Knights of the Dinner Table: Difference between revisions

KODT has a spin-off strip called ''Java Joint'' that runs in the fantasy magazine ''Black Gate''. ''Java Joint'' centres around the (mis)adventures of a book club consisting of Sara, Patty and Tank.

 

 

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* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]]: Bob's dad displays these during his first (and only) game of ''Cattlepunk''.

{{quote|'''Brian''': Whooooah, dude. Yer dad shot 'im in the face.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: In ''Java Joint'', Tank says that he is "as serious as Garrison Keillor", apparently not realising that Garrison Keillor is a humorist.

* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Fan Andrew Babb did a series of nicely-produced Flash cartoons, currently preserved [http://www.youtube.com/user/Kumeelyun on Youtube].

* [[Artifact of Doom]]: Flak Jack Monty's infamous twenty-sider, "Fitz". [[Cursed with Awesome|Cursed]] with vampiric luck (pretty much useless to a player, but a Doomsday weapon in the hands of a GM), this die goes through [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|quite the history]] after the Knights swipe it.

* [[Art Shift]]: In "Hounded" in #183, Sara has a dream about the Untouchable Trio Plus One. The dream is illustrated using art from ''Knights of the Dinner Table: Illustrated'' by the Fraim Brothers.

** Also, ''never'' question the existence of Brian's "girlfriend" Alexis. And if you happen to think women can't/shouldn't be gamers, keep that opinion under your hat around Sara.

** Don't mess with Chelsie unless you want to experience the business end of a Hackmaster +12.

** B.A. gets moments like this.

* [[Bizarrchitecture]]: Tic Tac Taco and its giant sombrero.

* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Newt and Brian.

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Stevil being forced to dance for 36 hours straight in prison. When he finally gets back to his game, Newt plays ABBA's "Dancing Queen" through a pair of portable speakers attached to his walkman. Newt is promptly wasted and is made to wear "the Hubcap of Shame".

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Jonny Kizinski.

* [[The Caper]]: Switch, and a number of other criminals attempt to rob a warehouse. Bob helps them out, thinking it's an RPG.

** Dave's Hackmaster+12.

** A notable mention goes to when Brian manipulated B.A. into handing out a hammer that could duplicate spells, and then let Brian get ahold of a scroll of Wishes, to which Brian pulled out an ironclad legal document so B.A. couldn't screw up his wish to become a god.

** BA brings it on himself sometimes such as when he invoked obscure mob overbearing rules to reign his players back in over the objections and warnings of Brian himself. After the [[Humiliation Conga]], Brian simply had the party hire their own beggar mobs to overbear monsters, including a dragon.

* [[Gargle Blaster]]: During a Hackmaster campaign, a particular bar requires first-time patrons to order Gut Busters. They use it to weed out low-level characters; drinking a drink of it does 1d10 damage, which is more than most first-level characters have. Bob's character, after being assaulted by certain patrons, gets a double, forgetting both that he's been injured and that each shot does 1d10 damage. He dies from the drink, to the shame of his party members.

* [[Paintball Episode]]: "Last Man Standing"

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: the strip "Lair of the Gazebo" has the Knights mistaking a gazebo for a savage beast.

* [[Persona Non Grata]]: Nitro Ferguson got banned from GaryCon after his D-Day game ran amok even more spectacularly than games in KoDT usually do.

* [[Pick Up Babes with Babes]]: Johnny Kizinski comments on how his infant son is a chick magnet. Of course, the effect is somewhat mitigated by him smoking like a chimney around the kid, which usually provokes rebukes from the women the child attracts.

* [[Social Semi-Circle]]

* [[Speech-Impaired Animal]]: Squirrely, possibly.

** Finally inverted with Bob. He's so dedicated to game that he lost his job as a claims adjuster, got kicked out of his fathers house and now lives with his girlfriend while working at a game shop for surplus product. So he is frequently shown wearing an apron while she sits and reads the paper.

* [[The Swear Jar]]: Patty, a kindergarten teacher, maintains one for her gaming group Patty's Perps.

* [[The Voice]]: B.A.'s mom (although she has appeared in some of the non-canon strips by the Brothers Grinn [and is ''smokin' hawt!''])

* [[Wax Museum Morgue]]: "The Stone Menagerie"

* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: According to Jolly, this is the end result of drinking Mojo Dave's mojo juice.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Subverted repeatedly for comic effect. [[Character Filibuster|Even when B.A. stops the game]] to rant at length about [[You Bastard|what evil bastards his players are being]], his players (except for Sara) ignore him.

** A more straight example comes when Brian is called out for exploiting Bob's addiction to tabletop gaming even when he's in a bad financial situation.

* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Sara throughout the series (though BA is not far behind her). Especially pronounced in Sheila's relationship with Bob.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Despite the combative relationship between players and DM, the Knights ultimately see B.A. as one of the few gamemasters who will push them to their limits without being unfair or tyrannical.

 

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