History Webcomic / WhatDoYouDo

* CastCalculus: The band has gone through many different permutations, with guest members popping in and out.
** The original team
*** TheHero: James
*** TheLancer: Techy
*** TheBigGuy: Krinn
*** TheSmartGuy: Jane
*** TheChick: Ray
*** SixthRanger: Deblin (Introduced in Chapter 2)
*** [[spoiler: except for when it is revealed he was actually with the party from the beginning, but everyone had a very sexy case of amnesia.]]
** When Ray gets his memory back, [[RedOniBlueOni James and Deblin secede]]:
*** Red Oni: James
*** Blue Oni: Deblin
** Meanwhile, the other four form a FourTemperamentEnsemble:
*** Sanguine: Krinn
*** Choleric: Ray
*** Melancholic: Jane
*** Phlegmatic: Techy
*** Quadratic: Penny
** Then from Chapter 3 onward...

** Many.

* {{Yandere}}: Gloria.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Most dark elves are born with blue hair.

** The original FiveManBand

[[HalfTruth A young elven wizard, after being recruited by his nation to assist in mapping their home continent, is pulled into a mess of political intrigue and thrilling chases after he impersonates a member of royalty. Our hero, James Woodrock, is pitted against the evil dragonborn Verzavt as they fight over the almighty Skull Keys, capable of unlocking great power. Joining James on his quest are the stoic cleric Jane, the unstable dwarven berserker Techy, the intolerable human bard Ray, the quiet troll rogue, Krinn, the morally ambiguous Deblin, and the vampire slave Douglas. They venture forth into unknown lands, protecting the skull known as Murray whilst attempting to discern the secrets that Murray and his kin protect.]]

But then the fanbase happens. James is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} of the finest kind, with [[RuleofFunny Refuge In Funny]] branded on some part of his brain. He may have a high intelligence in-universe, but his actions hardly reflect that. Perhaps his epic quest would be more convincing if he didn't have a HammerSpace pencil and a tendency to make shadow puppets on CLOUDS. [[spoiler: And then they come into the real world, with live actors and 100% more ridiculousness]]

Turn Based Battle! and Defend Your Honor can be found on the Website/ArmorGames website.

Has a [[Characters/WhatDoYouDo character sheet]], which is very much incomplete.

As of February 16, 2013 the site has gone down. [[http://what-do-you-do.boards.net/index.cgi?board=comic&action=display&thread=8 The comic is being rehosted here. Free drugs in link]]

!This work provides examples of:

* [[spoiler:MindScrew: Apparently this whole story is the flashback of Techy as an old man.]]

* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: At its most perverse yet entertaining extreme.

** Not so much in the comic, but [[AllThereInTheManual in the comments section]] it is very common for fans to suggest that [[SeriousBusiness James has 20 Intelligence and should act like it]]. This is [[CaptainObvious not taken seriously]] by many people, and has become more of a gag than anything else.

Turn Based Battle! and Defend Your Honor can be found on the [[http://www.armorgames.com Armor Games website]].

WDYD can be found [[http://www.what-do-you-do.net/ here]], while Turn Based Battle! and Defend Your Honor can be found on the [[http://www.armorgames.com Armor Games website]].

''What Do You Do'' is a comic that has a rather simple premise: mix ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' with MSPaintAdventures. Several panels (2) are posted every day, with the actions of James (the main character) decided by the fans. It has developed a rather dedicated ([[Administrivia/ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability if relatively small]]) fan base, and its characters have been used (although InNameOnly for the most part) in two indie flash games: Turn Based Battle! and Defend Your Honor, the former an RPG parody and the second a serious tower-defense type game.

''What Do You Do'' is a comic that has a rather simple premise: mix ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' with MSPaintAdventures. Several panels (2) are posted every day, with the actions of James (the main character) decided by the fans. It has developed a rather dedicated ([[NoSuchThingAsNotability if relatively small]]) fan base, and its characters have been used (although InNameOnly for the most part) in two indie flash games: Turn Based Battle! and Defend Your Honor, the former an RPG parody and the second a serious tower-defense type game.

''What Do You Do'' is a comic that has a rather simple premise: mix DungeonsAndDragons with MSPaintAdventures. Several panels (2) are posted every day, with the actions of James (the main character) decided by the fans. It has developed a rather dedicated ([[NoSuchThingAsNotability if relatively small]]) fan base, and its characters have been used (although InNameOnly for the most part) in two indie flash games: Turn Based Battle! and Defend Your Honor, the former an RPG parody and the second a serious tower-defense type game.

But then the fanbase happens. James is a CloudCuckooLander of the finest kind, with [[RuleofFunny Refuge In Funny]] branded on some part of his brain. He may have a high intelligence in-universe, but his actions hardly reflect that. Perhaps his epic quest would be more convincing if he didn't have a HammerSpace pencil and a tendency to make shadow puppets on CLOUDS. [[spoiler: And then they come into the real world, with live actors and 100% more ridiculousness]]

* CloudCuckoolander: Moments of lucidity are far and few in between for James.

As of February 16, 2013 the site has gone down. [[http://what-do-you-do.boards.net/index.cgi?board=comic/ The comic is being rehosted here.]]

As of February 16, 2013 the site has gone down. [[http://what-do-you-do.boards.net/index.cgi?board=comic&action=display&thread=8/ The comic is being rehosted here.]]

As of February 16, 2013 the site has gone down.

Has a [[Characters/WhatDoYouDo character sheet]], which is very much incomplete. The comic has occasionally been abandoned for weeks at a time, and is currently in an abandoned state. There is no word from GM Chris recently.

But then the fanbase happens. James is a CloudCuckooLander of the finest kind, with [[RuleofFunny Refuge In Funny]] branded on some part of his brain. He may have a high intelligence in-universe, but his actions hardly reflect that. Perhaps his epic quest would be more convincing if he didn't have a HammerSpace pencil and a tendency to make shadow puppets on CLOUDS.

Has a [[Characters/WhatDoYouDo character sheet]], which is very much incomplete.

* [[BLAMEpisode Big Lipped Alligator Comic]]: WDYD's fans make the entire comic into a string of {{BLAM}}s, which is [[NarmCharm probably the reason it is so popular]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Most dark elves are born with blue hair.

But then the fanbase happens. James is a CloudCuckooLander of the finest kind, with [[RefugeInCool Refuge In Funny]] branded on some part of his brain. He may have a high intelligence in-universe, but his actions hardly reflect that. Perhaps his epic quest would be more convincing if he didn't have a HammerSpace pencil and a tendency to make shadow puppets on CLOUDS.

** Whenever the cast is falling, a popular suggestion is to "go splat"; the creators wormed their way around this into having James [[BellisariosMaxim liquefy himself and then reform after he hit the ground]].

* AnyoneCanDie: First [[spoiler:Jane the Cleric]], then [[spoiler:James Woodrock]]. [[IGotBetter They got better, though.]]