This is where Jeannie pulls out a five-pound sledge and hammers his piece clear through the table and two inches into the floorboards while screaming at the top of her lungs.
If this is not at all a trap, and there is no ambush, and Jeannie is simply trolling her players’ genre savvy…I will be very proud of her as a DM. That’s simply the best way to deal with overly genre-savvy players (like Brett)–set up situations that set off their genre-savvy alert system, let the party go into a paranoid fit and burn resources on prep-work…then have everything go nice and smoothly. Not only does this mess with the genre-savvy player’s ability to predict things, it also makes the entire party even more paranoid…double-win!
These feels…I know them. I can just picture my old GM’s evil smile as I moved the mini…never knowing if he’s just messing with me or ready to bring the hammer down.
Hey, I just wanted you to know that I look forward to these comics so much. You really are quite talented and am lucky that I stumbled onto this site. Cheers. 🙂
That’s pretty good, but I’m a big fan of letting them announce “Okay, I move here,” let them move the mini, let them breathe a sigh of relief, and then come in with a “Well, before you make it there…”
I don’t mean to interrupt, but I had a dream that I was reading your comic and Sam got super pissed off and flipped the table, causing all his guts to spew out.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled comment section.
Brian, I just saw that you are drawing/have drawn the art for a bonus deck for the Dresden Files Card Game, and that it’s based on a Sentinels of the Multiverse character! Thank you, sir, for bringing three of my favorite things together!
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Subtle Gut Sweat is the title of my autobiography, BTW.
I had to go back a few pages to figure out whose arm that was.
Likewise.
Extended pinkie!
This is where Jeannie pulls out a five-pound sledge and hammers his piece clear through the table and two inches into the floorboards while screaming at the top of her lungs.
I love this comic. An awful lot. Thank you for the many giggles. Now just let me bite my nails for a bit til the next one.
If this is not at all a trap, and there is no ambush, and Jeannie is simply trolling her players’ genre savvy…I will be very proud of her as a DM. That’s simply the best way to deal with overly genre-savvy players (like Brett)–set up situations that set off their genre-savvy alert system, let the party go into a paranoid fit and burn resources on prep-work…then have everything go nice and smoothly. Not only does this mess with the genre-savvy player’s ability to predict things, it also makes the entire party even more paranoid…double-win!
Goddammit, Brian! Now you’re just fuckin’ with us!
These feels…I know them. I can just picture my old GM’s evil smile as I moved the mini…never knowing if he’s just messing with me or ready to bring the hammer down.
We the audience are also sweating with anticipation.
The sponge at our table is used to wipe the battle mat, so Sam would be left with a black forehead.
the nerd hurtlocker
Girl, that’s not sweat….
Hey, I just wanted you to know that I look forward to these comics so much. You really are quite talented and am lucky that I stumbled onto this site. Cheers. 🙂
Yes Sam, Yes! Feel the pain you’ve brought to others! Let it BURN THRU YOU!
At some point a truly gifted and evil DM would say “WAIT! – are there any >cheese curlsinsert favorite junk food<
That’s pretty good, but I’m a big fan of letting them announce “Okay, I move here,” let them move the mini, let them breathe a sigh of relief, and then come in with a “Well, before you make it there…”
I really cheese my DMs off in situations like this via SHEER INFLAPPABILITY. Seriously, this is me every time:
DM: *Master Plan Unveiled!*
Me: *Polite golf clap thanking DM for effort.*
I have done this exact thing to players before. 99% of the time im fucking with them. that other 1% though…. that is why they fear me.
Also: crossposted from G+
“Dat Subtle Gut-sweat” is my Meatloaf cover band.
Damn, now that’s some anxiety. Just what has Jeannie been doing to the Insmouth Garden Society players to have Sam that freaking nervous?
Only what is expected in a Call of Cthulhu game: characters die, mutate, or go insane… sometimes all three, maybe even in that order! XD
Ha! Trap! Rocks fall, everyone dies!
I don’t mean to interrupt, but I had a dream that I was reading your comic and Sam got super pissed off and flipped the table, causing all his guts to spew out.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled comment section.
Brian, I just saw that you are drawing/have drawn the art for a bonus deck for the Dresden Files Card Game, and that it’s based on a Sentinels of the Multiverse character! Thank you, sir, for bringing three of my favorite things together!
I am SUPER excited about it. I hope the goal funds because I am hungry to draw Ra in the Dresdenverse.