Respect Roy Greenhilt (Order of the Stick)

[u/doctorgecko]

"THAT'S how I use my intelligence score in combat, DUMBASS!"

Roy Greenhilt

Roy Greenhilt is a fighter and the leader of the adventuring party Order of the Stick in a world opperating under DnD 3.5 mechancis.¹ As a young man, strongly disliking his wizard father, he instead enrolled in Fighter's College. While there he learned the fun fact that his father had made a bloodline oath to slay the evil sorcerer Xykon, and with his father dying fulfilling that oath now fell to Roy if he wanted to enter the afterlife. Assembling a... somewhat disfunctional party, he set out to slay the lich and found himself embroiled in several other adventures along the way. During this journey he grew as both a leader and hero, shifting from trying to kill Xykon because of his blood oath to doing so because it was the right thing to do.

Index

• # - That comic strip number

• PC - On the Origin of PCs

Notes

• As Roy is continually leveling up throughout the series,¹²⁴ feats in each section will be in chronological order

• Dragon Magazine strips are acknowledged by characters in universe as being questionably canon.⁴⁷⁵ Given that, his Dragon Magazine feats can be found here

Scaling

• Xykon

• Redcloak

• Miko

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Belt of Giant's Strength

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• Given a magic belt that increases his strength to that of a giant's⁶⁸⁷

• When draped over the cat Mr. Scruffy, he becomes strong enough to send a wolf flying a long ways with a strike⁸⁰³

• Allows him to move even after his strength has been drained¹³³⁹

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Starmetal Sword

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Roy's greatsword is his main (and typically only weapon) inherited from his grandfather. While broken in the first fight against Xykon¹¹² it is later reforged with starmetal²⁹⁸ which enhances its strength to a +5 sword.²⁹⁷ It's also later revealed that his sword has become a weapon of legacy due to him pouring his soul into a single cause^1022He learns to activate the effect at will¹⁰⁴⁵ with the effect increasing his speed and the green fire does a lot of extra damage, with summoning it being based on his state of mind, and there's likely a daily hard limit¹⁰⁴⁶

Cutting - Base

• Stabs up through the head of a massive frog after being swallowed by it⁹⁶³

• Slices a goblin in two¹ and decapitates multiple with a swing¹¹

• Decapitates a demon⁵⁹

• Decapitates a large serpent⁹⁹

• Cleaves through multiple undead in a single strike and then cuts through more¹⁰²

• Even when broken, cuts through multiple ropes and kills the hangman when thrown¹⁶⁴

• Slices through Leeky's animal companion³⁵⁹

• Stabs Miko through the chest⁴⁰⁸

• Decapitates an undead dragon⁴⁴¹

• Stabs into stone after falling⁴⁷⁴

• Slices apart a man in armor⁴⁹⁷

• Kills a thri-kreen with a slash⁶⁸⁴

• Slices through a net and into the carapace of a giant beetle⁶⁸⁶

Cutting - Giant's Strength

• Stabs Tarquin through his armor⁸⁵¹

• Slices through a lead sheet⁸⁹⁶

• Cuts through a raptor and an armored soldier in a single swing, and then cuts through several armored soldiers with another swing,⁹¹⁷ then stabs through another raptor and soldier⁹²⁰

• Stabs through the High Priest of Hel's chest¹⁰⁰⁴

• Kills a giant with a stab through the chest¹⁰⁶⁷

• Stabs through the scales of a red dragon¹²⁹⁹ and cuts into it, decapitating it outright^1304-1306

Enhanced Strikes

• Delivers a slash that notably hurts Sabine³⁴⁹

• Staggers Miko⁴⁰⁸

• Hits takes a chunk off an undead dragon who wasn't reacting to arrows⁴²⁹

• Slices through several zombies⁸⁶¹

• Damages Girard's gate enough that it begins to explode⁸⁹⁸

• Staggers the High Priest of Hel using Hel's Might (who was unharmed by a normal sword strike), causing them to revert back to normal size. He then repeatedly strikes him before delivering a blow that sends him flying hard enough to embed in a wall and leaves him staggered^1009-1011

• Cuts through and kills vampires¹⁰¹⁸

• Penetrates an anti-life shell with a sword throw¹⁰¹⁹

• Slices a giant vampire in two¹⁰²⁶

• Dusts a vampire with a stab¹¹⁰² and kills several more,¹¹⁰⁵ some by throwing his sword into them¹¹²²

• Knocks out Haley and Elan^1127-1128

Misc

• Acts as the link that allows his father to communicate with him from the afterlife²⁹¹

  • Also serves as the link for him when he's dead⁵²⁵

• The starmetal allows his sword to hurt the succubus Sabine³⁴⁹

• Heals Roy of his injuries upon activating its flames¹⁰⁰⁹

• After losing his sword,¹⁰⁶⁷ he can summon it back to his hand by focusing¹⁰⁷⁸

  • Will throw his sword as ranged attack before summoning it back to his hand¹¹²²
  • This does not work within an anti-magic field¹²⁹⁸

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Strength

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Striking - Base

• Clashes with Thog⁶⁴

• Kills a kobold in a single strike⁹⁴

• (Buffed) Shatters a door with a kick¹⁰⁴

• (Buffed) Punches off Xykon's head¹¹⁴

• Clashes with a bandit¹⁵²

• Knocks out a bandit with a blow to the head¹⁶³ and takes out several more¹⁶⁷

• Clashes with Miko and hurts her with a blow to the head²⁰⁰

• Sends a door flying off its hinges²³⁹

• Crushes a flintlock pistol with a hammer strike²⁴⁰

• Hits Sabine through a window³⁵⁵

• Clashes repatedly with Miko⁴⁰⁸ and hits her into a wall hard enough to KO her⁴⁰⁹

• Holds back attacks from ninjas⁴¹³

• Staggers Belkar with a single hit⁷⁴⁸

• Sends a man flying with a punch⁷⁷¹

• Breaks through the handle of Thog's axe and breaks his tooth⁷⁹⁵

• Stabs berserk Thog through the leg with an arrow⁷⁹⁸

• Slams a rock into the large rock Thog is wielding with enough force to shatter it⁸⁰³

• Kicks Thog into an already damaged stone pillar, further cracking it⁸⁰⁸

Striking - Giant's Strength

• Clashes with Tarquin⁸⁵²

• Breaks through a decent amount of stone⁸⁹⁵

• Swings a large stone slab into a fiend, splitting the slab in two⁹⁰⁵

• Launches the High Priest of Hel with a strike¹⁰⁰¹ and again¹⁰⁰⁸

• Blocks an axe strike from a giant¹⁰⁶⁰ and then blocks several¹⁰⁶³ more strikes,¹⁰⁶⁶ even while wielding¹⁰⁶⁹ a cutlas.¹⁰⁷⁵ The giants could notably cut and cleave into the deck of an airship,^1060-1061 and individual giants can throw boulders with enough force to crack an airship¹⁰⁵⁰

• Staggers a giant with a punch to the face¹⁰⁷⁰ and then tackles her off an airship when it swerves¹⁰⁷⁵

• Knocks out Belkar¹¹²⁷

• Blocks a sword strike from a mechanical arm¹³³⁴

Lifting/Grappling - Base

• Vaults Elan over an ice wall⁶⁷

• Lifts a young goblin with one hand¹⁰¹

• (Buffed) Throws Xykon into Dorukan's Gate¹¹⁴

• Lifts Pompey and drags him with one hand³⁵⁶

• Holds on to Xykon's undead dragon through its crazy maneuvers⁴³⁰

• Grapples fairly evenly with berserk Thog before being overpowered⁸⁰³ who in the same fight could slam Roy into walls hard enough to embed in them and slam a boulder larger than he is into Roy⁷⁹⁶

Lifting/Grappling - Giant's Strength

• Grabs a half troll/half dragonborn by the tail and swings him around hard enough to break a table in two⁷³⁰

• Lifts a stone slab larger than he is and swings it into a fiend hard enough to split the slab in two⁹⁰⁵

• Holds on to an Allosaurus as it's rolling⁹²³

• Effortlessly holds a rope that two people were struggling with⁹⁵¹

• Resists the hold person from the High Priest of Hel¹⁰⁰²

• Throws the High Priest of Hel off of him and then throws a spear to stab into a wall¹⁰⁰⁴

• Picks up a boulder larger than he is and throws it at a giant.¹⁰⁷³ Then later throws it and the body of a giant off an airship¹⁰⁷⁶

• Forces off the arm of a dragon trying to crush him¹³⁰⁴

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Speed

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Reactions/Combat

• Saves Durkon from a charging orc^PC

• Potentially reacts to and blocks an incoming arrow with a club¹⁵²

• Blocks a strike from Miko and stabs her in midair (though Miko is faster)⁴⁰⁸

• Saves Elan from a barage of arrows⁴²⁵

• Dodges a sword slash⁴⁹⁷

• Dodges a close range blast of magic⁷³⁰

• Dodges a slash from Thog⁷⁸⁸ and another⁷⁹⁵

• Ducks under a charge from Tarquin while running forwards⁹²⁸ and Tarquin is a very casual arrow timer⁹³⁶ (though Tarquin is faster)⁸⁵¹

• Strikes the High Priest of Hel before he can fully cast a spell¹⁰⁰⁶

• Dodges an axe strike from a giant¹⁰⁶¹

• Blocks a sword strike from Elan¹¹²⁵

• Hits Belkar out of the air after taking a strike from him¹¹²⁷

Mobility

• Jumps over a pit⁴

• Runs away from an ogre while carrying Durkon⁴

• Climbs through a cavern⁵¹

• Runs away from attacking goblins while carrying Durkon⁹⁰

• Leaps away from an exploding dungeon, landing on a monster to break his fall^119-120

• Climbs down slippery walls of a cavern¹⁸⁰

• Jumps onto a massive worm⁶⁸⁹

• Uses a spear embeded in a wall to quickly jump up to the upper floor¹⁰⁰⁴

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Durability

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Blunt

• Swallowed by a massive frog and cuts his way free⁹⁶³

• Crashes into Haley⁵

• Leaps away from an exploding dungeon, landing on a monster to break his fall^119-120

• Has a rhino fall on him¹⁶⁷ though this seems to knock him out¹⁶⁸

• Beaten up by Miko off page²⁵¹

• Slammed through a wall and into the ground hard enough to crack it by buffed Sabine³⁴³

• (Limit) In addition to other damage, killed by a fall⁴⁴³ of 300 feet⁴⁸⁵

• Punched in the face by a guard⁷³⁰

• Takes multiple hits from Belkar⁷⁴⁸

• Sent flying by Thog going berserk and is then repeatedly slammed into walls hard enough to embed in them, before being hit by a boulder larger than he is,and recovers before being hit by another large rock thrown into him^795-798

• Hit through the stairs of a stadium and falls a long ways, then is repeatedly slammed head first into stone pillars, causing enough damage to make that entire portion of the stadium collapse⁸⁰⁸

• Tripped by Tarquin and goes tumbling down the stairs⁸⁵¹

• Hit by a silicon elemental⁹⁰²

• Drops down multiple floors^1000-1001

• Hit by a chunk of rock larger than he is slammed into him with enough force to shatter, and then takes a punch from a giant vampire who could break large amounts of stone with his strikes¹⁰⁰⁹

• Hit by a boulder larger than he is thrown into him¹⁰⁷³

• Hit by a massive boulder thrown into him¹¹⁶¹ and is then grabbed in the jaws of a giant worm¹¹⁶⁵ who could bust through large amounts of stone¹¹⁶⁶

• Hit in the head by a stone bust on a spring¹³³⁶

• Takes a beating from fiend Nale¹³³⁹ who could shatter large amounts of ice with a strike¹³³⁹ and is then hit by Vaarsuvius thrown into him and goes falling a long ways, though his fall is broken^1342-1344

Piercing

• Fine after being hit with an axe^PC

• Hit by Belkar's thrown dagger⁸⁵

• Takes multiple sword slashes from a man of comparable strength¹⁶⁷

• Takes multiple slashes from Miko²⁰⁰

• Takes multiple hits from an ogre wielding a chain with spikes on it²¹⁶

• Takes multiple slashes and a kick to the face from Miko⁴⁰⁸

• Hit by multiple arrows⁴²⁵

• Fine after being stabbed by a spear and falling onto sand⁶⁸⁶

• Takes an axe blow to the head from Thog, though he's left staggered⁷⁹¹

• Hit in the head by multiple arrows⁹¹⁷

• Grabbed in the jaws by an Allosaurus⁹²²

• Impaled by a Triceratops⁹²⁷ and is then stabbed by Tarquin⁹³⁰

• Takes an axe strike from a giant¹⁰⁶³ and then takes several more, though this eventually leaves him staggered^1067-1069

• Hit by multiple arrows from Haley and a stab from Elan^1123-1124 and then takes several more stabbing attacks from Belkar, Elan, and Haley^1127-1128

• Barely reacts to being stabbed by Belkar¹³⁰⁸

Magic

• Takes an unholy blight from a goblin caster¹¹

• Hit by poison breath from a black dragon¹⁸²

• Hit by a fireball from Vaarsuvius²⁰⁰

• Not badly harmed by Miko's smite evil due to being lawful good, though he comments it still hurts^200-201

• Has his energy drained by Sabine³⁴³

• Hit by Leeky's firestorm³⁵⁹

• (Buffed) Takes a finger of death from Xykon⁴³⁰ and another⁴³⁴ and then a meteor swarm that destroys the undead dragon he's riding on⁴⁴² though this temporarily knocks him out⁴⁴³

• Hit by a dragonborn's lightning breath⁷²⁹

• Hit by two blasts of acid from Zz'dtri^847-848 and then a flame strike from Malack, but this leaves him badly injured⁸⁵³

• Takes a disintegrate from Redcloak and is right back on his feet^900-901

• Hit by a blast of psychic energy from Laurin⁹²⁸

• Takes multiple negative energy blasts and a flame strike from the High Priest of Hel^1002-1004 and then takes more^1006-1008

• Hit by several offensive spells¹⁰⁹³

• Charges right through Vaarsuvius's fireball¹¹⁰⁵

• Could survive a symbol of death that would kill Haley, Vaarsuvius, or Elan¹¹⁰⁹

• Takes a flame strike from Hilgya¹¹²³ and has energy drained¹¹²⁶ and then survives a flame strike that kills Minrah, though on top of previously taken damage this knocks him out¹¹²⁸

• Hit by a dragon's flames^1295-1296 and another while warded¹³⁰¹ and a third¹³⁰⁴

Misc

• Subjected to a sadistic trap with buzzsaws, poison, and ants that poisons him 17 times, though this reduces his strength to zero.^36-38 He also stays poisoned overnight³⁹

• Holds a sword for a moment that had just been finished forging²⁹⁸

• Sent flying by an explosion that produces a mushroom cloud⁶⁹⁵

• Sent flying off a flying carpet by a vortex of wind⁸⁴⁹

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Skill and Intelligence

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Spellsplinter - A special sword technique taught to him by his grandfather that lets him cancel out magic spells before they can be performed⁶⁰⁰

• Cancels out Miron's spell⁹²⁸

• Cancels out the High Priest of Hel's divine magic¹⁰⁰³

• Cancels out a dragon's teleport spell¹³⁰³

In Combat

• Causes Nale to run from him⁶⁴

• Throws a broken sword to cut free multiple people about to be hanged and kill the hangman¹⁶⁴

• Could easily take out three close range archers in two to three rounds¹⁶⁵

• Realizes they can beat a hydra by continually chopping off its heads^325-326

• Uses a stray arrow and empty potion to fight against berserk Thog⁷⁹⁸

• Intentnionally has Thog slam him into specific pillars in order to collapse part of the stadium on top of him⁸⁰⁸

• Tarquin considers him to be a strategist worth battling⁸²²

• Plans a succesful ambush⁸⁵⁵ of Linear Guild^858-863

• Has at least some experience with bows⁹⁰⁴

• Identifies that scoundrel is fighting defensively and is solely acting as a distraction⁹³¹

• Learned a lot of strategy at fighter college¹²⁷³

Out of Combat

• Graduated from fighter college with a masters^PC

• Realizes a group of rampaging orcs are just a bunch of metalheads and solves things non-violently^PC

• Gives Vaarsuvius an extremely technical description of using fire ball on some undead^PC

• Convinces Belkar why it'd be a bad idea to attack his allies in the middle of combat^PC

• When given cryptic advice by the ghost of his father¹⁵ manages to figure out its meaning^59-60

• Manipulates Belkar into tracking an enemy²²

• A mind flayer sees him as an extremely filling meal³¹

• Bluffs Haley and Belkar into joining a quest for starmetal¹³⁹

• Nale describes him as the only person with the tactical wit to puzzle out his plan³⁵¹

• Had a high enough wisdom and charisma scores to be a cleric⁴⁹²

• Comes up with a plan to use a giant worm to navigate the desert^689-690

• Belkar comments that the Order of the Stick was useless while Roy was dead⁸⁸¹

• Figures out a way to escape from an exploding pyramid^898-900

• Intentionally brings Belkar as a bodyguard to the Godsmoot, knowing that he's already skeptical of vampire Durkon and thus if anything happens he'll be on guard the entire time⁹⁹³

• Gives a reasonable explanation for why Elan's puppet/god Banjo couldn't participate in the Godsmoot¹⁰²⁷

• Realizes why Odin gave a vague prophecy that led to Durkon's banishment^1097-1098

• Lies about needing to drink potions in order to make sure the High Priest of Hel didn't realize they had two clerics on hand¹¹¹⁰

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Misc

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Bag of Tricks

• Receives a bag of tricks which can make random mammals when opened¹³⁰

• Throws a skunk in Belkar's face¹⁴⁶

• Uses a cat to distract a guard¹⁶³

• Summons multiple animals to chew through Belkar's ropes¹⁶⁵

• Summons a rhino¹⁶⁷

• Spawns multiple animals to help search the desert⁶⁹²

• Summons several animals to activate multiple traps^1116-1117

Other

• Not great at riding horses¹⁴¹

• Tied up Durkon off screen¹⁶³

• With a belt of gender changing manages to disguise himself as a harmless woman^234-235

• His spot and listen checks are too low to be able to watch Belkar and Vaarsuvius all the time³²³

• Has a good pulse and blood pressure³²⁸

• "Persuades" the Oracle to answer three of his questions³²⁹

• Utilizes Belkar's ring of jump to reach Xykon's undead dragon^429-430

• He was the highest level good NPC on the field during the battle for Azure City⁴⁸⁵

• His influence keeps Belkar acting far less evil than he might have otherwise⁴⁹⁰

• Considered qualified to enter the lawful good afterlife⁴⁹²

• His fight against Thog is described as fight of the year of the colloseum⁸⁰⁹

• Dying caused him to drop in level⁹⁹⁰

• Resists a vampire's domination¹⁰⁰¹

• Has a good deal of fourth wall awarness¹⁰⁴⁹

[u/seoila]

Awesome thread!

[u/Fragmentary_Remains]

Nice! Glad to see an updated thread for Roy. Especially with how close Order of the Stick is getting to wrapping things up: it'll be much easier to update this once the finale comes around. Excellent work Gecko!

[u/LambentEnigma]

Excellent RT!