Gawain Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I stumbled across this web comic today. Hilarious stuff. DM of the Rings Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original Tolkien mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarron Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings I started laughing out loud at episode 6 or 7. Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings Aragorn: I can heal wounds? Which raises the question: Since the Ranger class was obviously based on the character of Aragorn, thus the ability to use crystal balls at high level, why wasn't some ability to heal, even if limited by availability of herbs, given to the class to begin with? In fact, with the example of a fighter who heals clearly before the eyes of Gygax and everyone else there at the genesis of D&D, why did they need to create the Cleric class in the first place? Lucius Alexander Inquiring palindromedaries don't think we'll ever know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings And another thing - what was TOLKIEN thinking? Of course Aragorn would bear the broken sword of his ancestor - probably stashed away, safely wrapped, at the bottom of his pack. In his scabbard rather than carry something that proclaims "Hi! I'm the HEIR OF ELENDIL!" he'd have a much more ordinary, much more mundane, but above all whole and useful sword. Unless he's an idiot. And, other than things like preferring Arwen to Eowyn, Aragorn is not an idiot. (All men are idiots when it comes to women.) Lucius Alexander The palindromedary notes that it is now 0900 hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings Unless he's an idiot. If the scabbard does not fit you must aquit! No lawyer can prepare a strong enough defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Oh my God! He's using the Chewbacca Defense!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Oh no. Who let the roleplayer into the group." Best line yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings I liked the one where the Orc with an arrow sticking out of its face is complaining "you sound totally retarded." Lucius Alexander The palindromedary rather liked the nazgul uttering "Insipid mortals! Can't you stay in character for, like, five minutes?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings And another thing - what was TOLKIEN thinking? Of course Aragorn would bear the broken sword of his ancestor - probably stashed away, safely wrapped, at the bottom of his pack. In his scabbard rather than carry something that proclaims "Hi! I'm the HEIR OF ELENDIL!" he'd have a much more ordinary, much more mundane, but above all whole and useful sword. Unless he's an idiot. And, other than things like preferring Arwen to Eowyn, Aragorn is not an idiot. (All men are idiots when it comes to women.) Lucius Alexander The palindromedary notes that it is now 0900 hrs. The world of Middle Earth is not high fantasy. Generally people don't carry swords around in their daily lives - there aren't monsters wandering around randomly. Daggers would be the norm, unless you're in the military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings The world of Middle Earth is not high fantasy. Generally people don't carry swords around in their daily lives - there aren't monsters wandering around randomly. Daggers would be the norm' date=' unless you're in the military.[/quote'] Well Aragorn was, more or less, in the military. But in the case of the sword, I'm assuming he put it on special for impressing the hobbits he was waiting for - he already knew the main one of them was an elf-geek with an uncle in Rivendell, so the significance of the sword was unlikely to be lost on him. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings A painful read - and reminicent of some real world gaming groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Some"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings Pardon me, I have to go send this link to everyone I've ever known... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admiral C Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings Hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inu Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Oh no, now the GM's doing it." The biggest danger to our gaming (aside from work postponing sessions) is tabletalk about completely unrelated things. We've never had a conversation specifically about php vs mysql, but we certainly have had long rants on the limitations of both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Some"? I'm willing to entertain "most," but not "all." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings That is, verbatim, Shadowpup's definition of "some". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Horn of Gondor: Blow this horn in a moment of need and Allies will arrive in time to give you a proper burial" "Narsil: Sword of Legend. Refurbished." These are great. And so I don't lose my place, I'm on 1203. I wish he had a button to see the most recent one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Okay, that's new." :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Yeah, I would've remembered him." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings BRILLIANT!! I must set aside some time to read through this whole thing. Thanks for the link you've been repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings You mean running highly detailed games for idiotic, apathetic, useless players is not an experience unique to me? {shock, amazement} Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings . . . Just read the last installment . . . Apparently, "Fly, you fools!" never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings . . . Just read the last installment . . . Apparently' date=' "Fly, you fools!" never happened. [/quote'] Yea, I just brought myself up to date as well, and the latest installment had me rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Re: DM of the Rings "Horn of Gondor: Blow this horn in a moment of need and Allies will arrive in time to give you a proper burial" "Narsil: Sword of Legend. Refurbished." These are great. And so I don't lose my place, I'm on 737. I wish he had a button to see the most recent one. That's my biggest complaint, too. I tend to jump to the current month and scroll until I see one I haven't read yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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