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The Order of the Stick battles elements of the Vector Legion, with each team riding a dinosaur. Laurin allows Tarquin's triceratops to wormhole in front of the Order at every turn, eventually impaling Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator (who is named in this strip), before he is polymorphed into a lizard by Miron.

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Panel 1

Roy: Damn it! Fine, if running's futile, we stand and fight. Belkar, take us—
Vaarsuvius: No, Sir Greenhilt—please trust me when I recommend that we keep our distance as long as possible.
Vaarsuvius lowers a stunned Haley onto the back of back of Bloodfeast.
Vaarsuvius: If they had any spells capable of stopping us outright from long range, they would have already employed them.

Panel 2

Belkar: So where are we—
Roy: You heard the elf. Run!

Panel 3

Bloodfeast, carrying the party, runs while Vaarsuvius and Blackwing fly above.

Panel 4

A wormhole opens up in front of them, Bloodfeast rears up to avoid the triceratops' horn

Panel 5

Bloodfeast turns to run as the Vector Legion comes through the wormhole. Vaarsuvius hits them with a Lightning Bolt. (No spoken casting.)

Panel 6

A blue dotted line traces Bloodfeast's zig-zag path through the desert. At three points along the way, wormholes have opened up causing it to turn and run in a new direction.

Panel 7

Bloodfeast is unable to turn away as Tarquin's triceratops charges through a wormhole, goring Bloodfeast with its three horns. Haley is thrown from its back. Elan is thrown off as well, but Roy grabs him by his vest

Panel 8

Laurin Shattersmith: This close enough for you?
Miron Shewdanker: It'll do.
Miron: Baleful Polymorph.

Panel 9

Bloodfeast changes from a huge allosaur into a tiny lizard; with the dinosaur no longer under them, the rest of the party falls to the ground.

Panel 10

Roy hits headfirst into the sand. Elan has already gotten to his feet, while Haley is sitting up, having just regained consciousness. Belkar is now with a pair of reins no longer attached to the diminuitive Bloodfeast.
Belkar: No! Not you, Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator!
Haley: You named the dinosaur—?
Belkar: NOT REALLY THE POINT!

D&D Context[]

  • Lightning Bolt is a 3rd level spell that does 1d6/level damage, up to a maximum of 10d6 (which V reaches).
  • Baleful Polymorph is a 5th level spell that allows the caster to turn a creature into a small creature with 1 HD or less. The effect is permanent, until dispelled.
  • Wormhole is a AD&D 2nd Edition Psionicist power, which creates wormholes or portals that connect two distant points in space.

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