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I've been holding onto that for a while now.
My favorite was Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and possibly Young Frankenstein. Been a while since I've seen the latter.
My favorite would have to be History of the World, Part 1. Only Mel could take the Spanish Inquisition and do what he did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hEh2NH6teY
Especially from me.
Especially because there's an NPC named Blazing.
Especially because my Rogue has a great bluff score AND has the Bomber talent. "Candygram!" has achieved victory three times already.
How about when bookcases fall? I've heard those are deadly.
I do have a spellcaster in a PBP roleplay based on the Shin Megami Tensei Universe that uses books as her weapon. She either casts spells while reading in battle without looking up or smacks stuff over the head if it wanders too close.
We still haven't worked out how she manages to hit things but it is fun to RP.
We still haven't worked out how she manages to hit things but it is fun to RP.
Well it was originally done as areference to Yuki the Suzumiya Haruhi series but it sort of mutated into this
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassBookworm
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassBookworm
"Readying" one all-purpose encounter power you can use at any moment by expending one of your other encounter powers. You can do the same with one daily and one utility with feat support, too.
Combine with the fact that Tomes usually have one or two daily spells in them that you can use in the same way. It means Wizards are ALWAYS prepared.
Though Tome of Readiness does mean slightly less effective powers, since you miss out on some of the other implement effects, you make up for it with versatility. (And Wizards can get a second implement mastery, so that works out fine for them anyway!)
I love Wizards. Badass bookworms are the best badasses.
"OH COME ON"
You're just asking for boring there :p. The cool kids play sorcs, and noobs and dorks play wizards.
Though i play a shadowcaster, so i'm just weird in general.
Though i respect your right to choose and play whatever class you want.
The cartoon totally sucked plot, though.
Poll time:
I'm sorry for the lack, Dang cold.
I'll start this poll with an ex:
Fluttershy, because I'm a bit shy, and good with anmails.(sp I know)
Second is twilight, because I'm a bit of a nerd.
pick 2 of the mane 6.
Hope my expamle is good enough.
P.S. I ran out of poll for posion joke.
any good ones you think might be out there. Boneus for good ones.
I'm sorry for the lack, Dang cold.
I'll start this poll with an ex:
Fluttershy, because I'm a bit shy, and good with anmails.(sp I know)
Second is twilight, because I'm a bit of a nerd.
pick 2 of the mane 6.
Hope my expamle is good enough.
P.S. I ran out of poll for posion joke.
any good ones you think might be out there. Boneus for good ones.
Twilight Sparkle (living among books) and Applejack (orchard in back yard-- removed the plum tree, pear tree, and one each of the apple and cherry trees; still have an apple and a cherry left)
So, the two of the Mane 6 I'm most like or most reflect me? Okay.
Twilight Sparkle because I'm a huge bookworm and was anti-social for the longest time.
Pinkie Pie because I'm totally random, just like her.
Twilight Sparkle because I'm a huge bookworm and was anti-social for the longest time.
Pinkie Pie because I'm totally random, just like her.
Pinkie, because every day would be hilarious and the pranks would be legendary.
Fluttershy, because she's really nice and I feel like hugging her whenever she gets frightened.
Fluttershy, because she's really nice and I feel like hugging her whenever she gets frightened.
Tatsurou got it in one. 494alex, the 2 that your most like or reflects. Not who you want to spend time with.
It's probably best to wait until you've recovered before tallying the votes for this one. From the sounds of things, you're on cold medication, and a lot loopier than you realize :).
(Were the results ever posted for the "pick your two favourites of the mane 6", by the way? I stopped checking that thread before the week ended.)
(Were the results ever posted for the "pick your two favourites of the mane 6", by the way? I stopped checking that thread before the week ended.)
Loopy, me?
Nope, I'm off the cold medcine, secince yesterday.
I made sure I was fully well before I tried the polls agian. And I'd honsetly forgot about that big poll.
Hoofface times 10!
I'll just have to try agian another time.
My cold appeared on the last day. No point callanrnted it now.
Thanks for the support though.
Nope, I'm off the cold medcine, secince yesterday.
I made sure I was fully well before I tried the polls agian. And I'd honsetly forgot about that big poll.
Hoofface times 10!
I'll just have to try agian another time.
My cold appeared on the last day. No point callanrnted it now.
Thanks for the support though.
If you try again, then several people including me will probably want to strangle you. Twice was enough already.
Just go back to the old one in the archives, tally the votes, and present them here (or in whatever the current day's comics thread is).
Just go back to the old one in the archives, tally the votes, and present them here (or in whatever the current day's comics thread is).
Of the Mane 6?
First is Twilight, because I'm an academic who's not great with social situations.
Second is Fluttershy, because I'm an introvert (though even at my worst I wasn't as severe an introvert as she often is).
Among the cast in general?
Cranky Doodle Donkey (though not quite as witty). Getting older tends to do that.
It's even for similar reasons: When I was in my teens I'd expected to have found Ms. Right by my mid-20s; now I'm in my mid-30s, and I'll be _lucky_ if I'm married by my mid-40s, for several reasons.
Aside from that, life is decent, and I do enjoy my job/research.
First is Twilight, because I'm an academic who's not great with social situations.
Second is Fluttershy, because I'm an introvert (though even at my worst I wasn't as severe an introvert as she often is).
Among the cast in general?
Cranky Doodle Donkey (though not quite as witty). Getting older tends to do that.
It's even for similar reasons: When I was in my teens I'd expected to have found Ms. Right by my mid-20s; now I'm in my mid-30s, and I'll be _lucky_ if I'm married by my mid-40s, for several reasons.
Aside from that, life is decent, and I do enjoy my job/research.
This one's hard because I can see parts of myself in all of them, but...
1)Twilight because I'm smart
2)Applejack because I'm a hard worker
1)Twilight because I'm smart
2)Applejack because I'm a hard worker
Rarity- my passion in life is Creating things- though I tend towards the practical over the aesthetic.
And, wait for it... Twilight! Because Books! And Reading! And what else did you expect from people who are on the internet reading a D&D Pony crossover screencap comic?
And, wait for it... Twilight! Because Books! And Reading! And what else did you expect from people who are on the internet reading a D&D Pony crossover screencap comic?
Wait, there's no real D&D stories to post for this one.....
Wait, wait, I just thought of one that fits, actually!
Last campaign, I had a talking shortsword. It had the soul of a halfling rogue trapped in it. Since he didn't remember his real name, his name was simply "Dirk."
So many things wrong with that kid....Also, apparently halflings speak with a fluctuating Australian accent O_o
EDIT: I swear, I didn't notice the "poll time" at the top of the last comment until after I posted this. That was a lucky coincidence :P
Reminds me of Perf from JourneyQuest, only his sword was bound to him.
I probably laughed harder at the short sword's name than I should have. Curse my love of puns.
Gandalf - Long-time friend of GM, roleplayer. Engaged in the campaign's setting to an absurd degree. Has high connections and pretty much passes History checks automatically, but actually has much fewer spells than found with most D&D wizards.
Thorin - The combat junkie. Playing a dwarf that has an actual reason to dislike the elves. Due to the danger of the trip (and to try to give the player some ideas about playing "smart" instead of "hard"), the DM has allowed him to have 12 followers of his choosing. He chose to have them all be dwarf fighters.
Bilbo - Complete newbie. Was actually just handed a character sheet based off of an NPC halfling grocer. Drafted to be the rogue ("Is that like a burglar?").
DM: Alright, Bilbo is sitting in front of his hobbit hole, smoking some pipeweed. You see a tall old man with a grey cloak, a grey pointed hat, and a wooden staff approach.
B: Okay. Ahem. "Good morning."
G: "What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
B: ...Is he always like this?
DM: Yes.
I always pictured Gandalf as being one of those bored veteran players who tries to reinvent the game to entertain themselves. So, he's a hilarious broken and overpowered wizard, capable of rending reality asunder, but he believes in the power of love and nonviolence and in letting everyone realize their own potential, so he almost never wreaks havoc with his titanic magic, instead preferring to offer moral support.
If The Hobbit were to become a comic in the same vein as DM of the Ring(s?), then I'd picture Thorin as the total min-maxer who built a hard-headed combat addict with a stereotypical backstory that paints him as a total badass. Then, as you said, the DM tryed to push him to play smarter, not harder by letting him take something like Leadership, and we get...12 more Thorins, heavily armed dwarven blenders that have even less personality.
And your characterization for Bilbo is absolutely perfect. Hilarious. I can totally see him being the guy who's super hesitant about playing and what to do at first (Which Thorin can't stand), but then he reveals that he can basically memorize sourcebooks by reading them cover to cover, and becomes the resident badass crook.
Ooh, then the DM invents the corrupting influence of the ring of invisibility to stop Bilbo from abusing it as much as he does. He then turns it into a plot point in his next campaign...DM of the rings.
Also, the DM should love spontaneously spouting purple prose to his players, describing the vistas shown in the movie in immensely flowery detail. Eventually they start cutting him off, and right around then they get ambushed by orcs out of spite.
If The Hobbit were to become a comic in the same vein as DM of the Ring(s?), then I'd picture Thorin as the total min-maxer who built a hard-headed combat addict with a stereotypical backstory that paints him as a total badass. Then, as you said, the DM tryed to push him to play smarter, not harder by letting him take something like Leadership, and we get...12 more Thorins, heavily armed dwarven blenders that have even less personality.
And your characterization for Bilbo is absolutely perfect. Hilarious. I can totally see him being the guy who's super hesitant about playing and what to do at first (Which Thorin can't stand), but then he reveals that he can basically memorize sourcebooks by reading them cover to cover, and becomes the resident badass crook.
Ooh, then the DM invents the corrupting influence of the ring of invisibility to stop Bilbo from abusing it as much as he does. He then turns it into a plot point in his next campaign...DM of the rings.
Also, the DM should love spontaneously spouting purple prose to his players, describing the vistas shown in the movie in immensely flowery detail. Eventually they start cutting him off, and right around then they get ambushed by orcs out of spite.
Oh, and a running joke is that everyone is ribbing the DM constantly for ripping of the whole of Tolkien's world, from start to finish, because They've only ever watched the trilogy and they've never read The Hobbit...
The DM made it so that if the party managed to sneak past the goblins (as opposed to getting caught and fighting their way out), that they would run into Gollum as they go through the lower chasms. Thorin would quickly dispatch Gollum (he's a small, weak, unarmored creature), Gandalf would realize that he's found the One Ring, and has to deal with the potential for corruption by even carrying it. He would have the difficulty of deciding whether to let someone else hold it, should he use its power, etc.
What instead happens is that Bilbo gets separated from the others and ends up where Gollum is. From a gameplay perspective, this actually works: Gollum is just enough of a threat for the low-level Bilbo to be matched with, and Bilbo can potentially use Gollum to find a way out of the mountain caverns. From an "overarching story" perspective, well...
DM: You manage to barely squeeze through the crack. You fall backwards and the ring flies from your hand into the air.
B: Oh, I try to catch on one of my fingers. *roll* 17...why are you grinning?
DM: The ring deftly maneuver so that the ring slides down one of your fingers. Instantly your vision changes. Everything seems slightly hazy and the colors are washed out. *pulls out a stack of notes*
Now comes the fun part....wait. *starts flipping through the notes* Oh, shit.
B: What's wrong?
DM: None of...none of it applies...I mean, you don't have power, you don't lust for gold, but....dang it all, none of this applies to you! *tosses notes away*
B: ...Soooo, I'm good?
DM: *sigh* For the moment, yes, you're good.
Say, Lintermas, you still doing Alt-scripts? I had an idea for something you could use for part of one for the introduction of Scootaloo as a player character, if you'd like to hear it. I kinda came up with a backstory for the player, as well as character type and stats I think fit well.
This is meant to be a reference to Spaceballs, isn't it.
So all the books in the library can talk, huh? I can see that being both helpful and annoying.
Helpful: "Hey, we've got a problem. (Insert problem here). WHich of you covers that?
Annoying: FOr the love of Celestia, would you all just shut up already!
Helpful: "Hey, we've got a problem. (Insert problem here). WHich of you covers that?
Annoying: FOr the love of Celestia, would you all just shut up already!
Hoof up if you're not the only one who had a Space Balls moment
Spaceballs reference FTW! :D
I once put a talking but in an old D&D campaign. Unfortunately the party spellcasters had recently watched "Carebears Movie II" and they nuked it before it could give them anything useful other than kindling.
I once put a talking but in an old D&D campaign. Unfortunately the party spellcasters had recently watched "Carebears Movie II" and they nuked it before it could give them anything useful other than kindling.
This made my day.
48 comments?! that's my favorite numb- wait, now it's 49, crap...
just read this comic from beginning to now, completely awesome, adding it to my list of comics to keep up with
The funny ones are mine!
Why is my dagger giggling?
"'Twilight: The flame thrower!' (the kids love that one)"
[I can't believe it took me several days to think of that, after the "why fireball is wonderful" thread.]
[I can't believe it took me several days to think of that, after the "why fireball is wonderful" thread.]
Please excuse me while I review smoulder material in preparation for the next round.
Combust or boom, I'm not ready to abandon this one yet.
Spaceballs, man. It's always relevent
This reminds me of a certain line I heard... "I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes... KEEP FIRING ASSHOLES!"
Your music is also epic too