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'''Durkon Thundershield:''' As I recall, ye called me "[[Good Is Not Nice|surly and unpleasant]]" shortly after ye met me. [...] Maybe all these folks need is [[The Hero|a good strong leader like ye]] [[Team Dad|ta whip 'em into shape]].|''The Order of the Stick 0: On the Origin of PCs''}}
'''''[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html The Order of the Stick]''''' is a [[Stick Figure Comic]] by [[Rich Burlew]] set in a world based on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' 3.5 Edition rules (an original world, rather than an established setting) centering around the adventures of the eponymous party. The comic is well-loved for its complicated plot (with storylines planned ''years'' in advance by Burlew), its well-executed [[Mood Whiplash]] moments, and its own brand of humor, often relying on sarcastic pop culture references.
The main cast consists of Roy Greenhilt, the fighter, leader, and [[Only Sane Man]]; Haley Starshine, a [[Gold Fever|treasure-loving]] [[Action Girl]] rogue; Vaarsuvius, a [[Insufferable Genius|condescending]] [[Squishy Wizard|elf wizard]] whose [[Ambiguous Gender|unknown gender]] is a [[Running Gag]]; Durkon Thundershield, a [[Straight Man|straight-laced]] [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarf]] cleric of Thor; Elan, a [[Cloudcuckoolander|happy-go-lucky]] and [[The Fool|none-too-bright]] [[Spoony Bard|bard]] with a [[Genre Savvy|flair for]] [[Large Ham|the dramatic]]; and Belkar Bitterleaf, a [[Hair-Trigger Temper|hot-headed]] halfling ranger/barbarian [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|who kills and/or threatens people at the slightest provocation]].
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Of course, even with all that going on, it's still [[Distracting Disambiguation|covered with plenty of humor.]] Also notable is the fact that ''all'' of the main characters and quite a few of the minor characters are extremely [[Genre Savvy]], not just about the ''D&D'' rules and gameplay mechanics [[Medium Awareness|by which their world operates]], but general storytelling tropes as well. This tends to lead to a ''lot'' of [[Lampshade Hanging]] (including, at one point, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0546.html lampshading the act of lampshading] -- with a literal lampshade).<ref>However, it was not a [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Other Tropes Wiki]]. Rich Burlew wasn't even aware [[TV Tropes]] existed until that comic.</ref>
''The Order of the Stick'' was one of the original reasons for Burlew's creation of the '''"
The webcomic pages have also been sold in hardcopy in the following books:
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* ''Snips, Snails and Dragon Tales'' (a collection of strips published in Dragon magazine and about eighty pages of other humorous fluff).
* An as-yet-unnamed book which will likely contain [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive material from a successful Kickstarter drive]. The book will probably be [[Bonus Material|several stories about minor but popular characters and a couple of non-canon stories involving the main characters]].
** Please note: the above is by no means assured. Rich mentioned in the Kickstarter Comments that, once work has finished on everything for the Drive, and his pending official books are out of the way, then ''maybe'' he'll get around to this book. Until then, it is only very lightly
The print-only books are not necessary for following the main plot of the comic. In fact, it's usually lampshaded whenever material from a print-only book is recapped (sometimes with a character [[Product Placement|checking an actual copy of the book]] just to make sure they got everything).
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The website, created by Rich Burlew, on which the Order of the Stick is distributed. Aswell as the Order of the Stick comic, it contains gaming articles, a shop, some stories and another comic, Erfworld.
http://www.giantitp.com has multiple [[The Order of the Stick/Characters|character sheets]], [[Dungeons & Dragons|fittingly]].
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