History Webcomic / DMOfTheRings

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1189 Spoofed in strip CX.]] The defining characteristic of dwarves is that they are lawful, well fourth defining, after low charisma, bearded women, and rampant alcoholism.

* DwindlingParty: Thanks to the DM being such a killjoy, the players for the Hobbits get fed up and quit, and Boromir chooses not to get resurrected when he dies. Very soon it's just Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=889 Lampshaded.]]

* WhileYouWereInDaipers: When Frodo complains about Gimli being TheRoleplayer, Gimli snipes the he'd been playing these games when the hobbits' players were just playing NES games.

* AutomatonHorses: [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1273 Discussed]]

* CampaignComic: This is the TropeMaker for RPG comics retelling other media.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1189 Spoofed in strip CX.]]

* SchrodingersGun: Gimli in [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1014 strip LXXIII]], when the dice fall in an unfortunate spot.

* TropeMaker: The [[CampaignComic "movie as an RPG" comic]].

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone.

%%* TheRealMan: Aragorn

%%* TheRoleplayer: Gimli

%%* WorldOfSnark

* AccidentalMisnaming[=/=]MaliciousMisnaming

-->'''Gimli:''' My name is Gimli, son of Groin.

-->'''Aragorn:''' He should have named you Leggo of my ass, because you're going to be saying that a lot.

-->'''Aragorn:''' Hail to the king, baby! Aragorn, son of Andúril, is back!\\

* AnythingThatMoves: Sometimes, Aragorn's tendency to mistake elves for women is taken as this.
-->'''Théoden:''' Aragorn, we are in no position to turn away friends, no matter how disturbingly attractive you find them.

* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone.

* DeepImmersionGaming

-->''My own suggestion for the 4.0 edition rules: Anyone who quotes ''[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Holy Grail]]'' during a session should be made to eat their own character sheet.''

-->'''Aragorn:''' [[FlatWhat What]] a total surprise. [[SarcasmMode We never saw that one coming.]]

-->'''[[HeroWithAnFInGood Aragorn]]''': So how am I supposed to...
-->'''Dead King''': Not our problem.

-->'''Creator/ShamusYoung''': Give a player a fish, and he’ll probably try to sell it to an NPC fisherman... Teach a player to fish, and next week he’ll show up with the book, “The Complete Adventuring Fisherman”. He’ll start hunting for some monstrous leviathan to catch and enslave, and he’ll be dual-wielding two fishing poles.
* {{GMPC}}: Gandalf

-->(''[[BeatPanel beat]]'')\\

* MistakenIdentity: The players frequently confuse the two pairs of hobbits, the two wizards, and almost anything else.
-->'''DM''': Don't tell me all this time you've been confusing '''SAURON''' and '''SARUMAN'''!\\
'''Aragorn''': Oh yeah, [[SarcasmMode I can't imagine how we could have confused]] ''[[SarcasmMode those]]'' [[SarcasmMode two names]].\\
'''Legolas''': You mean those are two different people? I thought Sauron was like, a nickname or whatever.

-->'''Legolas''': Anytime they want you to disarm before meeting the King, it means somebody's going to start something once you get inside. \\
'''Gimli''': I wouldn't worry about it. He already agreed to let Gandalf in with his staff, so it doesn't matter if we're armed or not.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Twice in as many strips! In ''[[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=673 XIII: Let's Not go There]]'', after the Fellowship ''inevitably'' devolves into nonstop Monty Python quotes, the exasperated DM finally shouts, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Bloody peasants!"]] at them.

-->'''Aragorn:''' So I'm just saving time: I. Kill. An. Orc.

-->'''DM:''' '''ATTENTION!''' Corsairs. Are. Sailing. Ships. OKAY?

-->'''Legolas:''' Oh no. It looks like we've entered a non-interactive cutscene.\\

* TheRealMan: Aragorn

* TheRoleplayer: Gimli

* TalkingIsAFreeAction
** Subverted by Legolas, who manages to kill Wormtongue and Saruman while the latter was trying to make a speech.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: InUniverse example. Well, took the bad ''campaign'' seriously. [[TheRoleplayer Gimli]] is the only player who pays attention to the plot, even if he claims he hates it.

* WorldOfSnark
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Parodied, as seen above.
-->'''Éomer:''' ''(played by the DM)'' My company are those loyal to Rohan, and for that we were banished.\\

-->'''Aragorn:''' Pleasure doing business with you.\\

* NotSoAboveItAll: Twice in as many strips! In ''[[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=673 XIII: Let's Not go There]]'', after the Fellowship ''inevitably'' devolves into nonstop Monty Python quotes, the exasperated DM finally shouts, [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Bloody peasants!"]] at them.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', ''Webcomic/BendersAndBrawlers'', ''Webcomic/OnePieceGrandLine3Point5'', and ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'' are just a few.

->''"''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' is more or less the foundation of modern ''D&D''. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien]] mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a ''D&D'' campaign."''

* OffTheRails: [[DefiedTrope Defied by the DM]] most of the time, save for when the players get the drop on him. Like when [[spoiler:Legolas gets a critical/max damage and ends up scoring a OneHitKO on Gollum, removing him from the story before he really enters.]]

This comic has inspired several FollowTheLeader comics applying the formula to other works, notably Wiki/TVTropes semi-favorite ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''. It is the TropeMaker and TropeCodifier for the CampaignComic.

** Then there's the time Aragorn rolls a 1 on ''falling off a Warg'' and therefore he can't fall off, which means he rides it over the cliff instead.

* FlatScare: {{Defied]] when Gimli is gripped by the fear from the threshold of the paths of the dead. He claims that it really isn't that scary, and described his long adventures in what amounts to a Call of Cthulhu campaign - and that he'd only feel anxious should that thing show up.

---> '''Aragorn:''' They're ''(dryads)'' like sexy tree ladies.\\

* DudeLooksLikeALady:
** Legolas gets this a lot from Aragorn... make that ''everyone''.
** It seems Aragorn has this problem with elves in general. When Haldir comes to Rohan's help, Aragron accuses him of being a Saruman's spy, calling Haldir "smouldering temptress" and "she-devil".

* EvenNerdsHaveStandards

* DullSurprise : [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=962 strip LXIV]]

* FlatScare: Defied when Gimli is gripped by the fear from the threshold of the paths of the dead. He claims that it really isn't that scary, and described his long adventures in what amounts to a Call of Cthulhu campaign - and that he'd only feel anxious should that thing show up.

* CampaignComic This is the TropeMaker for RPG comics retelling other media.

** A movie tie-in one to ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' in [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1183 strip CIX]].

** Played straight in [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1091 strip LXXXVIII]].

* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Discussed when Gimli is searching the dead orcs for loot. Author's comment for the same strip provides one of the page's quotes, even.

* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1189 Gimli states that he is]] LawfulGood. Legolas is supposed to be as well, but his BloodKnight tendencies make it dubious.

* AcceptableTargets: Hack'n'slash and munchkin players. Game masters who have ever had their players ask them to run an epic campaign only to watch those same players ruin that epic campaign by reverting almost immediately to whining and hack'n'slash will cheer on every one of the DM's {{Jerkass}} retributions against the players.

** Although every game master who has ever had his or her players ask for an epic campaign only to watch them immediately destroy the epic campaign they wanted when they revert to whining and hack'n'slash will not only cheer on the DM but marvel at his or her self-restraint.

* OnlySaneMan: The DM comes across as this until the players eventually drive him mad.

--> '''DM:''' But you're dying! \\
'''Frank:''' Of my own free will!

* ImagineSpot

* MythologyGag: The DM asks why Aragorn isn't using Andúril (the reforged sword of his ancestor). Aragorn asks when he got that and the DM realizes he forgot to give it to him at Rivendell, leading to a hasty visit from Elrond at the Rohirrim camp. This is a reference to the differences between the books (where Aragorn got Andúril at Rivendell) and the movie (where they had to have Elrond visit him at the camp).

* OffTheRails: [[DefiedTrope Defied by the DM]] most of the time, save for when the players get the drop on him. Like when [[spoiler:Legolas gets a critical/max damage and ends up [[OneHitKO OHKO]]-ing Gollum.]]