Type of bind: Paperback
Brand: Order of the Stick
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.56973
EAN num: 9780976658016
ISBN number: 0976658011
Label: Giant in the Playground
Manufacturer: Giant in the Playground
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 72
Printing Date: 2005-08
Publishing house: Giant in the Playground
Sale Popularity Level: 511899
Studio: Giant in the Playground
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Like all great stories in the history of the universe, this one begins in a tavern. The Order of the Stick: On the Origin of PCs reveals the secret character backgrounds of your favorite band of webcomic adventurers, the Order of the Stick. Spinning out of the popular online comic (and subsequent book collections), On the Origin of PCs presents 72 pages of all-new, never-seen- before-or-since OOTS action and comedy that detail what each of the six members of the Order were doing with their lonely and pathetic lives before they joined forces to become a less lonely (but no less pathetic) team. Presented in nostalgic greyscale that we like to call 'Past-O-Vision', On the Origin of PCs is a vital part of your Order of the Stick collection. From new DBD publisher Paizo Publishing!
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For fans of the Order of the Stick, this is a must. A 72 page book on where the characters came from, how they met and what crimes they did before we meet them on the Web Comic. Done in a cool greyscale, that flashback look, and with a preface by Redcloak and an introduction by Rich Burlew this book is full of humor, beer, explosions, beer, drama, beer, magic, beer, beards, beer, costumes, beer and Belkar Bitterleaf (who is the most important character in the whole group).
So buy it. Why are you still reading this?
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I'm not much of a comic book or manga fan. But the Order of the Stick is different, different, different! I must admit that a reader who has never played D&D might not catch every innuendo, but there are enough laughs for even the most uninitiated. The jokes and twists are hilarious and yet, with each comic, the story moves forward.
Origin of the PCs tells how the player characters (PC's) got their start and formed the infamous Order of the Stick. As Burlew's online strip starts with the party already together, it was fun to go back in time and see the characters before they knew each other. After all, how did a psychotic halfling, dwarven cleric, bumbling bard, androgynous mage, and opportunistic rogue all team up with a college-grad fighter on quest to avenge his father's death? Overall, a very fun read with plenty of chuckles. Now, I'm looking forward to 'Start of Darkness' for a similar look at the 'origin of the NPCs'. How did Xykon become a litch? What is the creature in the darkness? And how long will it take for SOD to reach Amazon, so we can order it here?
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If you have EVER played an RPG, especially Dungeons and Dragons, this comic series will have you in stitches. Burlew thoroughly skewers everything from game mechanics, to racial stereotypes (androgynous elves, drunken dwarves, kleptomaniacal halflings) to intra-party politics. It's SOUTH PARK for gamers.
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