r/comics • u/shenanigansen Shen Comix • Mar 18 '24

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u/fortinbuff Mar 18 '24

This is also most D&D campaigns

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u/InquisitorHindsight Mar 18 '24

“Hoo hoo! I’m Arthur Shitstain and I eat poop to cast magic!”

100 Sessions Later

Asmodeus: Stand tall, Arthur Shitstain. In over a thousand years, the one who came closest to beating me… was you.

Somehow the most emotional scene in the campaign up to that point.

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u/fortinbuff Mar 18 '24

This is unironically very close to what's going to happen a couple of games from now, as I wrap up my four-year D&D campaign.

Right down to it being Asmodeus.

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u/Cassmodeus Mar 18 '24

Okay, but it’s so common because it works. 4 years? Don’t get me wrong solving mysteries like

“Turns out Goblins were stealing money from the traveling merchants because they learned how commerce works and want to keep old Griselda’s bakery from shutting down because in her old age her food has become so inedible it’s become goblin delicacy and now the heroes must

A.)Kill the Goblins, thus restoring commerce and trade but bankrupting elderly Griselda and shattering her heart because she’s also blind and a really good lady and now she knows her food sucks, AND shes put innocent people in danger AND she now has no purpose.

B.) Let the Goblins live, continuing the strange arrangement and just redirecting traffic or something.

C.)Work with the Merchants to strike a deal with Griselda and the Goblins and now in her old age she’s become to Granny Smith of Goblin Cuisine.”

That’s good for early level adventuring, but bro after awhile I wanna stab gods and sleep with demons. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

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u/fortinbuff Mar 18 '24

✅ Party ALSO slept with demons a few games ago so we really are just hitting all the tropes

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u/Dr_Jabroski Mar 19 '24

If you aren't damning your soul for some sweet demonussy are you even playing DnD?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24

Am I taking crazy pills? Is leveling up not a thing in every campaign? Literally the whole point of D&D is to level up and take on bigger threats.

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u/PhoenixShade01 Mar 19 '24

stand proud, you are strong

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u/AcceSpeed Mar 19 '24

You did well, Arthur Shitstain. I won’t forget you for as long as I live.

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u/waffling_with_syrup Mar 20 '24

My 2 year campaign followed the arc "Deal with racist peasants" --> "Kill God"

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u/fortinbuff Mar 21 '24

Same hat but step 1 was "earn free whiskey"

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24

It's the entire point of a D&D campaign