Comments on: Existential D&D comedy: when characters realize they are trapped in adolescents' imagination http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 19:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843559 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843559 <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/videogame-character-wondering-why-heartless-god-al,274/">Previously</a> Previously

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843564 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843564 I never thought of using crossed swords as pasties. I never thought of using crossed swords as pasties.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843584 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843584 Some really old stories on the same concept: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/rogermw/ADnD/ "The Intercontinental Union of Disgusting Characters" is a classic Some really old stories on the same concept:
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/rogermw/ADnD/
“The Intercontinental Union of Disgusting Characters” is a classic

]]> By: muteboy http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843852 muteboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843852 Veteran game designer Jennifer Diane Reitz describes an RPG game she was running where her players' characters became self-aware, and decided to track down their players, and nearly found them: http://unicornjelly.com/urulesmystories.html#night Veteran game designer Jennifer Diane Reitz describes an RPG game she was running where her players’ characters became self-aware, and decided to track down their players, and nearly found them:

http://unicornjelly.com/urulesmystories.html#night

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843623 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843623 i am a sucker for bad girl apparently, as i would not mind dating the dreadlocks in the background... i am a sucker for bad girl apparently, as i would not mind dating the dreadlocks in the background…

]]> By: VICTOR JIMENEZ http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843633 VICTOR JIMENEZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843633 Brilliant, I´m sold. As a Dungeon Master (Director, Narrator or Keeper, etc.) for 17 years, I have to recognize that that sounds both familiar and utterly funny. Metagaming is the worst offender of the roleplayer´s capital sins. A-"I´m badly hurt, can you give me a Cure Heavy Wounds potion?" B-"No! You ate all the Cheetos while I was talking to the barman" A-"That was an useless NPC! You did it to get more roleplaying XPs!" B-"You did the same last week in Vampire" A-"Ok, I wield my longsword +2" Me-"Ok guys, roll for initiative... sigh" Brilliant, I´m sold. As a Dungeon Master (Director, Narrator or Keeper, etc.) for 17 years, I have to recognize that that sounds both familiar and utterly funny.
Metagaming is the worst offender of the roleplayer´s capital sins.

A-”I´m badly hurt, can you give me a Cure Heavy Wounds potion?”
B-”No! You ate all the Cheetos while I was talking to the barman”
A-”That was an useless NPC! You did it to get more roleplaying XPs!”
B-”You did the same last week in Vampire”
A-”Ok, I wield my longsword +2″
Me-”Ok guys, roll for initiative… sigh”

]]> By: Church http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843921 Church Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843921 Now we just have to get a bunch of horny teenagers together and have them play this, for some meta-meta-gaming. Now we just have to get a bunch of horny teenagers together and have them play this, for some meta-meta-gaming.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843960 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843960 I can has sample? I can has sample?

]]> By: optuser http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843984 optuser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843984 I just noticed the module number. I just noticed the module number.

]]> By: optuser http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843730 optuser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843730 Ordered. I am a consumer whore. Thank you, BB, for telling me what to buy (for under $20). Wiki says Dead Alewives member Dan Harmon created the D&D sketch and did one of the voices. He created and is head writer for NBC's COMMUNITY. Explains a lot! Ordered. I am a consumer whore. Thank you, BB, for telling me what to buy (for under $20).

Wiki says Dead Alewives member Dan Harmon created the D&D sketch and did one of the voices. He created and is head writer for NBC’s COMMUNITY. Explains a lot!

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-844015 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844015 One of the suggested adventures in the surrealist RPG <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Edge_(game)"><i>Over the Edge</i></a> involved the characters learning that they are just characters in a role-playing game. One of the suggested adventures in the surrealist RPG Over the Edge involved the characters learning that they are just characters in a role-playing game.

]]> By: musashi74 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/25/existential-dd-comed.html#comment-843771 musashi74 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843771 Wow - just in time for me to order a copy to take to Gen Con next weekend. W00t! Wow – just in time for me to order a copy to take to Gen Con next weekend. W00t!

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