Spoony's Campaign/Characters

Current Players

Grae (played by LordKat)
A Human Ranger who has some... issues with Elves.
 * Anti-Hero: Would be the Token Evil Teammate, except Spoony said he wouldn't approve of an evil protagonist in this game.
 * The Archer: Subverted. Grae uses a bow, but is far from the stereotype.
 * Genius Ditz: Grae has moments of great brillance usually followed by saying something unbelievably stupid.
 * Improbable Weapon User: Flaming bedrolls.
 * In the Hood
 * Karma Houdini: Yet to suffer any repercussions for starting racial riots in Sarmanath.
 * Kill Steal
 * The Lancer
 * Murder Is the Best Solution: Grae believes this should be the first approach to every person they meet.
 * My Parents Are Dead: The reason Grae hates High Elves so much. When he fired off some snark at Lilea during her introduction, Nik responded by quoting this trope.
 * Only One Name
 * Weirdness Coupon: Grae was allowed to light his bedroll on fire and toss it at the enemies because Spoony justified that Grae was the kind of guy who would have his bedroll soaked in oil for just such an occasion.

Lord Vane II (played by Angry Joe)
A Tiefling Swordmage and son of his first character of the same name. Where his father could be very brash and kill-happy, the younger Vane is more subdued, though he still gets mad whenever somebody insults his father.
 * Badass Family
 * Berserk Button: Don't speak ill of Lord Vane I.
 * He considers a lot of things to be speaking ill of his father, such as when Juliet started giving herself titles like General or Lord Commander Juliet.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Large Ham
 * Shock and Awe: Most of his powers are lightning-related.
 * You Killed My Father

Viktor (played by Y Ruler of Time)
A Fighter who speaks with a Russian accent. Half of the things he does throughout the campaign are freakin' badass. Up until the introduction of Lilea and Bayban, he was the only character not to have anything insanely bad happen to them. In late 2010/early 2011, Nik decided to re-spec Viktor as a Barbarian, since at the moment the party has two Defenders already (Vane II and Bayban).
 * Anachronism Stew: Part of a running gag, the party (mostly lead by Viktor) is attempting to invent the sport of American football in their world. ("We call it 'sack' because you tripped over that sack that one time."
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Barbarian Hero (following his late 2010 re-spec)
 * The Big Guy
 * Catch Phrase: A heavy sigh of frustration, usually done following one of Liz's puns.
 * Husky Russkie
 * Mother Russia The Northern Lands Make You Strong
 * Only One Name
 * Rated "M" for Manly: After being disarmed during one battle, he elected to punch a mechanical creature. While shouting "I AM A MAN!"

Garret Keldia (played by Skitch)
A Half-Elf Bard, and the most eloquent of the group and effectively its leader. An encounter with the Scorpion Queen has left him as a potential vessel of darkness.
 * Brown Note: His Vicious Mockery power, which deals psychic damage and has taken out several enemies.
 * Enemy Within
 * The Hero
 * Magic Music
 * Squishy Wizard: Subverted. Garret has one of the highest HP totals and defenses in the party.

Juliet Tunde (played by Rollo T)
A Druid multiclassed into Shaman with a penchant for coming up with odd shouts for attacks. Has the ability to summon a spirit bird which she has named Pidgeotto. In late 2010/early 2011, RolloT decided to re-spec Juliet as the Essentials version of the Druid, with a bear animal companion; R.I.P., Pidgeotto.
 * Action Girl: Was originally the second Defender alongside Viktor.
 * Animorphism
 * Black Comedy Rape: The chatroom jokes that Juliet is often the victim of this.
 * Catch Phrase: "Kra-KAW!"
 * "GAGOOSH!"
 * Elemental Powers: Most commonly uses Grasping Tide, Storm Spike, and Call Forth the Spirit Pack.
 * In Harmony With Nature
 * Rule 34: There is (at least) one nude fanart of Juliet. With a strawberry.
 * Shout-Out: Juliet is named after two characters from LOST
 * And her Spirit Companion Pidgeotto.
 * Theme Naming: Rollo T's previous character was named Sayid.
 * The Smart Guy

Lilia (played by Iron Liz)
The new elven cleric of the party, much to Grae and Vane's consternation. A good Elf who still believes in the old god Corellan, she's something of an oddity in this setting. Has a penchant for puns and snarking.
 * Combat Medic
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Her most commonly used attack power, Lance of Faith.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun
 * Pungeon Master

Bayban (played by Linkara)
A human Paladin. Has a reputation as a great hero and a great destroyer, although it is unclear how much is truth and how much is rumor.
 * An Axe to Grind
 * I Have Many Names Bayban's backstory consists of many names, to the point where the chat has made "Bayban the baby-knapper", "Bayban the Botcher" and more.
 * Kill It With Ice
 * Leeroy Jenkins
 * Master of Disguise: Bayban disguised himself as an elf to get to the group.
 * The Paladin
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist His backstory involves the aid and slaughter of non believers.

The DM (The Spoony One)
The Dungeon Master. Of course.
 * Large Ham
 * Only Sane Man

Former Players

Darstine (played by Sean Fausz)
A Dragonborn Rogue who often forgets to do "the one thing she does well", which is sneak attacking enemies because she's flanking them. It Got Worse when an encounter with an evil spellbook turned her into a vessel for the soul of Morgana, the Lich Queen.
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Chick
 * Cosmic Plaything: Sean just has really bad dice-luck; you can't help but feel sorry for him.
 * The Ditz: Keeps having to be reminded to flank/sneak attack; "You know, that one thing you're good at?".
 * Kleptomaniac Hero
 * Phrase Catcher: "You know, that one thing you do well?"
 * The Quiet One
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal
 * Unsettling Gender Reveal

Andraste (played by Paw Dugan)
An Eladrin Cleric who unfortunately left the game shortly after it started being recorded. (Paw left because he needed the time to work on his videos, but he was having fun with the game.)
 * Combat Medic
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Her most commonly used attack power, Lance of Faith.
 * Put On a Bus: The official explanation Spoony gave was that Andraste returned to the Feywild to share the information the group received from the Wheelman.
 * Teleport Spam: None of the sessions with Paw were recorded, but the way the others talk about Andraste, this seems to be one of his things ("If Paw were here, he'd be like 'I don't have any good powers...Teleport, Lance of Faith.'")

Lord Vane I (played by Angry Joe)
The original Vane, a Tiefling Sorcerer who tended to be somewhat brash, arrogant, and not too keen on listening to advice. He was killed by the Royal Guard of Sarmanath after he refused to surrender.
 * Berserk Button: Don't steal his kills.
 * Killed Off for Real
 * Shock and Awe: Joe refused to make a character without "Force Lightning" powers.

Jonn (played by LordKaT)
LordKaT's original character, a Human Barbarian. He chose to leap into a mysterious portal and was overwhelmed and killed by demons.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Subverted in that Lord Kat didn't realize Jonn was supposed to be smarter than he was.

Sayid (played by Rollo T)
Rollo T's original character, a Tiefling Warlock. He followed Jonn into the portal in an attempt to save his friend, but was likewise killed.
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: Like Juliet, he was named for a character from Lost.

NPCs

King Donovan
The King of Sarmanath, and for the most part the group's primary employer.
 * Big Good
 * Distressed Dude: Spent a month trapped in magical amber, thanks to Lord Talbot.
 * Lawful Good
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Saintly Church: He wants to try and restore faith in the gods, which isn't winning him any friends with the game's antagonists.
 * Twerp Sweating: He likes Garret, but when Elena got a little too fawning, Donovan shot him a look that said "Touch my daughter and I'll have you killed".

Princess Elena
King Donovan's young daughter, who has a major crush on Garret.
 * Distressed Damsel
 * Everything's Better With Princesses: She temporarily becomes Queen while her father is imprisoned, but doesn't really fall into any of the standard queen tropes.
 * Jail Bait
 * Lawful Good
 * Precocious Crush: On Garret, much to his distress.

The Witch Queen
The main antagonist of the campaign, a High Elf magic-user whose main goal is ascendancy to godhood. She has yet to make an actual appearance, her servant Lord Esgalion's words implying that she's very secretive and private.
 * Big Bad
 * A God Am I
 * God Save Us From the Queen
 * Lawful Evil

Morganna the Lich-Queen
An ancient and powerful sorceress and necromancer, Morgana's actions in the past parallel the Witch Queen's in the present, but eventually she was defeated. She compiled several grimores of powerful magic, one of them (The Word of Morgana) being a central element of the campaign
 * A God Am I
 * Curse: Curses and similar spells were her forte.
 * Evil Versus Evil:
 * Killed Off for Real: Vane II smashing her phylactery destroyed her physical body. Too bad the Word was ALSO a phylactery...
 * Lawful Evil
 * Necromancer
 * Our Liches Are Different: Well, not really, but hey.
 * Soul Jar: The amulet. And the Word, as the group discovers to their horror.
 * Witch Hunt: After gaining power, she attempted to secure it by destroying sources of magic other than herself, burning countless magical tomes and sacking churches and temples to the gods.
 * Witch Hunt: After gaining power, she attempted to secure it by destroying sources of magic other than herself, burning countless magical tomes and sacking churches and temples to the gods.

Bob the Minion
An Elven minion the group battled during the race for the Word of Morgana. Thanks to magical buffs, he managed to survive an attack, which lead to the players and chat turning him into a Memetic Badass.