I've mentioned once or twice before, over the years, how much I love Order of the Stick, and today's new strip is a great example of why! The unexpected, perfect, hilarious payoff to a running joke that's been going on all through the lengthy duration of the comic!
Rich Burlew has said before that he deliberately refrains from using the running gags for a long time before they suddenly come into the plot and take everyone by surprise, and it really works in a case like this! Honestly, it's a silly webcomic about Dungeons and Dragons (a game I don't play or particularly like) and over and over again it shows how to create brilliant works of literature! Just go and read it, if I haven't convinced you yet!
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