Penny Arcade Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: Difference between revisions

The party (for the Acquisitions campaign) consists of:

* Omin Hereward Dran, CEO of Acquisitions and a half-elf cleric of Avandra. Played by Jerry Holkins, co-author of [[Penny Arcade]].

* Jim Darkmagic, a narcissistic human wizard of the New Hampshire Darkmagics. Played by Mike Krahulik, co-author of [[Penny Arcade]].

* Aeofel "Al" Elhromane, the new intern of the company and an eladrin avenger of Malora. Played by [[Wil Wheaton]].

** During character creation, immediately called out by Scott Kurtz, who demands "Why don't you call yourself Chet ''Awesomelaser''?" The group then also "Jim Fellmagic," "Fell Darkjim," "Jim Felldark," "Fell Darkevil," and "Ominous Darkfell Magic-Bad." (Nonetheless, the original name grew on them quickly.)

* [[Bag of Holding]]: The party acquire one in season 1, although it doesn't feature in later campaigns.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Aeofel goes apeshit when he is called "Al", which becomes a sort of [[Phrase Catcher]].

* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The Darkmagics, with some additional nuttiness from being a family of wizards.

* [[Critical Miss]]: Jerry is infamous for this. See the entry below for [[Epic Fail]].

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: The idiotic [[Surfer Dude]], Rad Longhammer, is able to defeat a couple of guards while unarmed and [[With My Hands Tied|shackled]].

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: After defeating Irontooth and his lackeys, the only surviving goblin pledges his loyalty to the party, if only so they won't kill him. He proves his worth later in the campaign.

{{quote| '''Jim''': Have we room for a new hire?}}

'''Jim''': I will show you... ''fire''. }}

* [[Jerkass]]: Jim Darkmagic is selfish, narcissistic, and pretty cruel. [[Refuge in Audacity|He is still loved by the fans]].

* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: After Jim [[Summon Magic|summons a magmabeast]], Aeofel becomes a [[Battle Aura|beacon of Malora's might]], and Omin declines to attack because [[Not Worth Killing|he wants to save his abilities for stronger enemies]], Scott complains that Binwin's daily powers are still just [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|"hit things with hammer".]]

* [[Never Split the Party]]: Aeofel shows us why in Season 3.

{{quote| '''Mike''': Oh no, honestly, this is good, I was worried the desert wouldn't open up and swallow us.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: Plenty. It's a table-full of geeks, remember?

** [[Scott Pilgrim|"I do a triple-flip and say: I am Ramona's eighth evil ex-boyfriend!"]]

** [[Lord of the Rings|"You shall not pass..."]] and [[Lord of the Rings|"What does your dwarven eyes see?"]]