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Two minutes of fun at the expense of a badly-run theme park.
Push the Button!
Scenes from Half-Life 2:Episode 2, showing Gordon Freeman being a jerk.
I’m always a fan of a random Harry Potter reference.
It’s the best kind of Harry Potter reference, sadly.
Hillarious.
You know, I think one day, we’re going to open DMotR and read it and learn only at the bottom of the comic that it’s the end. With today’s title (mad props, BTW), I half expected it to be the last.
Well, quarter-expected.
Huzzah!!
Love the strip.
Thanks Shamus
Hee. That last panel is great.
What prompted Lego Lass to be a wet blanket, though? I feel like I’m missing a connection. *doh*
The “wet blanket” line, if you look close, is uttered by Gimli behind Leggy. That threw me too on the first read.
I loved the line, “Isn’t that your character class?”
Would that be a prestige class? What kind of bonuses do you get with that? :-)
6 days in the middle of nowhere with no beer! That’s Gimli’s tragedy.
If you look real closely you can barely see Gimli’s helm on the horse behind Legolas. That’s where the “wet blanket” is coming from.
Wow, this is one fine comic, I really love your Work. I stumbled into DMotR only yesterday and not only did I laugh so hard my sides hurt – badly, but I nearly missed meeting my friends for Transformers. Well, I guess a girl can jump up shut down her computer, change clothes, grab her handbag and book and runn down to the bus in under four minits.
It was totaly worth it (DMotR AND the movie…)
Thanks a lot
Beautiful!!!
I, too, have only recently discovered this comic. AWESOME.
It wouldn’t be as funny if similar things hadn’t happened in my campaigns…
…aww who am I kidding, of course they would be.
Nice work!
Pimple
Expecto healum or somesuch! :D
-The Gneech
Ah yes, the sit arounf for 6 days and do nothing trick, a clasic. Great strip Shamus.
Heh heh , heh heh! Aragorn would ride much further to “lay hands” on Eowyn!
I doubt he would at this point. Not worth another bad rash and lecture from the local priest just to go where you’ve already been.
To be fair, a lone rider can go a hell of a lot faster than a whole army on the march – the army’s got to go at the pace of the slowest people in it (probably the mules and things lugging the supplies), otherwise it gets thinned out and vulnerable.
Proving once again that, as DM, sometimes it’s just easier to say “yeah fine, you do it” then to discuss the logistics. Well done.
Man it seems like the DM has just given up at this point.
But wouldn’t they all heal to full strength again from the full week of rest or are they too high level?
Oh, I don’t know that the DM’s given up… He got through three frames of exposition without being interrupted…
Oooh, That makes much more sense now! Thanks!
Theres always something you forget to do,and than its always “I turn back time and do what I forgot to do”,or “I run back,do the thing,and come back with the speed of light”,or something similar.Hillarious!
Silly Aragorn. That trip could have shortened to something more like 4 or even 3 days if he’d only said ‘ride’ instead of ‘run’. :P
“But wouldn't they all heal to full strength again from the full week of rest or are they too high level?”
Natural healing in 3E is (level) hp per full night of rest, double that per full day of bedrest. So everyone heals up in approximately the same length of time, regardless of level, except that, through an odd mechanical fluke, high-Con characters will need a couple extra days.
Of course, it’s probable that Merry and Eowyn, at least, took more than mere hp damage while fighting the Witch-King (much as Frodo would have on Weathertop). That might require a magical healer’s touch before they could heal normally–which would preserve the plot requirement that Aragorn to tend to them at some point.
How come while Aragormless was gone the other two didn’t try and go shopping? That is what would happen in any game I’ve been in lately, unless of course the absentee left anything behind, in which case a flurry of suspicious notes would usually pass between DM and the players cooling their heels in the Ash Wastes.
Steve.
Oops, that should have read, “characters with large HD types and/or high Con”.
This and the last one… autobiographical!
Weird…!
“Browncoat Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 11:06 am
The “wet blanket” line, if you look close, is uttered by Gimli behind Leggy. That threw me too on the first read.”
Ahhh… Thanks for explaining that. I couldn’t quite figure out that panel until you pointed that out.
“I'm always a fan of a random Harry Potter reference”
Here here! ^_^
Wait a second, are those screen captures from the Lord of the Rings movies arranged like a comic book?
They never said that stuff in the movies, why are you making up your own dialogue?
And who is “DM”? Is that someone’s initials?
I can only hope that Baby McBathwater is joking.
Heh, I guess this is the player’s way of making up for “suddenly, Lord Elrond shows up at your camp.” :P
Awesome.
1 yes
2 because that’s… funny?! omg it’s for fun!!!
3 I dont know
roxysteve Says:”How come while Aragormless was gone the other two didn't try and go shopping? That is what would happen in any game”
I think they spent their time making sure Eomer didn’t get near their horse.
I was just wondering why doesn’t Legolass or Gimli whine anything about sharing their horse…
(I really would like to have a ‘I hate this campaign’ T-shirt or mug)
I love this comic so much.
The Tony Hawk one at the battle of Helm’s K(D)eep had me in tears of laughter for five or ten minutes.
“Fine. Whatever.”
Comic gold.
Hahahah, at least he was WORRIED about the NPCs! Before this he more or less didn’t care, so this is a move forward, even if back again!
No it didn’t take Aragorn the full 3 days of travel, it only took a day and a half, the rest of the time was probably spent with Eowyn; he needs to make another fortitude save by the way DM.
At this point, for the poor DM’s sake, I think the Mouth of Sauron would come out and eat the heroes. Just to end the campaign prematurely and allow the DM to go outside and get some desperately-needed fresh air. Poor guy…
“Wait a second, are those screen captures from the Lord of the Rings movies arranged like a comic book?
They never said that stuff in the movies, why are you making up your own dialogue?
And who is “DM”? Is that someone's initials?”
1: Yes (as mentioned above)
2: Because it’s a spoof. Just like there were no herrings or knights of Ni in the original king Arthur story. He does it because it makes us laugh, mostly because it relates to our own real-life gaming experiences.
3: DM is the acronym for “Dungeon Master,” which is the term used by the Dungeons and Dragons rulebooks for the person who “runs” the world – i.e. controlling all non-player action and all NPCs and such.
In this case, “DM of the rings” stands for somebody who is running (DMing) a Dungeons and Dragons game based on the Lord of the Rings story – and the story is therefore altered to fit with the stereotypes of different kinds of players. I can say from personal experience – DMing a game like this is living hell, but it’s quite funny to read.
Go Shamus!
I discovered ‘DM of the Rings’ in June.
To keep it short, you’re a genius.
And all God’s people said….
What!?
3 days both ways and no wandering monsters!! What kind of dungeon are you narrating here Shamus!!? There’s got to be some bad guys still hiding out from the big battle. Come on!! Make him pay!! (or at least run away like a little girl)That’s not too vindictive is it?
Some of our wandering monster encounters were much more memorable than the actual planned sections. Of course there was the time when both our thieves left guard duty to go rob a nearby camped merchant and left the paladin asleep and unprotected. He died during a wolf pack attack. Whoops.
There definitely needs to be a “I hate this campaign” mug or T-shirt with the fellowship of the ring wandering around behind it.
I can’t say for DAYS spent hanging around doing nothing, but lately our party has spent quite a few afternoons killing time in town as soon as our spell-casters used all their spells…
There and Back Again
A King’s Forgetfulness
By Aragorn
Ben(#46) At least Jondera was polite :-p
That whole party is going to be pissed that the best magic item in the campaign was destroyed by an NPC. If not for that 6-day delay, maybe they could have made it in time to take the ring off Frodo, so I say it’s Aragorn’s fault.
Time travel is the key to all great adventures. The “I did that already even though I clearly forgot to have my character do it,” rule is always in place
Ya, Mike cured everyone last night before we left, so I am not down 23 hit points and I am still alive…
I fixed the panel 4 & 5 confusion. It should be clearer now. Thanks for the feedback.
Still bringing a smile to my working morning =)
Gimli FTW :D
LOTR movies and books aside…
…why was it so freekin important for Aragorn to heal these three piddly NPCs at all?
After all, he already slept with one of them, another one is the brother of a dude they let die (so he might come after the party for revenge), and the third NPC used to belong to one of the players but was taken over by the DM after the player left…which is the most dangerous type of NPC there is. KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot one other thing.
Six-day ride with no sweat? How many horses had to be ridden unto death, for that to happen?
A perfect example of the DM forgetting the tools of his trade. (He used it against the players in the previous comic strip but not in this one.)
The DM probably didn’t forget the horse rules.. he just is sick of this pidly crap from the players that care nothing for the story.. it’s a DMs.. “yeah.. whatever” moment.. that players abuse to get stuff.. like.. “oh, I bought that at the last town..”.. “yeah.. whatever.”
Cenobite: for Aragorn’s horse, that’s actually a NINE day ride with no sweat. :)
I’m in a campaign right now (my first *real* campaign, yay!) where upon character creation we discovered that, through a fluke of calculations, my halfling swashbuckler can only carry his gear and nothing else… and this after the DM told us that he doesn’t consider backpacks to have weight.
So my fellow players decided to roll up fake PCs, give me their starting gold, and the buy me a portable hole. The DM’s house rule is “If it has potential for lots of funny, I’m much more likely to allow it,” so the idea worked. This was fine until…
Then out of a sense of fairness, I convinced the DM to create a new house rule: Each PC is allowed to “inherit” one ridiculously overpowered magic item from a dead uncle, pending majority approval from all players present. This was fine until…
Then in true US Senate spirit, the remaining players waited until the DM and myself were out of the room, and then “majority” approved themselves some really really game imbalancing items. One decided to give himself the Glove of Utter Death (see Complete Warrior), which allows him, up to three times a day, to touch an enemy and cause it to spontaneously combust into a pile of ashes. The save DC is ridiculously high, and if it is successful the enemy avoids being immolated… but instead takes something like 8d6 fire damage. And we were starting at lvl 5. This was fine (for that player) until…
Upon returning, the DM and I “majority” voted ourselves a fix: we gimped the glove, adjusting all related numbers to be more appropriate for level 5. This was fine until…
The player in question was a little unhappy, and threatened to leave the game (he didn’t want to play in the first place, and it was his house). So we agreed to level the gloves with him. Problem solved.
Sort of. It’s still a whacked out game. My halfling swashbuckler is toting around the naked, rotting bodies of his two dead benefactors (the fake PCs). Our human hexblade (the guy with the glove) has severe antisocial personality disorder. We have a gnome wizard who’s played by a rules lawyer, and his character prefers street buskering with cheap parlor magic over real arcane power. And lastly, our (female) human rogue wears black pleather armor (kinky!) and spends more time flirting with the hexblade (the two players are dating) than actually sneaking around.
Our first actual playing session (and so far our last) involved all of us on a ship looking for a mysterious, nondescript artifact. After a few hours (days in game) of searching the hold and the passenger cabins, we all switched alignments to evil, and killed the first mate accidentally while attempting to torture him for information. (oops) Then we found a secret compartment in his armoire. (double oops) Then we realized that we had a rogue, and could have snuck in and found the compartment without killing or even alerting the guy. (triple oops)
All in all, this a pretty interesting (read: insane) group of gamers. The DM and I are working on a real campaign for when this one “ends”, with an actual storyline and roleplaying and everything, and we’re slightly scared of what’s going to happen to our beloved setting.
Forgot the point of that long essay:
Our DM’s favorite line? “Fine. Whatever.”
Thastygliax Said:”But wouldn't they all heal to full strength again from the full week of rest or are they too high level?”
Easy, The Witchking was undoubtedly doing Vile damage. (see Book of Vile Darkness)
:)
Expecto Healum or somesuch. Cracked me up.
Keep them coming!
Oh man, I love this comic – I worked on these movies, and I roleplay, so this frequently has me snorting my morning’s chocolate milk out my nose.
DING … 60!!!
Another great one Shamus. Going to miss this when you wrap it up. As far as character traveling goes, if Aragone had been in my group, he would simply have used his personal teleportation device to zip back and forth in no time. Our DM ran such a Monty Hall campaign it was a joke.
“wow … a +5 Holy Avenger for my level 4 paladin … greeeaaat.”
Speaking of Harry Potter, I sure most of you have seen the SNL skit with Lindsey Lohan as Hermione, but in case you haven’t you got check this out. (YouTube had this pulled because it was such a popular dowload, they got in trouble with NBC.)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1635566
Favorite line:
Hermione: Aprentium medesin, aprentium medesin, apretium medesin … The magic isn’t happening!
Ron: I’mmm going to disagree with you!
As always, very good! I really look forward to getting the alert that a new one’s ready. Thanks Shamus.
“Ah yes. Another chance for suspense and drama…averted.”
A narrow escape indeed! Should be a load off for Lego Lass, anyway.
#59, Angel: wow! We’ve been found out! :) So, I wonder how many other folks who worked on the films have found this comic…
“Expecto Healum or Somesuch!” I will never say “Cure Moderate Wounds” again.
If you look closely, Gimli says that TWO NPCs need healing, but shamus says that Faramir, Eowyn AND Merry need healing. Is this a subtle joke? Or…Dum Dum DUMMMMMM. A continuity error?!?
Well, Faramir is pretty forgettable…
As I recall, Faramir wasn’t really mentioned in the strip, besides the obligatory secondary fighter character for Frank (Boromir’s player) that’s actually Boromir’s brother. Really.
I don’t seem to recall Faramir really appearing in this strip. (maybe its because my attention span is worse than Leggy-lass’s)
But I think Gimli saying two NPC’s need a heal and the DM’s naming three is a continuity goof. Unless the DM is just correcting Gimli, which is quite possible.
But still: the joke stands, and is supremely funny:
“Hey, you STILL didn’t heal those guys.”
“Oh CRAP”
xD xD
And “Expecto Healum” indeed. Sheer brilliance.
Also, the two screencaps of Aragorn going “OH CRAP” and Eomer sitting there twiddling his thumbs are hilarious.
I can just see Eomer thinking: “Doo-dee-doo. I’m just a random NPC, so I’ll just sit here and wait for six or seven odd days until a player character remembers me and comes back to finish this side quest.” ;D
Just to nitpick, shouldn’t it be npcs, not npc’s?
Catilin:
I quite agree. I liked the ones in Dr Who, Season 3, The episode with Shakespeare in it. Though i suppose you lot havent seen it…
This is one of the most artistic panels you’ve done! It reminds me of the kind of stuff Frank Miller used to do!
LMAO. Expecto Healum FTW.
Awe, my ‘pimple’ remark got viewed as too frivalous and was deleted. I note we have no ‘pimp’ either, I hope that doesn’t mean Colin is sick. Get well soon Colin.
Anyway, that aside, more great stuff. Really enjoyed it just can’t believe it’s ticking down to game over now :-(
Hope you’ve not decided to take a break or anything, Shamus, before your next masterpiece starts up!
Thanks for all the hard work, we are not worthy.
Argh, I lie. It is there, I just didn’t think I’d got in quite that soon! In the words of the great prophet, D’oh!
“But wouldn't they all heal to full strength again from the full week of rest or are they too high level?”
Think of them as having been poisoned so they’re losing d3 CON per day – so leave them in bed for a week and they’ll be dead!
(Of course if the DM were feeling mean he’d make Aragorn roll to see if either had died due to the 6 day delay – then again, since this Aragorn would only care insofar as he’d want to search the bodies for valuables I guess there wouldn’t be much point!)
Is it just me or does anyone else think that the DM has stopped trying? :P Aragorn said he went back to Minas Tirith alone, right? Personally, I’d have rolled for at least 6 random encounters along the way. With at least one involving one of the surviving Ringwraiths on those… um… dragon-beasts they’ve got.
Although I’m glad to see that Gimli is back on his “roleplaying” wagon again, and the Expecto Healum line is a crack-up. Keep the humor coming, Shamus!
shame these guys are going to miss the chance to convert their characters to 4th edition in mid-campaign.
John
Heh… I find thia far funnier than I should, but only because I’m a huge geek and I’m reading way too much into it.
Y’see, “Return of the King” came out in late 2003. However, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” didn’t hit theatres until mid-2004. Assuming that “DM of the Rings” is being played around the same time the relevant movies came out (and there’s absolutely no reason to make this assumption), the only way Aragorn’s player could have known to make that reference is if *he reads Harry Potter*.
The incongruity of that notion is downright hilarious.
Let’s see….there’s been Princess Bride, Star Wars, Harry Potter and of course the
dreadedMonty Python reference. Are the any more up your sleeve Shamus? Will we see an Airplane and Ghostbusters reference worked in there before this ends?70 Nathan Says:
August 16th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Catilin:
I'm always a fan of a random Harry Potter reference.
I quite agree. I liked the ones in Dr Who, Season 3, The episode with Shakespeare in it. Though i suppose you lot havent seen it…
that was a good episode. i can’t say i like martha however. i kinda wanna stab her.
“Pimple”
OMG… “Prayer pimples for hairy fishnuts?”
Thanks for making me remember that one.. :)
Gandalf: They’re dying! We’ve got to get these NPCs to the Houses of Healing!
Aragorn: The Houses of Healing! What is it?
Gandalf: It’s the Gondorian equivalent of a hospital, but that’s not important right now.
Gimli (upon entering the Paths of the Dead): Listen! Do you smell something?
HEY! A Bloom County reference! (Am I showing my age for knowing that one?)
Our group’s standard “Oh yeah, I did that already and forgot to tell the GM about it” is the ever popular (drum roll please) … Continual Light on a Stick.
Usually the question only arises when the largely human party finds themselves in the dark. When I point out they can’t see, they actually get offended that I haven’t just automatically assumed this exists. I do have a nasty habit of bringing up the glowing light source when they’re trying to sneak around, but that’s usually covered by someone saying it’s wrapped in a “piece of cloth that totally obscures the bright light”. :sigh: It’s not worth arguing over, really.
Ronald Says:
OMG… “Prayer pimples for hairy fishnuts?”
Loved that one, but the band changing its name was a totaly stupid plot move.
Steve. (Second best e.t. player in the world.)
Mirage Says:
(Am I showing my age for knowing that one?)
No, only by blowing the gag with a direct reference.
:o)))))
Steve Shuttle Chair Navigator (Backup Team)
I think most groups standard is continual light on a stick. Of course, in this case it just has a tendency to get broken. And by broken I mean sundered. Everyone knows that 30% of magic weapons glow, so if you see someone with a glowing thing in their hand it is probably dangerous. Although this is one of those situations where the reinforced DM screen comes in handy.
Phil@75:
IIRC, Aragorn has already searched (at least) one of those bodies for valuables.
And come away with a load.
I read the DM listing the NPCs in need of healing as subtly correcting Gimli, whose player would be smarting for having to be corrected, but too serious a player to whine about it.
I reckon Sauron will be really pissed if he gets killed by these guys. I’m betting on the DM winning with a TPK.
Anyone else notice Lego-Lass is giving Aragorn that “WTF” look in the last frame? Great screen caps!
Great one again Shamus…
After six days Eowyn is still wearing her chain mail armor. That’s got to put some serious chafing, but I suppose Eomer refused to let them take it off until Aragorn’s “lay on hands” was complete…
Most of the host appear to be foot soldiers, so three days afoot should equal no more than a day or so on horseback.
“Expecto Healum…” is just about the best role playing Aragorn has done so far. It’s actually pretty good, and much better than “OK, I throw a cure moderate on the NPC.” Give the guy some credit, he’s learning. AND in the last panel, he’s got his game face on. No wonder Legolass is giving him the eye.
Poster #56, trigear says “my first *real* campaign, yay!”
Ummm… nope. I don’t know what you’re playing, but it doesn’t resemble any game I’ve ever heard of. Perhaps you should box it up and market it.
Aragorn: “So, Legolas, have you ever been in an Orcish prison?”
“Prayer pimples for hairy fishnuts*
There are others out there who still know Bloom County – my life is complete! *swoons*
Oh, and great comic Shamus! :)
Oh no! Don’t get Bloom County into this. Next thing ya know:
Lego-lass: Hey kids! Can you say Mr. Legolas is the coolest?
Audience: Leolth ‘s ooli.
Lego-lass: I knew that you could. Now…can you say Mr. Legolas needs to get more loot?
Audience: Leol””
Lego-lass: Can you put it in an e-mail?
THis is the funniest take on D&D I’ve seen. Sure, Goblins taks a shot at the rules and Order Of the Stick shows how silly characters can be, but the real fun is the eternal struggle depicted here””between the DM and his players.
How many times have I heard ‘Oh, I’ll just zip back (two weeks travel) and take care of that.”
And when I dare to make some of the npcs (merchants, mind you) a fraction as greedy and self-intersted as my players, I’m making them ‘unrealistic.’
I once spent a week working an old C.L. Moore story into a really cool campaign. One session in: “I don’t like grandious.’ Translation: “Not nearly enough loot, dude!”
Bless you, Shamus, for letting me know I am (or at least was) not alone.
BTW, did Aragorn actually heal Eowyn and Faramir in the book/movie? I got the clear impression that they were dead, and watching from heaven or some such afterworld…
I realize that this posting clearly outs the facts that I A) have never read LOTR, and B) am too freaking stupid even to understand a movie, but in all fairness I saw the movie in Japanese…
Aragorn: “Oh look, Shadowfax is a boy horse…”
Ah yes, The Wet Blanket Prestige Class. Designed as the anti-bard. Must be lawful, immune to fun based spells such as Tasha’s Uncontrollable Laughter & Otto’s Irresistable dance.
Pimp!
The wet blanket prestige class could actually be useful. It would be funny. Also Colin, will you stop with Pimp!Its an insult, and Shamus is awesome. Also, I got the d100.
When DM of the Rings is complete, why not do Harry Potter and the DungeonMaster of Doom?
I also suspect that some of the DM’s willingness to let Aragorn complete a 6-day round trip in 12 seconds is due to the DM getting caught in the paradox of his own railroad: Aragorn is returning to heal 3 NPCs. He’s too dumb to have any clue that saving those NPCs lives may or may not lead to the ultimate success or failure of the campaign, and in fact would probably be more happy with a nice suit of magical armor than with being king.
If you tell a player “You have won renoun as the ultimate master of the Blaytok system of dagger-fighting,” the PC will want to know what kind of cash prize comes with that, or how many points it adds to his knife attacks.
Aragorn’s player figures (rightly) that if the DM wants Mary and Eileen and Fagley alive, they’ll stay alive whether he heals them or not. He figures he’s going above and beyond just by pretending he gives a crap about them for the DM’s sake!
The other characters should have asked to role-play the three days of waiting. Who knows what they would have done while they waited, and it’s always a good way to teach the players who just happened to think he could run off and leave the rest of the world waiting.
“I can only hope that Baby McBathwater is joking.”
sombody with a name like that is probably amune to seriousness.
ps love the title of this one.
This is hilarious. Great job.
And now I must demonstrate my nerdity…
Sauron’s empire extends far east of Mordor. There are huge slave-driven farming operations around a lake, the name of which escapes me… but the answer to Gimli’s objection is that Sauron has amazingly huge farms behind his Gate. Way back there. Can’t remember if that’s in the LOTR supplement or the Silmarillion, but Tolkien did actually think of that.
Several years later, this reader finally gets the Potter reference. I’ve been linking Aragorn’s line to “expecto resurrectionem mortuorum”, which was pretty funny in itself.
Mirage: No, you doesn’t show yo’ age by reckonizin’ a Bloom County reference. That mere shows your youth.
You kin show yo’ age by reckonizin’ a Pogo reference. Horribobble!
Yeah, well, technicly he could do that “run there and back again”…
-No he couldn’t!
Oh yes he could. Now see, we are talking about an army that has marched for three days to one direction, right?
Now, how large an army is? I don’t know if I’d call a group of twenty or so armed thugs an army. But hundreds or thousands of thugs? Yeah, that’s n army. What comes with that large group of people? Long lines, “what the heck are we going here?”, annoying officers etc, but more importantly, logistics. How to get food for all that group, new arrows for archers, water for horses, and all sorts of tinkers and tailors and whatnot. Also, horses can go on for only a certain ammount after wich they need to stop to eat and drink, and same goes for the men who carry dozens of pounds of equipment. Each.
So, compared to one man on horseback (with a decent horse), he can make the six day trip, depending on the size of the army, in less then half the time. Now, ofcourse, how long it would take to heal two badly wounded NPCs is anybodys guess.
Its so easy to have an NPC army that can march for years around the clock, as long as the DM remembers you have it, and the same goes for the horses…*sigh*
” Natural healing in 3E is (level) hp per full night of rest, double that per full day of bedrest. So everyone heals up in approximately the same length of time, regardless of level, except that, through an odd mechanical fluke, high-Con characters will need a couple extra days.”
So tough guys — fighters, high-cons — need longer time to heal than a weak, unfit mage?
And you heal fully in just a few days, about a week. Hmm.
Maybe we need something like:
D4’s heal 1/4 level per day
D6’s heal 2/3 level per day
D8’s heal level per day
D10’s heal 1 1/2th level per day
Con bonus adds bonus/3 per day.
Minumum 1 per day.
Obviously, for Aragorn to make that trip and not have the rest of the army go on without him, he has to have stolen Gandalf’s rocket horse. On Shadowfax, Aragorn makes the trip there and back in two hours, tops.
Eleventy-first post!
(It had to be done.)
So yeah, real smooth there, Stoned King. That’s one job he really should have been able to delegate. Why do they need him anyway, is Aragorn the best healer in the kingdom too? Even in the original story where he doesn’t take a week long detour to work his herbs and spices mojo, one imagines he should have more important things to do.
I love how Gimli is actually trying to roleplay and nobody else cares. It would been too easy to just make all the players dumbasses. Making one of them actually care was a much better choice – it’s like the “straight man” role in a comedic duo.
Oh, and also, “Expecto Healum … somesuch” reminded me of Evil Dead: Army of Darkness where Bruce Campbell’s character is supposed to say “Klaatu Barada Nikto” to create a spell but can’t remember, so he tries to bluff the magic and says “Klaatu Barada Ni[coughhackcough]”