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Duly noted, but I don’t think anyone would mind, Dad. We’re pretty used to your antics and it would be cool given the circumstances.
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Small typo in the first balloon, “Saurman”.
Noticed it too, but thought maybe it was intentional? Players usually have a hard time remembering names like Saruman, which was definitely made up by the DM at the last moment.
It IS in the original, after all
There’s definitely a joke later where Aragorn thinks Saruman was also Sauron. This may or may not be part of it.
Nope, it was intentional. A commentary on how players don’t actually remember the DM’s high-fantasy names, but also part of the standard “So is this Saruman or Sauron we’re talking about now?”
The two similar-named top villains are the one point I can recall in the LotR commentaries when there was an active grumble about the source material; “wouldn’t do it that way today” or some such.
The jokes are what make the webcomic, but I love how Shamus was able to get such great screen grabs. Just a tremendous match between the line and the visual in panel 5.
This one really does hit differently.