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** Also, [http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1282 Aragorn's brilliant military leadership.]
* [[Jerkass]]: ''Everyone'' is this in one way or another, but ''the DM takes the cake!'' Everyone else's tendencies can essentially be blamed on him anyway... most of their own jerkass moments are sorely provoked by his horrible storytelling.
** [[Jerkass Woobie]]: If you've ever written up material for a batch of unappreciative players, you can find yourself occasionally sympathizing with the DM as he pleads with them just to ''try'' reading all the backstory information he gave them. (Of course, he usually ruins this sympathy by taking it way too far, but still.)
* [[Just Here for Godzilla]]: With the exception of Gimli, none of the players give a damn about the story. And even Gimli loses his patience with the horrible pacing and railroading (don't tell [[The Roleplayer]] how his character feels.)