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* TongueTied: A variant, in that those not ''looking'' for Glovey just hear its name as static.
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* TongueTied: A variant, in that variant: those not ''looking'' for Glovey just who aren't in tune with the Voidfish hear its name as static.nothing but static when certain concepts, like the [[spoiler:Phoenix-Fire Gauntlet]] a.k.a. Glovey, are mentioned.
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* TooDumbToLive: Okay, Kurtz, this horrifically racist dwarf wreathed in unholy flames is on a rampage through the countryside, but the nice guys who rescued you from slavery seem to be talking him down. Do you, A.) get away from all this madness as fast as orcishly possible, or B.) shoot a crossbow at it?
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* TooDumbToLive: Okay, Kurtz, this horrifically racist dwarf wreathed in unholy flames is on a rampage through the countryside, but the nice guys who rescued you from slavery seem to be talking him down. Do you, A.) get away from all this madness as fast as orcishly possible, or B.) shoot [[spoiler:shoot a crossbow at it?it?]]
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* LaughablyEvil: Brian.
* SpotTheImposter: After being defeated, Brian disguises himself as [[spoiler:Gundren Rockseeker.]] The party figures it out easily, since [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent he does nothing to disguise his voice.]]
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''The Adventure Zone'' is a podcast featuring the [=McElroy=] brothers (Justin, Griffin, and Travis), perhaps best known from their parody advice podcast ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'', playing TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons with their father Clint. Griffin is the DungeonMaster, Travis plays a human fighter named Magnus "the Hammer" Burnsides, Justin a high elf wizard name Taako, and Clint a dwarven cleric named Merle Highchurch. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes appear roughly every two weeks.
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''The Adventure Zone'' is a podcast featuring the [=McElroy=] brothers (Justin, Griffin, and Travis), perhaps best known from their parody advice podcast ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'', playing TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons with their father Clint. Griffin is the DungeonMaster, Travis plays a human fighter named Magnus "the Hammer" Burnsides, Justin a high elf wizard name named Taako, and Clint a dwarven cleric named Merle Highchurch. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes appear roughly every two weeks.
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''The Adventure Zone'' is a podcast featuring the [=McElroy=] brothers (Justin, Griffin, and Travis), perhaps best known from their parody advice podcast ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'', playing TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons with their father Clint. Griffin is the DungeonMaster, Travis plays a human fighter named Magnus "the Hammer" Burnsides, Justin a high elf wizard name Taako, and Clint a dwarven cleric named Merle Rockseeker.Highchurch. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes appear roughly every two weeks.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: {{Lampshaded}}. There are [[MacGuffin seven ancient artifacts]] that must be collected and destroyed for the safety of the world. Secret society of powerful wizards organized for that exact purpose who live in a secret base on the moon: 0. Three third-level jokers: 1.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: {{Lampshaded}}. There are [[MacGuffin seven ancient artifacts]] that must be collected and destroyed for the safety of the world. Secret society of powerful wizards organized for that exact purpose who live in a secret base on the moon: 0. Three third-level jokers: 1. Six to go.
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* ArtifactCollectionAgency: The Bureau of Balance combines this with a side of medieval MenInBlack.
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* TheMagnificent: Magnus is occasionally called "the Hammer," despite wielding a battleaxe.
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* TheMagnificent: Magnus is occasionally called "the Hammer," [[NonIndicativeName despite wielding a battleaxe.battleaxe]].
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* BreatherEpisode: Episode 7, taking place immediately after the party's final confrontation with Glovey the ArtifactOfDoom, is largely exposition and comic relief with no combat or conflict to speak of.
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* ConvectionShmonvection: The party survives a fireball powerful enough to reduce a few square miles to ''glass'' by hiding in a well a dozen feet deep.
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* ConvectionShmonvection: The party survives a fireball powerful enough to reduce a few square miles to ''glass'' by hiding in a well a few dozen feet deep.
* GreatOffscreenWar: But nobody remembers it, thanks to LaserGuidedAmnesia.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The specialty of the Voidfish, who can do it to CosmicRetcon levels.
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* MontyHaul: Minor example. Griffin leaves a small fortune in {{Gold Piece}}s and a useful pair of magical boots lying on conveniently pre-dead dwarves, just waiting to be picked up. If only [[HonorBeforeReason Merle]] wasn't such a prude about looting the dead....
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* MontyHaul: Minor example. Griffin leaves a small fortune in {{Gold Piece}}s and a useful pair of magical boots lying on conveniently pre-dead dwarves, just waiting to be picked up. If only [[HonorBeforeReason Merle]] wasn't weren't such a prude about looting the dead....
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: DM Griffin suspects Clint of making up new powers for his cleric when they're convenient. He's occasionally right.
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* UselessUsefulNonCombatSkill: Magnus keeps trying to find a use for his Vehicle and Animal Handling proficiencies, but so far has found himself in situations that are either too easy (driving an ox-drawn cart down a safe, level road, which doesn't require a proficiency check) or too hard (trying to calm a hostile wolf after he's already picked it up and thrown it into a fire) for them to do much good.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle is afraid of spiders; the first ArcVillain is spider-themed.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle is afraid of spiders; the first ArcVillain is spider-themed.
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* UselessUsefulNonCombatSkill: Magnus keeps trying to find a use for his Vehicle and Animal Handling proficiencies, proficiencies in the first couple episodes, but so far has found finds himself in situations that are either too easy (driving an ox-drawn cart down a safe, level road, which doesn't require a proficiency check) or too hard (trying to calm a hostile wolf after he's already picked it up and thrown it into a fire) for them to do much good.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle is afraid of spiders; thefirst ArcVillain StarterVillain is spider-themed.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle is afraid of spiders; the
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Glovey, a gauntlet that grants powerful fire magic with a side helping of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity madness]].
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* GainaxEnding: After the events of the first plot arc wrap up, the party [[spoiler: is taken aboard what can only be described as a flying saucer by an NPC]].
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The party goes out of their way to rescue an enslaved orc boy named Kurtz. [[spoiler: Guess who shows up at exactly the wrong moment and shoots a crossbow at the PersonOfMassDestruction the party had just about talked down?]]
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Anyone who wields Glovey stands a fair chance of going nuts and laying waste to the immediate surroundings.
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* FluffyTheTerrible: Glovey the ArtifactOfCom.
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* ConvectionShmonvection: The party survives a fireball powerful enough to reduce a few square miles to ''glass'' by hiding in a well a dozen feet deep.
* DownerEnding: The first plot arc ends with [[spoiler: an entire city being wiped out by an ArtifactOfDoom.]]
* DownerEnding: The first plot arc ends with [[spoiler: an entire city being wiped out by an ArtifactOfDoom.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: In episode 5, Justin complains that no one else does character voices. As soon as Clint obliges, he complains about that until Clint stops. (Justin's Taako voice sounds like an exaggerated Creator/EmoPhilips.)
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* HypocriticalHumor: In episode 5, Justin complains that no one else does character voices. As soon as Clint obliges, he complains about that until Clint stops. (Justin's Taako voice sounds like an exaggerated Creator/EmoPhilips.)
* LeeroyJenkins: Justin jokes that the show should be renamed ''Magnus Charges Forward."
* LeeroyJenkins: Justin jokes that the show should be renamed ''Magnus Charges Forward."
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* StoneWall: Magnus has the Guardian Fighter specialty, which trades some offensive capability for the ability to better defend adjacent party members. This is only relative, though, and reversible depending on the circumstances; if he decides to cast aside his shield and wield his battleaxe two-handed, he is fully capable of laying down the hurt.
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* NinjaLooting: Near-literal example: Taako rolls a Stealth check to see if he can get the magical boots off of Merle's dead cousin on the sly. Later, Magnus distracts Merle so that Taako can lift a small fortune in {{Gold Piece}}s off another dead cousin, which he pockets rather than share it with the party.
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* MontyHaul: Minor example. Griffin leaves a small fortune in {{Gold Piece}}s and a useful pair of magical boots lying on conveniently pre-dead dwarves, just waiting to be picked up. If only [[HonorBeforeReason Merle]] wasn't such a prude about looting the dead....
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* AerisAndBob: Character names include Magnus, Gundren, Brian, and Barry [[AnachronismStew Bluejeans]].
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* BadBoss: Clarg the bugbear, according to his goblin underling. It's hard to tell if this is accurate, considering that for most of the time we see him he's under the influence of a CharmPerson spell that makes him relentlessly friendly.
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* BadBoss: Clarg the bugbear, according to his goblin underling.underling Yeenik the goblin. It's hard to tell if this is accurate, considering that for most of the time we see him he's under the influence of a CharmPerson spell that makes him relentlessly friendly.
* TheMagnificent: Magnus is occasionally called "the Hammer," despite wielding a battleaxe.
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* TheStarscream: A certain goblin underling has a vendetta against Clarg the bugbear, who he claims is a BadBoss.
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* TheStarscream: A certain Yeenik the goblin underling has a vendetta against Clarg the bugbear, who he claims is a BadBoss.BadBoss, and blackmails the party into trying to kill him.
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* ArcVillain: The Black Spider [[spoiler: aka Brian-with-an-I]] for the first plot arc.
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''The Adventure Zone'' is a podcast featuring the [=McElroy=] brothers (Justin, Griffin, and Travis), perhaps best known from their parody advice podcast ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'', playing TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons with their father Clint. Griffin is the DungeonMaster, Travis plays a human fighter named Magnus "the Hammer" Burnsides, Justin a high elf wizard name Taako, and Clint a dwarven cleric named Merle.Merle Rockseeker. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes appear roughly every two weeks.
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* AerisAndBob: Character names include Magnus, Gundren, Brian, and Billy [[AnachronismStew Bluejeans]].
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* CharmPerson: Taako uses this to turn a hostile bugbear to the party's side. The bugbear turns incredibly friendly and offers them a valuable hostage, a gift of gold, and ASpotOfTea.
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* CharmPerson: Taako uses this to turn a hostile bugbear named Clarg to the party's side. The bugbear Clarg turns incredibly friendly and offers them a valuable hostage, a gift of gold, and ASpotOfTea.
* TheClan: The Rockseekers are a large and prosperous dwarven family, giving Merle New Cousins as the Plot Demands.
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* SequenceBreaking: Griffin references a long-sounding sequence in a castle that the party manages to skip by figuring out how to use an enchanted map and getting pointed straight to Wave Echo Cave. Unlike many instances of this trope, it is ''not'' advantageous, since it puts them in an area recommended for characters of level 4-5 at level 2.
* TheStarscream: A certain goblin underling has acertain vendetta against a certain Clarg the bugbear, who he claims is a BadBoss.
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* UselessUsefulNonCombatSkill: Magnus keeps trying to find a use for his Vehicle and Animal Handling proficiencies, but so far has found himself in situations that are either too easy (driving an ox-drawn cart down a safe, level road, which doesn't require a proficiency check) or too hard (trying to calm a hostile wolf after he's already picked it up and thrown it into a fire) for them to do much good.
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* ArcVillain: The Black Spider [[spoiler: aka Brian-with-an-I]] for the first plot arc.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} with Brian and his pet [[spoiler: spider]] Bryan.
* TheMagnificent: Magnus is occasionally called "the Hammer," despite wielding a battleaxe.
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* TheStarscream: A certain goblin has a certain vendetta against a certain bugbear, who he claims is a BadBoss.BadBoss.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle is afraid of spiders; the first ArcVillain is spider-themed.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Merle is afraid of spiders; the first ArcVillain is spider-themed.
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* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The first episode was released as part of ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'', but there was already plenty of talk about making it an ongoing spinoff if it worked out.
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''The Adventure Zone'' is a podcast featuring the [=McElroy=] brothers (Justin, Griffin, and Travis), perhaps best known from their parody advice podcast ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'', playing TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons with their father Clint. Griffin is the DungeonMaster, Travis plays a human fighter named Magnus "the Hammer" Burnsides, Justin a high elf wizard name Taako, and Clint a dwarven cleric named Merle. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes appear roughly every two weeks.
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!!This podcast contains these tropes:
* AnAdventurerIsYou: Magnus, with his heavy armor and shield, acts as the Tank and consistently puts himself in the front of the formation. Merle is [[TheMedic the Healer]] as well as casting defensive buffs. Taako is the DPS caster in addition to support magic.
* BadBoss: The bugbear, according to his goblin underling. It's hard to tell if this is accurate, considering that for most of the time we see him he's under the influence of a CharmPerson spell that makes him relentlessly friendly.
* CharacterAlignment: Taako is ChaoticGood; Magnus and Merle are LawfulGood.
* CharmPerson: Taako uses this to turn a hostile bugbear to the party's side. The bugbear turns incredibly friendly and offers them a valuable hostage, a gift of gold, and ASpotOfTea.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The party cuts a deal with a hostile goblin to murder his BadBoss in exchange for a hostage. As soon as they're out of the goblin's earshot, they resolve to see if they can cut a better deal with his boss. Magnus and Taako also aren't above surreptitiously looting the corpses of Merle's family members behind his back.
* DueToTheDead: Merle is staunchly against looting the corpses of his cousins.
* TheLoonie: Justin has decided that Taako's mission in life is to invent the taco and name it after himself. Considering that the setting of the game has yet to discover concepts such as grinding meat, processing dairy into cheese, or growing corn for food, it looks to be a significant challenge.
* TheMunchkin: While Justin and Clint play preconstructed characters included in the 5th Edition starter kit, Travis decided to roll his own. His starting ability scores were suspiciously high.
* {{Nerf}}: DungeonMaster Griffin quietly lowered Magnus' ability scores between episodes to bring him in line with the other two party members.
* TheRolePlayer: All three players are pretty good about this, attempting to negotiate with enemies whenever possible and occasionally making suboptimal decisions that are in line with their characters. For example, Travis plays Magnus as an impulsive man of action who will leap into situations without thinking or go along with the other party members rather than thinking for himself, and Clint plays Merle as [[HonorBeforeReason loyal to a fault]], refusing to condone looting his fallen family members.
* TheStarscream: A certain goblin has a certain vendetta against a certain bugbear, who he claims is a BadBoss.
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!!This podcast contains these tropes:
* AnAdventurerIsYou: Magnus, with his heavy armor and shield, acts as the Tank and consistently puts himself in the front of the formation. Merle is [[TheMedic the Healer]] as well as casting defensive buffs. Taako is the DPS caster in addition to support magic.
* BadBoss: The bugbear, according to his goblin underling. It's hard to tell if this is accurate, considering that for most of the time we see him he's under the influence of a CharmPerson spell that makes him relentlessly friendly.
* CharacterAlignment: Taako is ChaoticGood; Magnus and Merle are LawfulGood.
* CharmPerson: Taako uses this to turn a hostile bugbear to the party's side. The bugbear turns incredibly friendly and offers them a valuable hostage, a gift of gold, and ASpotOfTea.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The party cuts a deal with a hostile goblin to murder his BadBoss in exchange for a hostage. As soon as they're out of the goblin's earshot, they resolve to see if they can cut a better deal with his boss. Magnus and Taako also aren't above surreptitiously looting the corpses of Merle's family members behind his back.
* DueToTheDead: Merle is staunchly against looting the corpses of his cousins.
* TheLoonie: Justin has decided that Taako's mission in life is to invent the taco and name it after himself. Considering that the setting of the game has yet to discover concepts such as grinding meat, processing dairy into cheese, or growing corn for food, it looks to be a significant challenge.
* TheMunchkin: While Justin and Clint play preconstructed characters included in the 5th Edition starter kit, Travis decided to roll his own. His starting ability scores were suspiciously high.
* {{Nerf}}: DungeonMaster Griffin quietly lowered Magnus' ability scores between episodes to bring him in line with the other two party members.
* TheRolePlayer: All three players are pretty good about this, attempting to negotiate with enemies whenever possible and occasionally making suboptimal decisions that are in line with their characters. For example, Travis plays Magnus as an impulsive man of action who will leap into situations without thinking or go along with the other party members rather than thinking for himself, and Clint plays Merle as [[HonorBeforeReason loyal to a fault]], refusing to condone looting his fallen family members.
* TheStarscream: A certain goblin has a certain vendetta against a certain bugbear, who he claims is a BadBoss.
