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Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophers IV

Started by Akrasia, September 10, 2014, 01:22:33 PM

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Akrasia

September 10, 2014, 01:22:33 PM
Another classic from Existential Comics: "The Interdisciplinary Disaster".
 
I especially liked the description of Georg Cantor: "He solved the problem of what happens when you do infinite damage to a monster with infinite hit points. It dies."
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September 10, 2014, 04:13:23 PM Last Edit: September 10, 2014, 04:18:49 PM by The Butcher
Quote from: Akrasia;786190Another classic from Existential Comics: "The Interdisciplinary Disaster".
 
I especially liked the description of Georg Cantor: "He solved the problem of what happens when you do infinite damage to a monster with infinite hit points. It dies."

David Hilbert might beg to differ. ;)

This is probably the best D&D&P comic ever because it maps to an all too real clash of play styles that I have actually experienced more than once. Brilliant.

Bren

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September 10, 2014, 06:28:37 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;786227David Hilbert might beg to differ. ;)

This is probably the best D&D&P comic ever because it maps to an all too real clash of play styles that I have actually experienced more than once. Brilliant.
I'll see your countably infinite damage points and raise you my uncountably infinite damage resistance.

Never seen that comic before, but that one was clever on two levels. So doubly good.
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September 10, 2014, 06:52:12 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;786227This is probably the best D&D&P comic ever because it maps to an all too real clash of play styles that I have actually experienced more than once. Brilliant.
Agreed.  Epic instance of a good comic.
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Werekoala

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September 10, 2014, 07:29:43 PM
Already emailed it to my gaming group and said they can put our names to the characters in the comic on their own....
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September 10, 2014, 10:25:18 PM
I have been known to react like Dostoyevsky in panel 8.
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September 10, 2014, 10:31:05 PM
Quote from: LibraryLass;786305I have been known to react like Dostoyevsky in panel 8.
Idiot. :p
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September 11, 2014, 05:12:24 AM
Quote from: LibraryLass;786305I have been known to react like Dostoyevsky in panel 8.

No shit...
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YourSwordisMine

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September 11, 2014, 06:04:40 AM
Must be a 4e game...


Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky's normal World of Darkness games must have been canceled for them to be playing D&D. Shakespeare is definitely a Vampire player, but I cant tell if Dostoyevsky normally plays Mage or Werewolf...
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September 17, 2014, 07:09:30 AM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;786363Must be a 4e game...


Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky's normal World of Darkness games must have been canceled for them to be playing D&D. Shakespeare is definitely a Vampire player, but I cant tell if Dostoyevsky normally plays Mage or Werewolf...

You clearly haven't studied much Shakespeare.  Have you even heard of the historical plays? The largest single collection of works Shakespeare did? The one where he meticulously details the end of the 100 Years War and the entire War of the Roses as a spectacularly violent and machiavellian soap opera?

Shakespeare was George RR Martin before there was a George RR Martin. He did the ORIGINAL "Game of Thrones", complete with a dragon-themed character showing up at the end to take the throne after having spent most of the storyline on another continent.

Not only should Shakespeare be playing D&D, it would be old-school with a heavy setting-flavor focus, he'd be the dungeon master, and he'd be running the Dark Albion setting.
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September 17, 2014, 08:09:34 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;787402You clearly haven't studied much Shakespeare.

And you clearly haven't played much WoD.

YourSwordisMine

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September 17, 2014, 05:39:57 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;787402You clearly haven't studied much Shakespeare.  Have you even heard of the historical plays? The largest single collection of works Shakespeare did? The one where he meticulously details the end of the 100 Years War and the entire War of the Roses as a spectacularly violent and machiavellian soap opera?

Shakespeare was George RR Martin before there was a George RR Martin. He did the ORIGINAL "Game of Thrones", complete with a dragon-themed character showing up at the end to take the throne after having spent most of the storyline on another continent.

Not only should Shakespeare be playing D&D, it would be old-school with a heavy setting-flavor focus, he'd be the dungeon master, and he'd be running the Dark Albion setting.

Oh, he started with D&D in the 70s, and continued through the 80s...

Quote from: The Butcher;787410And you clearly haven't played much WoD.

But as soon as the 90s hit, he found the Storyteller system and never really looked back.
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