Haha, it's like the Terry Goodkind books. Now we know where they got the name Richard....

Well, Richard is a pretty common name, but thats a good point. I wonder if Zedd or Kahlan will show up. Man that'd be cool, imagine totally evil zombie versions of them?

Not necessarily. Besides if anything, Terry Goodkind stole Richard's copyrighted name from the warlock himself.

Brother! that hit me right between the eyes. I was just reading The Pillars of Creation on my way to work! i log in and check out my fave web comic and Ker-blaaam!!! The bleeding sword of truth. Lol. That was way too much. I laughed my poor head off. Sweet

IM still reading ChainFire....god that is a good series.

*cackles* Oh god it is a good series and I realized it too when I read it. About choked on my soda. Priceless.

Goodkind?

Nope. Try Walt Disney, Sleeping Beauty. Prince Eric killed a dragon with the Sword of Truth, with some help from fairies:

"Now, Sword of Truth, fly swift and sure. That evil die and good endure!"

You get to know these things when you have kids.

i havent read these books... where might i get them? they still being printed?

The Sword of Truth Series

Wizard's First Rule (1994)
Stone of Tears (1995)
Blood of the Fold (1996)
Temple of the Winds (1997)
Soul of the Fire (1999)
Faith of the Fallen (2000)
The Pillars of Creation (2002)
Naked Empire (2003)
Chainfire (2005)
Phantom (2006)


I have not read the last two yet. But yes, they are still being published. A good read, if you don't mind the characters doing stupid things they should knwo better than to do. semi-predictable at times.

But as to the "harnasses your anger" That's what th Sword of Truth does in this series. It harnesses and uses the wielders rightful anger

i like anything i can laugh at, time to go book hunting

It's definately a good series, I found it in the library in high school and it quickly jumped to one of my favorites. It's nearing the end, however, I believe the book coming out this year is either the last or next to last one =(.

Faith of the Fallen was definately my favorite =)

Fath of the Fallen and Pillars of Creation tie for my favorite.

Heh, I registered just to comment on the comic and the Sword of Truth thing. I'm rereading it, and I don't find anything with the characters. I think Goodkind went a little too far in making them seem vulnerable though.

But yeah, Richard gets angry in the books when he lets the sword take over, so I'm thinking that's what the reference is towards in this comic.

Ha, as a Sword of Truth hater, I always enjoy something that pokes some fun at it. Great comic.

zOMG haven't you payed attention to the other threads? This comic is based entirely on WoW, everything must be from WoW, no other genres are allowed.


Nubs

(<< this is sarcasm, it's a little hard to tell online, espeacially if you've never talked to the person before.)

Have to say this, Looking to you Kayhynn, if you gonna read the last two, make sure that you get both, I was pissed when I finished chainfire and it was open ended....had to wait like a year for phantom.

Rereading Chainfire to improve flow into the new one.

DAMN GOOD BOOKS!!!!

You actually forgot one. Debt of Bones, came out in 2004, it's the prequel to the series

lol... They are going to quest to find the Sword of Truth. Thats Great. Awesome. i love it. never saw that comming. and what a great Explanation of its powers as well. It makes you angry. lol.

I loved the reference. I finally got Phantom out of the library (sigh...50+ holds and 30-40 bucks in hardcover) and I've been reading the series over again like mad to get caught up again.

Goodkind is such an awesome author, but this leads to another potential.

Any guesses on what next reference shall come forth from the mighty Lars and Sohmer? Ideas upon how far down the fantasy rabbit hole they will go?

So many levels of awesome the mind boggles.

Careful, next thing you'll know Fwoom will be back saying "No time to say hello, goodbye I'm late I'm late I'm late." I mean...... Cale DID fall into a hole....... of sorts. Now they're walking underground, don't think it couldn't happen!
But based on a person who isn't familiar with the books, the whole fork shpeel had me giggling. Ah poor Richard, and mocking all in an attempt to garner attention and feel loved. Mother held him to much, or not enough. Moments of levity likely actually give him pain, causes headaches or something.

I've only read up to Faith of the Fallen... damn Libraries.

faith of the fallen was definitely the best of the serries. but the final trillogy is really cool. cant wait to read the last book, and see how it all ends... i dont wanna say anything... dont wanna say anything... anyhow. yeah its so great. just reading along. nifty little comic. sword of truth. and richard's whole rant... so funny when you know what he is talking about.

i cant help it skip over, stop reading. iam gonna say what the fate of the whole world of the Sword of Truth serries is comming down to.


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I wanna start reading some Fritz Lieber, starring Fafhrd and The Grey Mouser, though I'm not exactly sure which book to start with...

Though, LFG screams Discworld to me, or maybe that's because it's such a great fantasy spoof. >>

But I think The Sword Of Truth *insert shining glory and gregorian "ahhh"ing here* is a good, generic fantasy name for a magical sword, if y'ask me.

I had just finished reading 'Blood of the Fold' when I saw that reference to Terry Goodkind's series in the webcomic. Are the other books in the series as good as 'Blood of the Fold'?

Heh... I read the topic title as WTB Sword of Truth...

You people READ BOOKS??!?!?!
BURNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as many others have said, this is a wonderful series. I put it up there with "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan, but I must say that "WoT" has slowly been degrading as the series has progressed, yet "SoT" has stayed strong, and even improved throughout the years.
and in reply to Oskars comment, they definatly are worth reading, every last one of them.

Sword of Truth + 5 to all attributes
+ 25% hit points
+ 10% accuracy
Effective against politicians.

Politicians are SO immune to the truth. As are lawyers and celebrities.

Lawyers are only partly human, so they feel no guilt or any other emotion for that matter. Part of Law school includes an emotional stopper class. True story.

As we all know, Lawyers aren't a class, not even a prestige class, they're a racial template.

I never thought I'd find a subject that I'd actually enjoy teaching... but there it is.

That amuses me greatly.

See, now I get the thought of it being applicable to ANY race...

Oh the possibilities, what I wouldn't give for a Pit Fiend Lawyer...

'My client is innocent, because if he wasn't, I'd have his soul to torment for all eternity."
"But is it not true that..."
"SILENCE MORTAL!"
*Flame Strike*

That lawyer'd get charged with obstructing a judge. But he'd get away with it by virtue of "He was Annoying me."

Yes, the law system works.

XD yeah, good old Richard. But who needs a sword to make them angry when you can have a lethal injection?

wise words, whatever they meant.

Reminds me of the South park episode " THE SWORD OF TRUTHS!" -wierd theme music- - looks around- Anyho...ya... i like the fork of truths better

hell yeh, fork of truth has some epic pizazz going on. sword of truth? bah! swords of truth are for women and gay men, and that, my friends, you can take to the bank.

Heh, finished Phantom 3 days after I bought it. It was the summer and I didn't have much else to do.

Plus, great reference. And has anyone seen the new one. I'm sure the headless gnome apologizes greatly.

Yes, but what about
The Sword of 1000 Truths?

Yea...

Im not sure. I dont actually remember why I made that post, considering I had already posted. Though, if I know me, which I dont, It had something to do with theme music.

whoot! Faith of the fallen was the best agreed.


keep reading, you have not yet hit the best part. u will see.


ROFL thats just awesome, and id like to think that after ur sword of truth skill lvl reaches 3 then u get the +10% accuracy, and an additional 15% agility bonus. *edit* u know, gotta learn to dance with death before u get the agility bonus

Beware my FORK OF TRUTH

You can't copywrite a name to begin with. I didn't even think on the fact that the warlock was named Richard, seeing as hwo it is a common name. But when they mentioned "The Sword of Truth" and it's ability to make you angry, I kinda guessed this was pulled from Goodkind's work.

I had to register after seeing the SoT comic

I've been enjoying this. It's on par with LICD.

One thing, though: don't call the Sword of Truth fantasy. Goodkind actually gets kind of upset if you do. He normally likes to start his public speeches by saying that he isn't essentially a fantasy author. During a chat session, Goodkind once said, "My books were defined in the marketplace as fantasy purely because of business considerations, not essential characteristics." He seemed rather unhappy about the decision. He's pretty adamant that he writes philosophy, and he has said even the smallest things, like the way Richard walks, show how Richard uses reason as a guiding force of his life.

While a fan of the series I have to say I got burned out on any series that goes past 6 books thanks to Robert Jordan. To be hones when I first saw the reference to The Sword of Truth I actually thought back to one of my favorite books/series, The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. In that the sword was literally a sword of truth. It acted as a normal sword in all respects, except that it revealed the truth of things. Now if you gave a sword like that to Richard Cypher the truth would be revealed that he's a horses ass and he does everything the hard way.

Actually the best series I ever read was by Glen Cook called the Garrett Files for the fantasy/humor/sex/hard-boiled detective style.

I love the Shannara series, those books are all pretty much awesome. But I have some of the sword of truth books up in my room, I just haven't gotten around to reading them yet.
For an awesome series though, read song of fire and ice by George RR Martin. Awesome stuff, along with just about everything else of his that I have read.