] {{spoiler|Thog}} also doesn't care much about the people he kills, although that might be simple stupidity on his part.

* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: Belkar, disguised as a fellow medium-sized, and Nale, disguised as Elan, both indulge into this.

* [[Call a Hit Point a Smeerp]]: The adventure game based on the comic uses the term "wound". The comic uses "HP", though.

* [[Call Back]]

** The Monster in the Darkness started out as evil [[Minion with an F In Evil|(just not very good at it)]], but has evolved into a good (or at least neutral) character being tricked and manipulated by his evil "friends."

** Redcloak in his first couple of appearances was basically just a regular goblin with a fancy cloak, who kowtowed endlessly to Xykon and whose unlevel eyes didn't exactly scream intelligence. Fast forward a few hundred strips, and Redcloak is the quintessential [[Dragon with an Agenda]], as well as the resident [[Only Sane Employee]] and [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]], {{spoiler|who claims to have been [[The Chessmaster|expertly manipulating]] Xykon from the beginning.}}

* [[Charm Person]]: It's a ''D&D''-based trope, so of course this is here.

** Striking general example is Nale hypnotizing Belkar; he can't make Belkar kill the Order and give their magic items to him, but Nale ''is'' able to make Belkar try to kill the Order and keep their magic items for himself... [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0383.html while singing showtunes]...

** What started as a killing of a young adult black dragon escalated when the black dragon's parent tried to torture Vaarsuvius' family to death, which led directly to V killing one quarter of the world's population of black dragons, which seems to have irked Tiamat (the Goddess of chromatic dragons).

** Also, the ongoing war between humans and goblins. As stated in the third book's commentary (partial paraphrase), "Each side only remembers their last defeat at the hands of the other."

* [[Da Chief]]: The Chief, of Cliffport fame.

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Xykon; Daimyo Kubota; Tarquin

** Early in the comic, the Order uses a service stairwell to skip 2 levels of the Dungeon of Dorukan.

** Invoked again in comics [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0649.html #649]-[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0651.html 651], where Haley breaks through the [[Fourth Wall]] for a spell component and Vaarsuvius teleports directly into Xykon's throne room.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Invoked and Subverted in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0334.html this strip].

* [[Eastern Zodiac]]: The Twelve Gods of the South.

'''Belkar:''' Got it out for you. }}

** Roy giving Thog a faceful of broken glass. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0798.html *keeysh!* "RRAWWRR!!"]

* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: {{spoiler|Miko; Thanh}}

* [[Face Doodling]]: Elan and Belkar do it to Roy when he's paralyzed by a poison trap.

 

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