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DM of the Rings CI:
There He Goes Again
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When it comes to giving things to the players versus making them “earn” them:
Give a player a fish, and he’ll probably try to sell it to an NPC fisherman.
Teach a player to fish, and next week he’ll show up with the book, “The Complete Adventuring Fisherman”. He’ll start hunting for some monstrous leviathan to catch and enslave, and he’ll be dual-wielding two fishing poles.
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There are now 91 comments. Almost a hundred!
HA, Pippen is silly.
Gandalf, Kill Stealer! Hah! Loved that description. :)
“tried to poach some of our loot” Awesome :)
“and he’ll be dual-wielding two fishing poles.”
LOL!
I *LOVE* Shadowfax the Rockethorse, with his blur motion and sound effects! LOL!!!
“Teach a player to fish, and next week he’ll show up with the book, “The Complete Adventuring Fisherman”. He’ll start hunting for some monstrous leviathan to catch and enslave, and he’ll be dual-wielding two fishing poles.”
That is a perfect decription of our group. Hurray for number crunchers
This Moral is soooo true!
Ahahaha, the scene of Gimli actually standing up in Gandalf’s defense was an iconic one!
Hmm, the Complete Fisherman might be a good addition to the Complete __________ line. Gods know that line has been overused, so what’s one more book?
Anyway, seems like a number of MMOG terms made it into the comic this time. KS-er, TKer.. :P
I can’t wait to see the DM try to explain to the party what the Palantir is, and why it’s not exactly “trapped” nor is it proper “loot”.
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Aragormless: So this thing is basically like a cellphone?
DM: NO! No, it’s more like…see…okay. Since Sauron has another Palantir right now, then using this one is kind of like seeing directly into his mind. And that’s very bad for the viewer. Trust me, that’s a bad place, and you don’t want to be there. Look at what happened to Pippin.
LeggoMyAss: See into the mind of Sauron? But didn’t I kill him in our last session? Arrow crit, fall from tower, nasty spiky wheel? You’re getting all of our names confused again, aren’t you?
DM: (sigh)
Been a reader for a while, first post!
“I’m never going to able to sell this thing now. Everyone knows it’s trapped.”
Funniest line of the comic. Keep it up, Shamus!
“Of COURSE I’m the owner. I saw it first!” So true. Classic adventurer mindset.
Hehe, many times I laugh louder at the quip after the comic than at the comic itself. “The Complete Adventuring Fisherman” indeed! :)
The panel with the blurry Shadowfax is awesome. Rockethorse indeed.
I wonder how the other players will react when Aragorn becomes king…
you skipped so much!!!!
I was looking forward to use use of the screen of aragorn saying ” the beacons are lit, the becons of gondor are liel gondor calls for aid” because he looks so emphatic in the movie.
I’ll bet that crystal ball would really help Aragorn bag the chicks. Those RenFest babes go all ga-ga for anything that looks magicky. As long as he keeps a healer nearby (or some Cure Disease potions), it could be a very good thing. Chicks dig Big Balls.
“Chicks dig Big Balls.”
*slaps Clyde with an NPC fisherman*
The “Give a player a fish” comments just replaced the sequence with Gimli attempting diplomacy (Dwarven Diplomacy) as my signature on my local webforum.
Absolutely hysterical.
Hehe…Wooooosh!
But the real question is … will Episode CIV be a Civ joke? Or are you above such obvious silliness? :)
Lynx said: “Hmm, the Complete Fisherman might be a good addition to the Complete __________ line. Gods know that line has been overused, so what’s one more book?”
Actually, it already exists, and I think it was actually the first in the line:
The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton, 1653.
Oh noes! The story is coming so quickly towards an end *sniff*.
I love how an item injures one NPC that tries to use it, and the player assumes that means it’s “cursed.”
I swear, I could have an NPC party member grab the wrong end of a torch and burn its hand, and no PC would want to handle that torch ever again.
Given that the screenshots are taken from the extended version, I’m looking forward to the post-Minas Tirith scene when Aragorn wields the palantir and gives some badass talk to Sauron. I’m sure that conversation will be MOST entertaining.
CIV isn’t Civ, it’s C-4 explosive! :-D
Gee, must be a 1st Ed. text. Or 0th Ed. Wonder if there’s any worthwhile feats or spells in there? Quicken Baiting maybe? :p
Uh-uh. Bad idea. Imagine what trigger-happy Leg O’ Lass would do with enough C4. He’ll probably crack open Middle-Earth just to have another go at the Balrog again…
Hmm… someone messes with the sphere, then the guy that was holding he sphere hands it off and runs as fast as he can… Its gotta be a bomb!
hehehe.. Captain Beard and his rocket horse
classic
So when Elrond delivers Aragorn’s sword, he explains to him how to use the palantir. As soon as Elrond leaves, Aragorn immediately starts trying to spy on women, & finds Arwen (splice in shots “Stealing Beauty” ). Only then, he notices Sauron’s eye peeking in too!
It could happen…
That’s like the “Shotgun Demon” mentioned on Fear the Boot… the one who has shotguns on his arms that shoot shotguns out of them.
Originally Aragorn was going to say, “He’s been KS-ing our mobs, and then he tried to ninja our loot…”
But I wasn’t sure how widespread this usage of the word “ninja” was and how many people would get it. I only heard it myself a couple of weeks ago, and I didn’t want to make the lingo too esoteric.
Now I wish I’d done it. “ninja” is much funnier than “poach”.
Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fire, he’s warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, he’s warm for the rest of his life.
Man, there’s really nothing to add to your comments after this comic. That really says it all XD
*note to self*
Do not read this comic when eating lunch
*cleans drink off monitor*
Yeah that Rockethorse panel just made me lose it. XD I couldn’t stop giggling for long time.
Mattingly says:
“Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for the rest of his life.
Give a man a fire, he’s warm for a night.
Set a man on fire, he’s warm for the rest of his life.”
I love the second one, I use it all the time in lectures on how to use the library. The students don’t get it, but I’m not doing it for them ;)
When I saw the “Rockethorse” panel I thought I was gonna die laughing and they’d have to drag my sorry ass home. That was just too funny!!!!
Another awesome strip Shamus!
I think the rockethorse panel would be better with a VROOOM instead of WOOSH. It wouldn’t be appropriate, it’s just that VROOOM is so inherently funny :-D
VROOOM? VROOOM????
(someone is asking for it!)
“Look mate, this horse wouldn’t VROOOM if you put 4 thousand volts through ‘im!”
Awesome Shamus. I stand in awe of your skills. You must have at least a +5 screen capture modifier.
I don’t know how you are going to avoid Aragorn using the palintir to sneak a peek at Arwen in the bath. And having Sauron, the bodiless, peering over his metaphorical shoulder is just too good to pass up.
I don’t envy you for the need now to top those gags. But I know you are up to the challenge! And I am anxiously awaiting the result. ;)
Love the screen cap of Pippin being mind-sucked. I just wished Aragorn had referred to him as the “blonde halfling…”
“What? Captain Beard is gone?”
CLASSIC!
Some great screen caps in this one, the one of Pippin is PERFECT!
Keep ‘em coming :D
[i]Originally Aragorn was going to say, “He’s been KS-ing our mobs, and then he tried to ninja our loot…”
But I wasn’t sure how widespread this usage of the word “ninja” was and how many people would get it. I only heard it myself a couple of weeks ago, and I didn’t want to make the lingo too esoteric.
Now I wish I’d done it. “ninja” is much funnier than “poach”.[/i]
ninja is universal, should’ve gone with ninja.
Esoteric? Probably went “VROOOM” over many heads.
“Look mate, this horse wouldn’t VROOOM if you put 4 thousand volts through ‘im!”
“This is an EX-Rockethorse!”
[Vroom vs Whoosh] Definitely “Whoosh”. Think “Star Trek Movie Warp Sound FX”.
Gandalf should also be dopplering away with a sustained “Aaaaaaaaaaaarrgghh!” in my opinion.
Not Only That Dept:
Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he’ll lie about all in a boat all day drinking beer.
The motto for this campaign should be:
You can drive a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
Steve.
Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’ll be a mile away from them when you criticise them *and* you’ll have their shoes.
Gotta say Steve; that’s gonna be my new motto :P
Another great one, Shamus. And I think poach is fine ;) You already have the Captain Beard thing going for you and everything.
I vote Woosh
James @ 23: I’m a little sad to see the end coming, too, but I’m holding out hope for a DM of the Force comic starring the halflings who left way-way back when. What do you think, Shamus? DM of the Force? How about it?
DM of the Force sounds good. You think Aragorn looks like a dumb stoner? Just wait until Shamus starts pulling screen caps of Anakin. I’m picturing Anakin and Obi-wan going through the droids and yelling, “That was sweet! You cut him right in half!” every time they kill one.
And Anakin can be one of those 15 year olds that HAS to play an evil character because he’s soooo misunderstood.
I’m thinking “DM and the Holy Grail….”
It seems like this is coming to an end all to soon :-(, so a DM of the Force would be a pretty kickarse way to continue it.
I think the “Complete Adventuring Fisherman” would be interested in this kind of fishing…