History Webcomic / PlanescapeSurvivalGuide

%%* CuteWitch: Not at first, but pretty accurate once the PaperThinDisguise is broken.%%ZCE

%%* GargleBlaster: Balor Ale! Poor Talanard...%%ZCE

%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Talanard.

* TransformationTrinket: An ancient artifact transforms Milny into a semi-Succubus when she puts it on.

* HornyDevils: The succubi in Jerak's caravan are pretty standard, save Winnie. And Milny, even in her pseudo-Succubus shapechange, is too busy being Milny to even try being seductive.

* DualWielding: Vec Trasden dual-wields twin rapiers in true dervish style, but that pales horribly in comparison to Railah's death-dancing with a longsword in one fist and a ''[[AnAxeToGrind double-ended axe]]'' in the other.

* AnAxeToGrind: Railah weilds a double-ended axe one-handed, with a longsword in the other.

* InvoluntaryTransformation: An ancient artifact transforms Milny into a semi-Succubus when she puts it on.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Mostly averted -- the elves and half-elves are pretty typical to D&D standards -- but played straight with Meleras, the AffablyEvil drow ranger who still worships Lloth but is also willing to work with other races. [[spoiler:The fate of the Multiverse at the mouth of the Nothing is ''that bad''.]]
* PaintingTheMedium: Archimedes's narration bubbles, for one.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The three sacred items of Aoskar. [[spoiler:They can survive being pulled into the Nothing, which can unmake ''planes''.]]
* AxCrazy: Vec Trasden.
* AnAxeToGrind: Railah weilds a double-ended axe one-handed, with a longsword in the other. Yeah.
* BlackMagicianGirl: Elera.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: A few of the early strips - confined to the first few chapters - have panels showing a bunch of people around a table, obviously playing the story as a D&D campaign.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: We figure Destiny must be either drunk or high.
* TheCavalry: The paladins showing up in the prologue to chase off the Cyricists. Their troops never show up again, as the story quickly leaves [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Faerun]] and moves on to the TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}.

* ClothingDamage: Tends to happen to Elera.
* CloudCuckooLander: Milny.

* CoolShades: Jerak.

* CurseCutShort: Grull: Oh sh--[[spoiler:right before he gets munched on by the EldritchAbomination from the Far Realms. Good thing he cut himself out of there.]]
* CuteWitch: Not at first, but pretty accurate once the PaperThinDisguise is broken.

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Railah, a former battle priestess of Cyric, is possessed by the dark god of Fate Jergal as his pawn and puppet in his scheme to unmake the Multiverse.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: It's becoming increasingly more obvious that to stop The Nothing, the heroes [[spoiler:are going to have to defeat, obstruct, or otherwise stop [[TheGrimReaper Jergal-Possessed Railah]] '''''AND''''' [[PowersThatBe The Elder/The Lady of Pain herself]]. They might have [[HaveYouSeenMyGod The Eldest]] and [[PhysicalGod The Youngest]] along to help... maybe. Maybe not.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Everybody calls Eldon "DOM." Even though he barely qualifies.

* EvilLaugh: Glowy red rocks don't have to breathe.

* TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms: Half the main characters on both sides are from Faerun's Dalelands region, specifically the area around Shadowdale. It doesn't take long to get the whole team planeswalking, though.
* FruitCart: Parodied - finding Tchick's conjured apples littering the road, Elera and Torin assume they came from a spilled cart.

* GargleBlaster: Balor Ale! Poor Talanard...

* HalfHumanHybrid: Elera is a Fire Genasi (half-Fire Elemental, her father's an Efreet), Torin is an Aasimar (part Celestial), and of course Talanard and Twag are Half-Elves.
* HaveYouSeenMyGod:

* HornyDevils: The Succubi in Jerak's caravan are pretty standard, save Winnie. And Milny, even in her pseudo-Succubus shapechange, is too busy being Milny to even try being seductive.
* IndyPloy: Starts with Telv and Tommy 5, and spreads like the plague from there.

* KillItWithFire: Elera.
* KnightTemplar: The Harmonium Guard and the Mercykillers are the traditional Planescape examples, amusingly parodied when a NON-KnightTemplar Harmonium - Larry the Tiefling Paladin - is arrested and [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment hung upside-down from the wall]] for suggesting that Tchick might ''not'' be responsible for the destruction of the city block where he was found unconscious.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Talanard.
* LeeroyJenkins: The first of many gets Tommy 5 killed.
* MagicKnight: Delia.
* MeaningfulName: Archimedes.
* MoodWhiplash: [[http://planescapecomic.com/138.html This Comic especially]] which juxtaposes Milny and Fred's families having an idyllic farmyard barbecue with Milny fighting for her life against the cultists.

* TheMultiverse: It's TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}. It's everywhere. And it's about to be eaten by...

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Where to '''start!??'''

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Fred is an Orange Dragon - not the kind you'd find in an expansion book or 3rd party package, but rather the crossbreed of a male Red and a female Gold.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Appears to be Subverted at first - the Duergar (Dark Dwarves) worship [[spoiler:Jergal, ex-God of Death and Fate and master of The Nothing]], rather than their normal [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Faerun]] racial deities. Once you get past that, though, there's not much different about them: they still guzzle alcohol like water and live for a good scuffle (even the [[SquishyWizard mage]]).
* OurElvesAreBetter: Mostly averted - the elves and half-elves are pretty typical to D&D standards - but played straight with Meleras, the AffablyEvil Drow Ranger who still worships Lloth but is also willing to work with other races. [[spoiler:The fate of the Multiverse at the mouth of The Nothing is ''that bad''.]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Elera - when she's pissed - and Delia - all the time. Oh and Merrel too, for being the guy who takes out city blocks in a fit of rage.
* PluckyGirl: Milny. [[spoiler:She's been slashed, kicked, stabbed, scarred, shot and nearly unmade. She was also technically dead for awhile. With a little clerical intervention, she's still going.]]
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Archimedes. Likely the most intelligent character in the cast...

* PunctuationShaker: Frd'gl'fn'd'pq'zter. He goes by "Fred" for a reason.
* RebelliousPrincess: Elera.

* RedShirt: The Tommys.

* RuleOfThree: It's Planescape, what did you expect?
* RunawayBride: Elera ''again''. The two go hand in hand, expectedly.
* SmugSnake: Dolrak the Arcanaloth.
* TakenForGranite: Silly Black Robes. Tee hee!
* TalkativeLoon: '''MILNY.'''

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Milny by a country mile.

* UnsoundEffect: Amongst others: "Release!", "Teleport"
* WebcomicsLongRunners: 10 years old as of April 2015!
* WelcomeToTheRealWorld: Chapter 4 has revealed that the Firstworld doesn't just have no magic and greater technology, it also has discontinued D&D campaign settings that plainly depict Planescape. Some of the characters believe the solution to defeating the unstoppable villains may be inside.

** Also, according to the MysteriousInformant in the Prologue, Cyric - the patron God of all the [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]] - is apparently ''also'' dead, and their powers are being provided by another source [[spoiler:probably [[TheGrimReaper Jergal]].]]

** Aoskar [[spoiler:AKA The Eldest]], with good reason - he's been dead, killed by The Lady of Pain, for some time.

** I should point out, though, that Sarn isn't Scottish. (Thanks to his eyepatch, he's forced to [[TalkLikeAPirate talk more like a pirate]].)
** Of course, that's a total coincidence [[http://planescapecomic.com/67.html]]
** The characters have also discovered Planescape related Internet forums during their foray on the Firstworld. And, as seen above, Milny may have found TV Tropes...
--> DOM, Gerand, Twag: ''It was '''EVIL!'''''
--> DOM: ''So we need a strategy.''
--> Eldon: Let's never speak of this again.
--> Findellinia: ''It's in the traditional tongue of our ancient race!''
--> Goronkodar: ''It's unpronounceable.''
--> Telv: ''BORING! Want to do something stupid with me?''
--> Telv: ''Pretty nifty! Er, I mean, '''EVIL!'''''
--> Telvrin: Aw.
--> Tommy 5: ''You know it!''

The "they" in the above quote is actually referring to two separate groups - one an unfortunate band of [[ForgottenRealms Faerunian]] adventurers with a tendency to leap before they look, the other a newly-partnered team of planar travelers swept off their feet into Multiversal politics... and deeper plots. Along the way there's a bunch of evil dark dwarves and a [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness cult of black-robed madmen]] trying to bring about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End Of The Multiverse As We Know It]] and a team of [[BloodKnight followers of the]] [[ReligionOfEvil God of Murder]] [[PsychoForHire in it for the killin']] tagging along for the ride. Oh yeah, and there's a [[PollyWantsAMicrophone owl narrator]], a [[CloudCuckooLander halfling who can't stop talking long enough to register reality]], and a [[ChosenOne blue beholder with a secret he doesn't even know]] somewhere along the way.

* ForgottenRealms: Half the main characters on both sides are from Faerun's Dalelands region, specifically the area around Shadowdale. It doesn't take long to get the whole team planeswalking, though.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Appears to be Subverted at first - the Duergar (Dark Dwarves) worship [[spoiler:Jergal, ex-God of Death and Fate and master of The Nothing]], rather than their normal [[ForgottenRealms Faerun]] racial deities. Once you get past that, though, there's not much different about them: they still guzzle alcohol like water and live for a good scuffle (even the [[SquishyWizard mage]]).

* OneOfUs: At least enough to know that his webcomic has a Wiki/TVTropes page, and to comment on it in his page notes.

* ScheduleSlip: The most common comment in the chatbox on the front page: "It's been (random time amount, usually two weeks to a month)... Where's the next comic?"

* AnAxeToGrind: Railah weilds a double-ended axe one-handed, with a longsword in the other. Yeah.

** Of course, that's a total coincidence [[http://planescapecomic.com/67.html]]
** The characters have also discovered Planescape related Internet forums during their foray on the Firstworld. And, as seen above, Milny may have found TV Tropes...

* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong]]: Explains Talanard's EasyAmnesia and his fear of blood rivers.

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Railah, a former battle priestess of Cyric, is possessed by the dark god of Fate Jergal as his pawn and puppet in his scheme to unmake the Multiverse.]]

* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Jergal's]] plan to unmake the multiverse.

** Aoskar [[spoiler:AKA The Eldest]], with good reason - he's been dead, killed by The Lady of Pain, for some time.
** Also, according to the MysteriousInformant in the Prologue, Cyric - the patron God of all the [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]] - is apparently ''also'' dead, and their powers are being provided by another source [[spoiler:probably [[TheGrimReaper Jergal]].]]

--> DOM: ''So we need a strategy.''
--> Telv: ''BORING! Want to do something stupid with me?''
--> Tommy 5: ''You know it!''

* MoodWhiplash: [[http://planescapecomic.com/138.html This Comic especially]] which juxtaposes Milny and Fred's families having an idyllic farmyard barbecue with Milny fighting for her life against the cultists.

* [[spoiler:NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Averted. Aoskar/the Eldest predicted his future destruction and hid a portion of his essence on the Firstworld two thousand years prior, and despite killing that Aspect out of fear and being without deities since the people of the Firstworld still revere him... making Aoskar equivalent to {{God}} and Jesus his [[PhysicalGod Avatar]].]]

** Eldon and Telvrin take out a couple of baddies, without the reader seeing it, using [[NoodleImplements playing cards, flowers, and an accordion]]. What do they say?
--> Eldon: Let's never speak of this again.
--> Telvrin: Aw.

** I should point out, though, that Sarn isn't Scottish. (Thanks to his eyepatch, he's forced to [[TalkLikeAPirate talk more like a pirate]].)

--> Findellinia: ''It's in the traditional tongue of our ancient race!''
--> Goronkodar: ''It's unpronounceable.''

** He has improved his schedule-keeping skills lately, much to the delight of his fans. It's not perfect, as he notes in one of his footnotes, saying "I kind of feel silly apologizing for one day late, though... since I'm much more accustomed to being a month overdue". But hey.

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: We figure Destiny must be either drunk or high.
* TheCavalry: The paladins showing up in the prologue to chase off the Cyricists. Their troops never show up again, as the story quickly leaves [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Faerun]] and moves on to the TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}.
* TheMultiverse: It's TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}. It's everywhere. And it's about to be eaten by...
* TheNothingAfterDeath: It could very well be lifted straight from the pages of Literature/TheNeverendingStory, it is so close. Obviously inspired or suggested by it, at the very least... and that fact is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the first chapter.
** And again [[http://planescapecomic.com/175.html here]], wherein Fred (a dragon) bemoans the disappearance of Falcor while watching the [[Film/TheNeverendingStory movie]] on a Firstworld TV.

--> DOM, Gerand, Twag: ''It was '''EVIL!'''''
--> Telv: ''Pretty nifty! Er, I mean, '''EVIL!'''''

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Talanard is terrified of the Blood River. Thanks to LaserGuidedAmnesia, he doesn't know '''why''', but he is.[[spoiler: It's because he used to be one of the baddies, but was killed in one of the blood rivers by another bad guy.]]

* OneOfUs: At least enough to know that his webcomic has a TVTropes page, and to comment on it in his page notes.

As can be inferred from the title, it's based on the D&D Campaign Setting ''{{Planescape}}'', and homages ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.

* TheCavalry: The paladins showing up in the prologue to chase off the Cyricists. Their troops never show up again, as the story quickly leaves [[ForgottenRealms Faerun]] and moves on to the {{Planescape}}.
* TheMultiverse: It's {{Planescape}}. It's everywhere. And it's about to be eaten by...

!Tropes in Planescape Survival Guide

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[[caption-width-right:300:You could probably panic a little bit and still be okay.]]

->''This is Planescape Survival Guide, a rousing tale of grand heroism and gallant deeds in a-- okay, you got me. They're [[IdiotHero mostly incompetent]]. But! They are trying to [[SaveTheWorld save the Multiverse]] from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt utter destruction]].''
-->--'''From the FAQ'''

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[[caption-width-right:321:Starring Milny Boldoffin, halfling badass.]]

That's '''''[[http://planescapecomic.com/index.html Planescape Survival Guide]]''''', written and drawn by Travers "Swiftbow" Jordan, in a nutshell.

* AnAxeToGrind: Railah weilds a double-ended axe one-handed, with a longsword in the other. [[{{Badass}} Yeah.]]

* {{Badass}}: If we haven't made it clear enough yet, '''Railah'''.

* DualWielding: Vec Trasden dual-wields twin rapiers in true dervish style, but that pales horribly in comparison to [[{{Badass}} Railah's death-dancing with a longsword in one fist and a]] ''[[AnAxeToGrind double-ended axe]]'' [[{{Badass}} in the other.]]

That's [[http://planescapecomic.com/index.html Planescape Survival Guide]], written and drawn by Travers "Swiftbow" Jordan, in a nutshell.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Talanard is terrified of the Blood River. Thanks to LaserGuidedAmnesia, he doesn't know '''why''', but he is.[[spoiler: It's because he used to be one of the baddies, but was killed in one of the blood rivers by another bad guy.]]

* DirtyOldMan:

* DirtyOldMan: Guess.
* DoomedHometown: Probably played to garner some sympathy for Milny. Doesn't really work.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Telv is actually more of a sociopathic Chaotic Neutral, but he fits.

* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:Jergal gave his Phenomenal Cosmic Powers up to Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul years ago, apparently with the plan to steal them all back in the future and fuel his scheme to Unmake the Multiverse. [[JustifiedTrope He gets away with this nigh-impossibility]] because he's the God of Fate and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]

* [[spoiler:NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Averted hard. Aoskar/the Eldest predicted his future destruction and hid a portion of his essence on the Firstworld two thousand years prior, and despite killing that Aspect out of fear and being without deities since the people of the Firstworld still revere him... making Aoskar equivalent to {{God}} and Jesus his [[PhysicalGod Avatar]].]]

As can be inferred from the title, it's based on the D&D Campaign Setting ''{{Planescape}}'', and homages ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.

* PaintingTheFourthWall: Archimedes's narration bubbles, for one.

* HaveYouSeenMyGod: Aoskar [[spoiler:AKA The Eldest]], with good reason - he's been dead, killed by The Lady of Pain, for some time. [[spoiler:Though it looks like he [[IGotBetter might be getting better.]]]] Also, according to the MysteriousInformant in the Prologue, Cyric - the patron God of all the [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]] - is apparently ''also'' dead, and their powers are being provided by another source [[spoiler:probably [[TheGrimReaper Jergal]].]]