| 1 | Character tropes regarding the main and recurring cast of ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated''. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | !The Dungeon Masters |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[folder:Dungeon Masters]] |
| 7 | !!Chris, James, and Jeremy |
| 8 | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Perkins_(game_designer) Chris Perkins]] has been the DungeonMaster of the "A" Team from season 1 until the middle of season 12 (or just over a decade), except for half a game run by his Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast colleague [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wyatt_(game_designer) James Wyatt]], half a game run by Pat, and one-and-a-half games run by Mike. He has formally passed on his DM cap to another colleague, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Crawford Jeremy Crawford]], in the episode "Switcharoo" in 2018. Most of the tropes listed here refer to the wacky personas Chris had assumed for the live events and to his game-mastering style. |
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| 10 | * BeardOfEvil: Chris dressed up as an evil cult leader for the season 8 conclusion, complete with very evil-looking mustache and goatee. They both came off as the game progressed, however. |
| 11 | * GameMaster: Chris wrote and ran every ''[=AcqInc=]'' game from 2008 to 2018. |
| 12 | * GoodNewsBadNews: Chris enjoys doing this to mess with the players, for instance: |
| 13 | ** To Scott: "The good news is, the dart only does minor damage. The bad news is... it is poisoned. But the good news is, you're a dwarf, and dwarves are immune to poison." |
| 14 | ** To Mike: "The good news is, the raven gets NoSavingThrow. The bad news is, it has fire resistance. The good news is: you still kill it." |
| 15 | * KillerGameMaster: Invoked but [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt ultimately averted]] in season 7, when Chris dresses up as the God of Murder for the live game and announces his intention to wipe out Acquisitions Incorporated in this session. |
| 16 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Kinda. While every party member dresses up pretty much consistently as their character during PAX Prime/West live events (but not the East and South events), Chris and Jeremy sport different outfits every time (except the very first one): |
| 17 | ** For season 5, Chris dressed as the Mad Hatter from ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''. |
| 18 | ** In season 6, he was the Dungeon Master from the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' cartoon. |
| 19 | ** In season 7, he wore the makeup of Bhaal, the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms' god of murder. |
| 20 | ** In season 8, he dressed up as a king, crown and all, for part 1 (even though the players were not costumed), and as the Cult of the Dragon high priest for part 2. |
| 21 | ** In season 9, he dressed as "Portabello da Vinci", the [[MushroomMan myconid]] king and a regular [[{{Pun}} fun guy]]. |
| 22 | ** In season 10, he went as a cloud giant high priest, reminiscent of the season's villain, Stratovar. |
| 23 | ** Downplayed in the Holiday Special, where he simply wore Santa's hat for the entire duration. |
| 24 | ** In season 11, he dressed up as the lich Acererak from ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors[=/=][[TabletopGame/TombOfAnnihilation Annihilation]]'' modules, complete with a very evil (Canadian) accent. |
| 25 | ** In Jeremy's first PAX West game in Season 12, he dressed up as "the real" Jim Darkmagic (Jim's bitter clone, who the party runs into later in the game). |
| 26 | [[/folder]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | !Acquisitions Incorporated |
| 29 | [[folder:Founding Members]] |
| 30 | Not a lot detail was initially revealed about the members' background. As the games went on and the players got more familiar with the characters and continued to develop on them, further information about their previous lives gradually came to light. Tropes pertaining to the group as a whole and to the founding members in particular include: |
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| 32 | * MundaneFantastic: The main shtick of Acquisitions Incorporated is that they are essentially a HeroicFantasy PlayerParty but with modern corporate structures and customs. |
| 33 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Gender-flipped. Omin is the mastermind of the operation, Binwin mostly cares about killing things (and selling his merch), and Jim is the only one obsessed with his own looks. |
| 34 | * BigThinShortTrio: Omin is physically imposing, Jim is rather slender, and Binwin is a dwarf. |
| 35 | * PunchClockHero: As the name might imply, the group's primary motivation for going on adventures is acquiring wealth and the fact that they end up saving people from time to time is just treated as an added benefit. Jerry even explicitly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GHqXEtUbw&t=13m4s identifies]] LawfulNeutral as the overall alignment of the organization as a whole. |
| 36 | * RequiredPartyMember: Until [[http://pvponline.com/news/binwins-minions Binwin's retirement]] in season 10, no Acquisitions Inc. game has ever been played without the three of them (even Chris [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness was absent for half of season 1]]). |
| 37 | * VitriolicBestBuds: The entire team, including the interns. Apparently no one told these guys that TrashTalk is generally meant to be directed at the opponents. |
| 38 | -->'''Wil:''' [''to Scott, post-acid''] I hate you ''so much''! |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !!Ominifis Hereward "Omin" Dran |
| 41 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/omin_dran_6795.png]] |
| 42 | [[caption-width-right:240:"This is the worst thing that has ever happened."]] |
| 43 | ->'''Race:''' Half-elf\ |
| 44 | '''Class:''' Cleric (War Domain)\ |
| 45 | '''Played by:''' [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Jerry Holkins]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | The fast-talking founder and CEO of Acquisitions Incorporated. Omin is a half-elf cleric of Avandra and, after a forced relocation to the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms, of Tymora. A consummate businessman whose duty is to his shareholders first (of which he is the only shareholder), his goddess second and his employees/friends a distant seventh. |
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| 49 | From season 8 inwards, he serves as a [[spoiler:Masked Lord of Waterdeep]]. |
| 50 | ---- |
| 51 | * BadassPreacher: Omin keeps stressing that he is a devout servant of Tymora, though we rarely see him doing any priest stuff. One could argue that Omin serves her in deed more than in word, since Tymora is a patron of adventurers. |
| 52 | * BadBoss: Omin ''is'' a CEO. A few specific examples: |
| 53 | ** Early in season 7, Viari gets some honest talk with Jim and Binwin, who hesitantly reveal how Omin essentially browbeats them with legal terminology into working for him essentially for free. It helps him immensely that Binwin is SuperGullible and Jim is a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, so Viari is essentially the first person savvy enough to question his leadership style. |
| 54 | ** The following quote, dropped while firing an employee in season 10, perhaps illustrates his attitude best: |
| 55 | -->"Put everything you own and like in a box, and when I come back, we'll talk about what happens to the box." |
| 56 | ** Becomes particularly apparent in season 11, when he uses an infernal MagicallyBindingContract to summon Strix to their aid, when, as it turns out later, she would have helped them, anyway, had he deigned to ask. Then, at the end of the season, it turns out that he [[spoiler:wasn't really counting on Jim surviving the Soulmonger affliction and had him--secretly and thus unconsensually--cloned, just in case]]. |
| 57 | * BornUnlucky: Of the party, Jerry has by far the worst luck with dice, which makes Omin this in-universe. This makes the fact that his divine patron, Tymora, is a goddess of ''luck'' [[CosmicPlaything unintentionally hilarious]]. |
| 58 | * BroughtDownToNormal: Upon arriving in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms, Omin discovers that his patron goddess, Avandra, has no presence there, so he briefly loses all of his cleric powers. After a near-death experience, he has a religious conversion at the temple of Tymora and basically regains all of the abilities he had before. |
| 59 | * CanonImmigrant: Omin being [[spoiler:a Masked Lord of Waterdeep]] has been officially interred into the Forgotten Realms canon and he appears in that capacity in Ed Greenwood's novel ''Death Masks''. |
| 60 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Has a habit of saying that some event "is the worst thing that could happen." |
| 61 | * ChekhovMIA: In season 4, Omin relates a story of how his CoolBigSis disappeared on a routine dungeon crawl. [[spoiler:In season 8, she comes back--as a dragon cultist trying to kill him. Season 9 {{retcon}}ned it to Auspicia being the missing sister, not Portentia.]] |
| 62 | * CombatMedic: As befits a cleric, he is good both with his hammer ([[RandomNumberGod theoretically]]) and with his healing spells. |
| 63 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Ranges from simply being a pragmatic, hardliner BadBoss towards his employees, to being this trope. |
| 64 | --> ''Guys!'' We've found a machine that turns ''interns'' into ''gold''! |
| 65 | * CriticalFailure: Jerry is infamous for this; the most infamous example of this is when he rolls a 1 twice in a row at the climax of the second season. |
| 66 | * TheFace: Omin generally conducts the negotiations on the party's behalf. |
| 67 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Omin's mom is literally named Prophetess (although commonly shortened to just "Propha"), so his name is pronounced like "omen", and his sisters are named Portentia (like "portent") and Auspicia (like "auspice"). Lampshaded in season 10: |
| 68 | -->'''Jerry''': Which sister? I probably have five, I'm gonna run out of puns... |
| 69 | * GeekyTurnOn: In season 9, Omin admits to reading convoluted contracts instead of "conventional pornography". |
| 70 | * HealerSignsOnEarly: In fact, the healer was the ''first'' member of this particular party (in-story). |
| 71 | * TheLeader: The party usually defers important plot decisions to Omin--although he is not above steamrolling their objections if need be (such as when he decides to [[StormingTheCastle storm the Dragonspear Castle]] despite all warnings). Viari puts it best: |
| 72 | --> '''Viari:''' I feel like this is a management decision... |
| 73 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:One of the cultists fighting Acquisitions Inc. in season 8 is revealed to be Omin's long-lost older sister. Retconned in season 9, the long-lost older sister who disappeared during a dungeon crawl turns out to have survived, found her way to Faerun, and set up a rival adventuring guild, intent on running her brother out of business.]] |
| 74 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: Omin is definitely not thrilled to learn about Jim sleeping with Portentia. |
| 75 | * MysteriousEmployer: To the "C" Team. Even Walnut, who is thrilled to work for Omin (for still-unknown reasons), eventually acknowledges that none of them knows nearly enough about the man to actually trust him. |
| 76 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Jabs at Jerry's bad dice rolling persist after season 2, despite his rolls not being particularly worse than the others' in later seasons. |
| 77 | * PresentAbsence: In ''The "C" Team'' thus far, Omin has only ever appeared as a holographic message at the party's HQ, yet his character is so central to the campaign, he can almost be counted as the fifth party member. In several Table Talk segments, Jerry pretty much admits that the entire campaign had been conceived to explore his own headcanon in regards to Omin. |
| 78 | * ProperlyParanoid: In the celebrity game, when The Party first meets the Darkmagic's house cat, it immediately becomes attached to Omin. In his savviness he checks it out first with his holy symbol so he can be certain it isn't "some crazy sorcerer cat". The rest of the party just dismisses it as Omin being overly cautious as usual, but as it turns out [[spoiler: the cat is actually an evil [[TheMole spy]] for the [[{{Necromancer}} Wartstaffs]]]]. |
| 79 | --> '''Jim:''' [[{{Foreshadowing}} My cat is not a demon!]] |
| 80 | * SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler: Implied to be the reason why Omin kept the story of his long lost older sister secret. Auspicia went into a dungeon while a young Omin stayed outside... and Auspicia never came out.]] |
| 81 | * TokenAdult: Kinda. While all player characters in the game are adults (as the ContentWarnings helpfully remind us), Omin frequently comes over as the only adult among the core trio in role-playing encounters. He comes off as more of an indulgent, slightly sociopathic minder than a responsible guardian, though. |
| 82 | --> '''Omin:''' Shhh, daddy's working.\ |
| 83 | '''Binwin''' (sheepishly): Oh, sorry... |
| 84 | * TheUnfavourite: In season 9, Omin admits that both of his moms have always liked his sister Auspicia better. |
| 85 | |
| 86 | !!James Winifred "Jim" Darkmagic III |
| 87 | [[quoteright:214:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jim_darkmagic_178.png]] |
| 88 | [[caption-width-right:214:[[CharacterCatchphrase Jim]] [[WinkDing winks.]]]] |
| 89 | ->'''Race:''' Human\ |
| 90 | '''Class:''' Wizard (School of Conjuration)\ |
| 91 | '''Played by:''' [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Mike Krahulik]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | Jim is a narcissistic human wizard of the New Hampshire Darkmagics. As the prodigious son of a well-renowned family of wizards, Jim exhibited both a talent for magic and immensely self-centered behavior early on. As he had never held his family in high regard, he left it behind to travel the world, despite his status as the oldest son and heir. In spite of his talents as a wizard, Jim primarily sees himself as an entertainer, donning the mannerisms and behaviors of a stage magician. Beside his involvement with [=AcqInc=], he enjoys a career as a popular performer for the masses. Holding his own ego in the highest regard, Jim is most often concerned with his own appearance and well-being. |
| 94 | ---- |
| 95 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: Of the original cast, Mike was the one newbie to (tabletop) roleplaying. His attempts to roleplay actions that were implausible by the rules of the game system, but awesome, and they mostly worked out well for him. |
| 96 | * AwesomeMcCoolname: During character creation, Mike was immediately called out by Scott, who demanded "Why don't you call yourself Chet ''Awesomelaser''?" The group then also suggested "Jim Fellmagic," "Fell Darkjim," "Jim Felldark," "Fell Darkevil," and "Ominous Darkfell Magic-Bad." |
| 97 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: The Darkmagics, with some additional nuttiness from being a family of wizards. |
| 98 | * BiggerOnTheInside: Jim Darkmagic's extra-dimensional bachelor pad. |
| 99 | * BreakTheHaughty: Mike's initially great rolls evened out somewhere around season 5 and has become progressively worse since, resulting in Jim doing marginal damage in combat and getting one-upped by both his cousin and Viari. As a result, Jim has become noticeably more grounded during the more recent episodes. As long as he isn't talking to or about ladies. Or Percival. |
| 100 | * TheCasanova: Jim definitely employs his stage magician fame to be popular with the ladies, although most of his romantic adventures take place off-screen. [[spoiler:Portentia Dran]] is pretty much the only paramour of his we see in the series proper. |
| 101 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Has a habit of saying "Have a magical day!" or a variant of it. |
| 102 | * CloneAngst: With Jim facing a deadly disease in Season 11, [[spoiler:Omin clones a backup]]. Jim is ''not'' happy when he finds out. [[spoiler:Neither is the clone, as when the real Jim is saved, Omin dismisses the clone as a no-longer-necessary fake and has him damned to Hell.]] |
| 103 | * DeadpanSnarker: Mike plays Jim as one, e.g. in season 4: |
| 104 | --> "Yeah, that's it. Run up and fight ''the devil''. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong How can that end bad?]]" |
| 105 | * DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Jim currently holds the record for most deaths among the party: he has been killed three times, by a succubus in season 7, and by the dragon cultists in season 8, and by an old classmate with a grudge in season 10. In season 11, though, it comes to bite him in the ass, however, as an otherworldly entity named Soulmonger starts feeding on the life force of individuals who had been raised from the dead before, which covers their (and Jim's) bodies with patches of necrotic flesh, as well as giving them MaximumHPReduction.]] |
| 106 | * DiedOnTheirBirthday: [[spoiler: In Season 10, the party is invited to Jim Darkmagic's 40th birthday party, where he plans to host a fake murder investigation with himself as a victim. However, he is actually murdered by one of the guests. He is [[DeathIsCheap raised from the dead]] by the end of the episode.]] |
| 107 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: For the PAX West 2018 live game, Mike has updated his costume extensively, adding a lot more black leather and spikes to it. Whether it was to reflect Jim's increasingly jerkass ways or simply out of rivalry with Holly/Strix is unclear. |
| 108 | * FlyingBroomstick: Jim loots one from a dragon cultist's corpse in season 8, and it comes in handy at least once later. |
| 109 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Inverted in Jim's case, as ''he'' was the abuser. In season 5, it is a recurring theme that Jim had sorta been a dick his entire life, from him bullying his cousin Percival to him continuously mistreating the family butler and their animated set of armor. |
| 110 | -->'''Chris''': You used to torture Clatterby when you were young.\ |
| 111 | '''Jim''': Boy, did I ever! |
| 112 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Jim blindly trust suspicious people which eventually leads to him [[spoiler:getting killed by a succubus]]. |
| 113 | * IdiotBall: Mike/Jim has it firmly in grasp when he [[spoiler:kisses a girl he just met, who turns out to be a succubus]]. |
| 114 | * IWillShowYouX: In the season 4: |
| 115 | -->'''Devil''': You have never experienced fire ''this'' mighty.\ |
| 116 | '''Jim''': I will show you... ''fire''. |
| 117 | * JerkAss: Jim Darkmagic is selfish, narcissistic, and pretty cruel. He is still loved by the fans. |
| 118 | * KillItWithFire: Jim's primary method of injuring enemies (and Binwin). |
| 119 | * KissingCousins: Jim and his cousin, the bushy/busty bombshell Olivia. |
| 120 | * LaughTrack: Parodied when Jim conjures one up when there's no one around to appreciate his joke. |
| 121 | * LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: He conjures up an illusory LaughTrack whenever his jokes fall flat. |
| 122 | * NewAbilityAddiction: After Jim acquires a Broom of Flying, he refuses to get off it for the rest of the season. |
| 123 | * NoodleIncident: All the horrible implications Jim makes about his childhood with the Darkmagic carriage Cronk, an ancient, skeletal dragon. Also that his cousin Olivia makes about her childhood with Jim. |
| 124 | * ScrewYourself: In Season 12, the party runs into [[spoiler:Jim's clone]], who has become a lich warlord in Hell. Jim is so attracted to the display of power that he starts ''making out''. [[spoiler:As a ploy to slip the clone a dangerous magical item]], but still. |
| 125 | * ShroudedInMyth: As the party fights the end boss of season 2, they try to intimidate him by revealing that his opponent is none other than Jim Darkmagic himself. He quickly dismisses them: |
| 126 | --> "You are not Jim Darkmagic! Jim Darkmagic is seven feet tall with a shock of red hair and eyes that blaze like the sun!" |
| 127 | * SignatureMove: A literal example with Jim's Magic Missile, which scorches out '''JIM''' when it hits. |
| 128 | * SmallNameBigEgo: While Jim Darkmagic ''is'' a great wizard, his ego is still way too big. He make it sound like he is the gods' gift to mankind, while in truth he is cowardly and fairly stupid. |
| 129 | * TheSmartGuy: StatisticallySpeaking, Jim has the highest Intelligence score of the main cast--which hardly prevents him from firmly grabbing the IdiotBall from time to time (see above). |
| 130 | * StatisticallySpeaking: In gameplay terms, Jim has the highest INT score of the party; in actuality, it often comes to situations like in the beginning of season 5, where Jim defers reading a riddle message to Omin, saying he is not good at puzzles--and Jerry immediately lampshades that Omin's INT is 10, but still solves it for him. |
| 131 | * SuperEmpowering: Invokes this in season 9 as part of a scheme to kill Jeff by pretending to give him a portion of his own magical powers and sending him to the frontlines--never mind that such empowering is [[GodGuise only reserved for deities]] in ''D&D''. |
| 132 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Jim sometimes refers to himself in third person (though this gets less and less pronounced in later seasons). |
| 133 | --> '''Scott:''' Is that Jim saying that, or--\ |
| 134 | '''Mike:''' Jim speaks about himself in the third person. He has a very high opinion of himself. |
| 135 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch : From season 1: |
| 136 | --> '''Berserker Lady:''' Magic missile ''me'', will you!\ |
| 137 | '''Jim:''' That was ''[[SignatureMove Jim's]]'' Magic Missile, bitch! |
| 138 | * TooDumbToLive: In episode 6, Jim Darkmagic dual-wields his wands as usual... while dangling from a rope. With no hands available to hold on to the rope, he falls into the giant acid pit he just got out of. |
| 139 | * TookALevelInJerkass: In season 9. While Jim has always been kind of an asshole, coldly exploiting a subordinate's trust to have him killed in a particularly gruesome fashion is taking a whole ''new'' level of jerkass. |
| 140 | * [[GunsAkimbo Wands Akimbo]]: Jim utilizes dual wands for his fighting style. He even created a feat for it when it was missing in ''NEXT''. |
| 141 | * WhatTheHellHero: When Jim inherits his family's mansion he isn't really nice about it. |
| 142 | -->'''Dolores Darkmagic:''' Jim, now that the house is yours I trust you won't mind me staying in my small corner.\ |
| 143 | '''Jim:''' Listen Grandma, I've been meaning to talk to you about that...\ |
| 144 | [''Disapproval can be heard from the audience''] Come on man! |
| 145 | * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The fact that there is no place named New Hampshire in either the TabletopGame/NentirVale, nor the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms does not stop Jim's family from being from there. |
| 146 | * YourSoulIsMine: [[spoiler:Temporarily had his soul put into a gem in the first part of season 10.]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | !!Binwin Bronzebottom |
| 149 | [[quoteright:172:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/binwin_bronzebottom_9704.png]] |
| 150 | [[caption-width-right:172:"CATCH PHRASE!"]] |
| 151 | ->'''Race:''' Dwarf\ |
| 152 | '''Class:''' Fighter (Champion)/Barbarian (Path of the Berserker)\ |
| 153 | '''Played by:''' [[Webcomic/{{PvP}} Scott Kurtz]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | Binwin is a reckless and simpleminded Dwarven fighter. His clan was disgraced and all but destroyed by the machinations of their main rivals, the Ambershards. After that, Binwin drifted around from tavern to tavern before he was eventually found and recruited by Omin. A warrior by heart, Binwin doesn't care much for anything, beside the thrill of battle and the alcohol. |
| 156 | |
| 157 | Binwin has retired from Acquisitions Incorporated after ten seasons to form his own [[http://pvponline.com/news/binwins-minions adventuring company]], with the 2016 Christmas Special doubling as his farewell episode. |
| 158 | |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * AcquiredPoisonImmunity: In later seasons, Scott often jokes that Binwin should have fire resistance 10 for all the times when Jim set him on fire with his magic, although Chris always rules that he doesn't. |
| 161 | * AdaptedOut: There is no mention of Binwin in the official ''[=AcqInc=]'' sourcebook (even in the history summary of the title company) because Scott holds all rights to his character but didn't participate in its writing. Both of them are mentioned in the credits among the original cast of ''[=AcqInc=]'', at least. |
| 162 | * TheAlcoholic: Binwin's father. In fact, it's a sign of trouble when he ''stops'' drinking. [[ItRunsInTheFamily And Binwin himself for that matter]]. So much that he carries around a brewers kit in "Ark of the Mad Mage" and gets seriously depressed when the party has to leave a beer automaton behind. |
| 163 | -->'''Binwin''': [[ShoutOut That's my secret, Captain.]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 I'm ALWAYS drunk.]] |
| 164 | * AlliterativeName: Invoked by Scott, who explicitly wanted an alliteration, as he explains in season 1. |
| 165 | * TheAtoner: Parodied by Scott. Upon first reuniting with Wheaton-Aeofel, he delivers the [[BrickJoke long-overdue]] warning about the acid trap killed him. Aofel states that all is forgiven. Scott-Binwin replies "Maybe now I can forgive myself" to looks of amazement, bursts of laughter and a standing ovation from the other players and the audience. The look on Wheaton's face is priceless. |
| 166 | * TheBerserker: By season 9, Binwin seems to have acquired the Rage power, which boosts his damage output. |
| 167 | * TheBigGuy: As the party's token fighter, Binwin has the most HP and is most capable of delivering pain at close range. |
| 168 | * BloodKnight: Binwin often seems to charge into battle just for the heck of it. |
| 169 | * ButtMonkey: As the team tank and pointman, Binwin is constantly caught in traps, set on fire, and generally treated like shit. He can (usually) take it. |
| 170 | * CainAndAbel: In season 9, Binwin offhandedly mentions having killed all of his siblings to deal with potential rivalries like Omin has with his, although how serious that was is up in the air. |
| 171 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Parodied and yet played completely straight at the same time with Binwin's "''Catch Phrase''!" |
| 172 | * DesignatedPointMan: Binwin's high health and good defenses (as well as the ability to do serious damage) make him the ideal candidate to lead the charge when the team doesn't know what they're facing. This usually includes major enemies, traps, and [[EmptyRoomPsych seemingly empty dungeon rooms]]. |
| 173 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When [[CharacterOverlap guest-starring]] in ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'', Binwin followed Strix and Diath to find the Xanathar, THE Waterdeep beholder mafia boss, with a charmed Evelyn nearby. To try and save Evelyn, Binwin took a shot at Xanathar by chucking a javelin at him. [[spoiler:[[DyingMomentOfAwesome While he did get an epic shot at his main eye, ]][[DoNotTauntCthulhu he was immediately petrified and disintegrated afterward.]]]] |
| 174 | * DumbMuscle: Scott role-plays Binwin as such: he is not good at thinking things through but real good at charging things with a maul. |
| 175 | * ICallItVera: Binwin's greataxe is named Séamus. His twin handaxes are named Rook and Ruin. |
| 176 | * IfIHadANickel: Binwin says this verbatim in season 8, regarding Jim's favored tactics: |
| 177 | -->"...for every time this fucker threw a fireball at me!" |
| 178 | * MultiMeleeMaster: Being a fighter, Binwin is proficient with a wide range of weapons: in seasons 5 and 7, he fights with a two-handed maul but switches to a greataxe named Seamus in season 6 and starts DualWielding one-handed axes from season 8 onward. He can also throw javelins. |
| 179 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: In the later seasons he's often overshadowed, first in flashiness by the rest of the party and eventually in sheer damage output by Viari's RuleOfCool swashbuckling style. The latter seems to be causing a bit of resentment towards the Rogue. |
| 180 | * SuperGullible: Invoked in season 6 when Binwin tries to figure out whether Danielle is pulling a fast one on him and rolls for Sense Motive, and Aeofel bursts out into laughter because Binwin's Wisdom modifier is -1 and he would probably believe whatever Danielle said--even if she were just making handfarts. |
| 181 | * TemporaryLoveInterest: In season 7, he is mentioned to have a dwarven girlfriend in Waterdeep, who is never brought up again in season 8. |
| 182 | * TragicKeepsake: Downplayed. Upon resigning, Binwin left his Wand of Wonder to the party, which then went to Jim. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder:Interns]] |
| 186 | Tropes pertaining to all interns thus far: |
| 187 | |
| 188 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Aeofel has been with the party for five seasons; Viari, for six so far (with a break in season 8); while Môrgæn has been an on-and-off member during three. |
| 189 | * TheIntern: Though, unlike the usual portrayal of this trope, Acquisition Inc.'s interns tend to be the [[OnlySaneMan sanest people]] of the bunch, generally balancing out the others' crazy antics. |
| 190 | ** DisposableIntern: Occasionally crops up, such as when Omin decides it's a good idea to turn interns into gold on accounts that they can always hire more in season 7 (part 1). |
| 191 | |
| 192 | !!Aeofel "Al" Elhromane |
| 193 | [[quoteright:168:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aeofel_elhromane_5444.png]] |
| 194 | [[caption-width-right:168:"My name. Is. '''Aeofel'''!"]] |
| 195 | ->'''Race:''' Eladrin\ |
| 196 | '''Class:''' Paladin (Avenger)\ |
| 197 | '''Played by:''' Creator/WilWheaton |
| 198 | |
| 199 | Aeofel is an Eladrin Avenger/Paladin of Melora who seeks out Acquisitions Incorporated after receiving a vision from his patron goddess. He initially begins as TheComicallySerious, but over time absorbs [[TookALevelInJerkass all of the worst character traits]] from his new co-workers. His least favourite things include Binwin, being called "Al", and falling into acid pits. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | Wil left the show after season 6, concurrently with its transition to the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' and ''5E'', leaving Aeofel's abrupt departure [[NoodleIncident tantalizingly unexplained]]. Despite much speculation concerning Wil's possible return, it is clear after so many years that it will likely never happen ([[spoiler:especially since ''Aeofel'' had returned in ''The Series'' as an antagonistic NPC]]). |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | * AdaptedOut: Aeofel is the only intern who doesn't get a stat block in the official ''[=AcqInc=]'' sourcebook -- possibly as a result of him never being properly converted to ''5E'', or of [[spoiler:his defection to Dran Enterprises, who don't get stat blocks in the book]]. Unlike Binwin, however, he is at least mentioned (as the nameless "very first intern") in the history of the company. |
| 204 | * BerserkButton: Don't call him "Al". |
| 205 | --> "[[CharacterCatchphrase His name is]] '''AEOFEL!!!'''" |
| 206 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Often says [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "My name. Is. AEOFEL!"]] when people call him "Al," and also would like to remind us all that "Elves are the Eladrin's hillbilly cousins." Out of character, Wil also declares his catchphrase to be "Does nineteen work for you?" |
| 207 | * TheComicallySerious: Initially, he serves quite the contrast to other members' happy-go-lucky attitude and takes his role as a intern quite seriously. |
| 208 | * EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler: Aeofel comes back in ''The Series'', four seasons after his last appearance, as an NPC agent of Dran Enterprises who snatches ''both'' pieces of the Rod of the Seven Parts from his former party mates.]] |
| 209 | * KnightTemplar: Interestingly averted. Yes, he's an Avenger, but he's not particularly dogmatic about it, and he is willing to work with unethical people (like Danielle or [[BadBoss Omin]]) without complaining. |
| 210 | * ListOfExperiencesSpeech, followed by ARareSentence: |
| 211 | -->"DungeonMaster, friends, assembled nerds. I'm forty years old. I have been playing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' since the Red Box set in 1981, 82, 83, somewhere around there in my life. It is safe to say that I have been playing ''Dungeons and Dragons'' for a minimum of 20 years, possibly longer, maybe closer to 30 years. [[ARareSentence I'm gonna say something I have never said.]] I have gone [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_the_Giants against the giants]], I've been killed in the TabletopGame/{{Tomb of Horrors}}, I have visited TabletopGame/TheTempleOfElementalEvil, and of course, there is not a single square in the [[TabletopGame/KeepOnTheBorderlands Caves of Chaos]] that I have not crawled through. One time I talked to a wizard named [[TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} Bargle]], and I have never said the following words: [[ItMakesSenseInContext I will climb up the asshole.]]" |
| 212 | * MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Aeofel usually introduces himself to his enemy before he swears his Oath of Enmity. Which he does ''a lot''. |
| 213 | * NewcomerSavesTheDay: In the FinalBattle of season 2, the villains are so busy taking down the core party members that Aeofel gets through relatively unscathed and ultimately goes mano-a-mano against the end boss, killing him in single combat and preventing ''another'' TotalPartyKill. |
| 214 | * NoodleIncident: How and why Aeofel left the party. The out-of-universe reason was, [[https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/120140274049/ive-been-watching-some-older-acquisitions-inc according to Wil]], a falling out between him and Scott, probably aggravated by the fact that the Fifth Edition, which the show was adopting around the time he left, had not yet implemented his iconic Avenger class (along with his race and even faith). It was eventually included in the base 5E game as a subclass of the Paladin, but by that time, Wil has long moved on to other projects, making Aeofel's return ever more improbable. |
| 215 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Aeofel falls into the giant acid trap in season 6 and botches the saving throw, Wil is so traumatized, he even forgets to snap at Chris for calling him "Al"--pretty much the first and only time someone gets away with it on the show. |
| 216 | * RousingSpeech: When Gygax the cat and his undead hamburger minotaurs have ambushed the party and things seem bad, Wil steps up. |
| 217 | -->"Listen -- I've been to hell. [[ToHellAndBack And back]]. And I did ''not'' go to hell and back to let some fucking ''cat'' come up here in ''my friend's house'' and tell my friend "me and my ''hamburger train'' are gonna take your books"! [''to Gygax:''] '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FUCK! YOU!]]'''" |
| 218 | * SignatureMove: His Oath of Enmity, which he gradually perfected over the course of season 2 and which fans of the show can recite by now. |
| 219 | * SlaveBrand: Aeofel gets one, courtesy of the Ambershards, after being raised from the dead by them in season 4. He is ''so'' not amused. |
| 220 | * TookALevelInJerkass: After his trip to the acid-pit, Aeofel's generally took on a new kind of attitude. |
| 221 | --> '''Valkar the Magnificent''': I don't suppose he's told you what he did to me?\ |
| 222 | '''Aeofel''': Did he do something that ended up with you at the bottom of a pool of acid? If ''no'', then not a fuck is given this day.\ |
| 223 | ''[a bit later]''\ |
| 224 | '''Olivia''': You are a cruel and spiteful creature!\ |
| 225 | '''Aeofel''': Dying changes a man, baby. |
| 226 | * UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Aeofel begins to do a lot of very well described air flips from season 4 onwards for no apparent reason. |
| 227 | --> '''Mike:''' [[DeadpanSnarker You might have to do a roll for that.]] |
| 228 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: |
| 229 | ** In season 4, Aeofel, both in and out of character, has some post-traumatic stress to deal with from the last adventure. |
| 230 | --> "Why did it have to be acid pits?! Couldn't it have been succubi?" |
| 231 | ** Even worse in season 6, when the floor gives away to reveal another acid pit, that most of the party falls into, including Aeofel. Wil is upset enough to approach Chris, prop weapon drawn. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | !!Viari/[[spoiler:Timothy Goodboy Dunstucker]] |
| 234 | [[quoteright:136:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viari_6005.png]] |
| 235 | [[caption-width-right:136:"What-ho!"]] |
| 236 | ->'''Race:''' Human\ |
| 237 | '''Class:''' Rogue (Thief)\ |
| 238 | '''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickRothfuss |
| 239 | |
| 240 | Viari is a charismatic swashbuckler described as [[FieryRedhead "both red-headed and red-blooded"]]. He joins Acquisitions Inc. after they involuntarily move their base of operations to the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms in Season 7 (replacing Aeofel), and has settled into his role as TheSixthRanger. He is really good at swinging off chandeliers. At the end of season 11, Viari [[spoiler:becomes the first person ever to make it out of the internship ''and'' sub-employee status into full employment]]. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | ---- |
| 243 | * AffectionatePickpocket: If you cuddle up to Viari, chances are good that you'll miss some of your belongings later. [[spoiler:Reversed on him in season 9 finale, when another rogue manages to hug and pickpocket ''him''.]] |
| 244 | * TheAlcoholic: Viari being PutOnABus between seasons 7 and 8 is explained by success going to his head and him "developing a crippling addiction to drinking songs"--yes, drinking ''songs''--so much that he couldn't even be present for the epilogue shoot in person. |
| 245 | * AwkwardlyGayDream: Upon meeting [[Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt Drizzt Do'Urden]], Viari implies to have had one about him, prompting Omin to call TooMuchInformation. |
| 246 | * BackStab: As the party's token rogue, Viari never passes up an opportunity for a sneak attack... even if it's with a ''falling chandelier''. |
| 247 | * BastardUnderstudy: Downplayed, considering that [=AcqInc=] in general and Omin in particular are not ''that'' evil. Still, there are multiple hints that Viari has been actively undermining Omin's power within the organization in order to take over ever since his employment--all while feigning perfect obedience and satisfaction with his intern/sub-employee role withing it. |
| 248 | * TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Having apparently gotten over his drinking song problem, Viari comes back with a GunshipRescue to save the party trapped inside Dragonspear Castle mid-season 8.]] |
| 249 | * ChandelierSwing: Viari seems to have an unhealthy obsession with (falling) chandeliers. |
| 250 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "What-ho!" [[spoiler:When Pat Rothfuss comes back in season 8, this is literally the very first thing he says.]] |
| 251 | * DistractedByTheSexy: |
| 252 | ** Viari ends up getting (magically) charmed nearly every time the group is fighting female opponents. [[TheCharmer Not that he particularly minds]]... |
| 253 | ** In Season 12, Pat/Viari intentionally doesn't resist the spell of a GorgeousGorgon, and ends up being TakenForGranite instead of charmed as a result. Jerry/Omin calls him out on it: |
| 254 | --->You ''thought'' this was going to be ''hot''! |
| 255 | * DualWielding: Viari's swashbuckling combat style involves wielding a rapier and a dagger in each hand. |
| 256 | * {{Embarrassing First|Name}}, [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Middle]], ''and'' [[EmbarrassingLastName Last Name]]: Yes, all three: the Holiday Special reveals [[spoiler:Timothy Goodboy Dunstucker]] to be Viari's birth name. |
| 257 | * EvilHand: After losing his entire left arm to the Apocalypse Dagger in the climax of season 10, Viari had it magically regrown but soon discovered that the residual evil of the Dagger somehow infected his new arm, prompting it to sometimes act on its own, such as when he woke up with it choking his own throat. He can still play the lute perfectly, thankfully. |
| 258 | * {{Expy}}: The second intro to season 9 lampshades that Viari is "basically Kvothe"--the protagonist of Pat's own ''[[Literature/TheKingkillerChronicle Kingkiller Chronicle]]''. He is also named after another character in the books, who wields a sword and a dagger and works "in acquisitions" (acquiring rare books for the University's library). |
| 259 | * TheFace: Omin briefly delegates this role to Viari in the first half of season 7, on account of him having a huge charisma bonus, but it doesn't really stick and in season 9, Omin even tells him rather bluntly to stop trying to do that. |
| 260 | * FieryRedhead: One of the brashest characters on the show is also a redhead. |
| 261 | * GratuitousJapanese: In the slightly embellished recap of the season 7's FinalBattle between [[spoiler:HumongousMecha!Halaster and the Tarrasque]], Viari is for some reason given the appearance of a rose-biting {{Bishonen}} and delivers his catchphrase in Japanese. |
| 262 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: The Holiday Special [[spoiler:reveals that Viari's tragic backstory is entirely fictional: he is, in fact, the younger son of a very much alive and excessively normal peasant family and ran away from home essentially to escape the dreariness of happy ordinary life]]. |
| 263 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Apart from a chance to look dashing, Viari's only desired reward for joining Acquisitions Inc. seems to be that he gets to be friends with them--completely oblivious to the fact that, their VitriolicBestBuds tendencies aside, they are a [[PunchClockHero rather sociopathic bunch]]. |
| 264 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Viari is a huge fan of Jim Darkmagic's show. |
| 265 | * LovableRogue: Viari is an archetypal law-despising, but good-natured daredevil. |
| 266 | * ManOnFire: After being on the receiving end of one of Jim's fireballs. Bonus points to Pat for actually playing it out, sending the whole table (and half the audience) into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. |
| 267 | * MultipleChoicePast: Born in a small village built around a dragon-mesmerizing stone? An urchin who struggled for survival on the streets of Waterdeep? Raised by chandeliers? Take your pick. [[spoiler:The Holiday Special canonized the first one of these.]] |
| 268 | * OrphansOrdeal: After a near-death experience in season 7, Viari recounts the harsh times growing up as an orphan on the streets of Waterdeep. [[spoiler:Although in the Holiday Special, it is revealed that his parents actually still very much alive--but so {{Amazingly Embarrassing|Parents}} that Viari prefers to never mention them unless they are in real danger.]] |
| 269 | * RaisedByWolves: In season 9, Viari claims that he was raised by chandeliers. |
| 270 | * RankUp: Viari is promoted by Omin from intern to "Sub-employee" in season 9. In the season 11 finale, [[spoiler:he appears to have been finally promoted to full employee after heroically saving Omin from falling into a lake of lava]]. |
| 271 | * SavedByTheAwesome: Pat gets away with more {{rules lawyer}}ing than any other player simply because Chris seems to enjoy the [[RuleOfCool sheer audacity]] with which he plays Viari. |
| 272 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Related to SavedByTheAwesome above, Viari's spectacular stunts tend to completely steal Binwin's thunder as the team fighter. |
| 273 | * SternChase: At the start of season 7, Viari is on the run from the bad guys after stealing the map of Halaster's dungeon from them. He conveniently tiptoes his way around telling the party about it. |
| 274 | * {{Swashbuckler}}: Of all the party members so far, Viari is, by a wide margin, the most spectacular fighter--in fact, the RuleOfCool trumps tactical necessities in his combat decision-making every time. |
| 275 | * TagalongChronicler: Through the first half of season 7, Viari keeps saying that he is mostly on an adventure for the stories to tell later. |
| 276 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Out of all the A-Team characters given stat blocks in the Acquisitions Incorporated rule book, only Viari is listed with a good alignment, with the others being neutral. |
| 277 | * UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of the ISTAR Facilities episode, [[spoiler:Viari's neck is snapped by Drizzt]]. This is never brought up again, though the adventure itself is mentioned again in season 11. |
| 278 | * TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:Viari's parents make it perfectly clear in the Holiday Special that they consider him good-for-nothing compared to his awesome older brother who has a farm of his own and five (and counting) children.]] |
| 279 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The fact that he even appears in season 8 is a massive spoiler.]] |
| 280 | * WanderingMinstrel: In addition to combat skills, he is also described as a bard (though he ''emphatically'' denies actually being one) and his secret powers manifest themselves when he sings. |
| 281 | |
| 282 | !!Môrgæn |
| 283 | [[quoteright:103:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/morgaen_2923.png]] |
| 284 | [[caption-width-right:103:[[BadassBoast "If I wanted to kill, I would have killed."]]]] |
| 285 | ->'''Race:''' Elf\ |
| 286 | '''Class:''' Ranger (Hunter)\ |
| 287 | '''Played by:''' [[Series/XPlay Morgan Webb]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | Môrgæn (pronounced like "Morgane") is an Elven ranger who joined the party as an intern in season 8 and returns in seasons 11 and 12. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | |
| 293 | * AttackHello: Môrgæn is [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] by literally shooting Binwin in the head to get the party's attention. |
| 294 | * DoubleTap: Does it to make sure the red dragon Omin impaled with their CoolAirship stays "dead for reals". Binwin even suggests she holds her bow GangstaStyle when she does it. |
| 295 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Môrgæn is introduced getting the party's attention by shooting Binwin in the head, then calmly telling them that [[IfIWantedYouDead had she really wanted him dead...]] |
| 296 | * ForestRanger: Môrgæn's class. |
| 297 | * MsFanservice: Consistently {{defied|Trope}}. In-game, Webb mostly role-plays Môrgæn as a tough, no-nonsense survivalist. Out-of-universe, the PAX East game was played without costumes, and even though everyone had to dress up for the PAX Prime game, Morgan spent most of it wrapped up head-to-heel in a cloak. |
| 298 | * NoSocialSkills: Mentions several times that she feels uncomfortable in the crowds and prefers to socialize as little as possible. Season 11 also reveals her favored enemy type to be humanoid. |
| 299 | * OneShotCharacter: Subverted. For a while after her stint with the party in season 8, it seemed like Môrgæn's would be the shortest internship to date, until she [[TheBusCameBack finally returned to the plot]] in season 11. |
| 300 | * PimpedOutDress: Gets one during her escape from the Zentarim in season 11 opener and grows very attached to it through the episode. |
| 301 | * ProperlyParanoid: Particularly in the second half of season 8, Môrgæn's knack for playing things safe helps the party avoid some nasty surprise rounds. |
| 302 | * SensorCharacter: One of Môrgæn's powers lets her detect what's hiding inside a storm front they are flying into: [[spoiler:''22 dragons'']]. |
| 303 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: She has been the only female PlayerCharacter in the franchise until the "C" Team took off and the only girl on the "A" Team until Strix's summoning. |
| 304 | * TheSneakyGal[=/=]StealthExpert: Môrgæn's ranger ability Hunter's Veil let the party sneak into the dragon cult's fortress undetected. |
| 305 | * SoleSurvivor: Môrgæn was the only intern to have survived the Black Network's massacre of Acquisitions Incorporated Waterdeep headquarters. |
| 306 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of season 8, Môrgæn is with the rest of the party aboard the Battle Balloon, yet no mention of her whatsoever is made when it lands in Baldur's Gate in season 9, about an in-game hour later. Chris tries to write around it by saying in season 11 that Viari had her go DeepCoverAgent among the Zentarim, but the timeline still doesn't check out, as the party did not bump into the Black Network until ''The Series'', one and a half seasons after her disappearance. |
| 307 | |
| 308 | !!Strix [[spoiler:Beestinger]] |
| 309 | [[quoteright:165:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/strix.png]] |
| 310 | [[caption-width-right:165:"I know magic!"]] |
| 311 | ->'''Race:''' Tiefling\ |
| 312 | '''Class:''' Sorcerer (Favored Soul)\ |
| 313 | '''Played by:''' [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Holly Conrad]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | A member of the Waffle Crew from Chris' other campaign, ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'', who is summoned by Omin (with the power of money) to serve Acquisitions Inc. as an intern for two episodes in season 11 and three in season 12. See Characters.DiceCameraAction for tropes associated with her. |
| 316 | |
| 317 | !!Evelyn Marthain |
| 318 | ->'''Race:''' Human\ |
| 319 | '''Class:''' Paladin\ |
| 320 | '''Played by:''' Anna Prosser |
| 321 | |
| 322 | Another member of the ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'' Waffle Crew and Omin's crush, who gets caught up in Acquisitions Inc.'s adventures in season 12. See Characters.DiceCameraAction for tropes associated with her. |
| 323 | |
| 324 | !!Bobby Zimeruski |
| 325 | ->'''Race:''' Goliath\ |
| 326 | '''Class:''' Barbarian\ |
| 327 | '''Played by:''' Wrestling/XavierWoods |
| 328 | |
| 329 | A native of [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Ravnica]], who meets Acquisitions Inc. when they're hired to rescue and protect his dryad friend Elm. He decides to sign on more permanently when Omin agrees to his fee of "3,000 pounds of cheese". |
| 330 | |
| 331 | * BigBrotherMentor: To Elm. Xavier even namedrops the Big Brother program to describe their friendship. |
| 332 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: When Evelyn tried to flip Omin across the room, he used Omin as a weapon against Evelyn. He was later given advantage when using this technique against demons, as he had shown his ability to weaponise people. |
| 333 | * LikesOlderWomen: He becomes smitten with an elderly gnomish tinker named Vi when the group is trying to deal with a vampire tax collector and Vi just shoots her. |
| 334 | * MadeOfIron: During his first fight, Mike marvels at how Bobby has taken several bad hits and ''still'' has more HP than Jim does at full health. |
| 335 | * TheStoner: While Bobby doesn't have the stereotypical personality, he states that one of the perks of having a dryad for a friend is being able to use magic leaves recreationally. He stocks up on those leaves whenever he can, and has occasionally lit them up in-game. |
| 336 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[CrowdChant "Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!"]] He insists on being paid in cheese, and becomes very protective of Omin on the sole grounds that he's his "Cheese Daddy". |
| 337 | * WorthlessYellowRocks: When asked what he wants for his employment, he specifically requests cheese instead of gold. |
| 338 | -->'''Bobby:''' People use gold for currency. That's easy: You find some in a mine, you chip it off, you put it on your bag, you go about your day! It's **hard** to make cheese. |
| 339 | -->'''Omin:''' Look, as long as that's what you've heard... |
| 340 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: It comes with the territory when his player is an ''actual'' pro wrestler. When a clone of Evelyn tries to flip Omin, Xavier not only provides the proper term for the move but uses his knowledge of how they would be positioned to have Bobby grab Omin and power slam him into her. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:The "C" Team]] |
| 344 | Tropes pertaining to the "C" Team as a whole: |
| 345 | |
| 346 | * CharacterAlignment: Unlike with the "A" Team, we have the WordOfGod regarding the "C" Team's alignments, courtesy of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GHqXEtUbw&t=12m30s Table Talk #15]].[[invoked]] |
| 347 | * DysfunctionJunction: Even more so than the "A" Team, each member of the "C" Team puts their own goals first, and the success of the team second, to the point where they had to put a ShockCollar on K'thriss to stop him from succumbing to the lure of EldritchAbomination and endangering the party again. It is particularly noticeable in "The House Wins" arc, where each member (except [[TheHeart Rosie]]) is courted by third parties to switch sides, and even the players comment OOC on how mercenary their characters actually are. |
| 348 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Walnut and Rosie made their first appearance in the background of the Yawning Portal in the animated intro to the PAX East 2017 live game, shortly before ''The "C" Team'' went on air. |
| 349 | * {{Foil}}: The [[WebVideo/DiceCameraAction Waffle Crew]] are underpowered enough to barely survive their adventures ([[BackFromTheDead Usually...]]), and have a hard time working together under the best of circumstances, but are as a result are FireForgedFriends who would die for each other ([[BackFromTheDead and all have]]). By contrast, the C-Team is much more competant and able to coordinate but otherwise [[VitriolicBestBuds seem largely indifferent to each other at the best of times, and the rest of the time seem to barely tolerate each other]]. This is on full display during the [=DCA=]/C-Team crossover ''Waffles, Inc''. |
| 350 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Rosie is a sanguine people person, K'thriss a melancholic PerkyGoth, while Walnut and Donaar seem to flip between Choleric and Phlegmatic, depending on the circumstances and mostly out of phase. Walnut livens up greatly whenever official [=AcqInc=] business is concerned but shuts down in social situations, while Donaar jumps at any chance to maintain his ego but sticks to the background during group action. |
| 351 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: According to Jerry, the main [=AcqInc=] party is the "A" Team of the franchise, then there (apparently) is a "'B' team" (possibly Team Bellerophon?), and the "C" Team are the lowest-levels who are just starting out but tie in with the main story by exploring Omin's real agenda behind forming the company. |
| 352 | |
| 353 | !!Walnut Dankgrass |
| 354 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_walnut.png]] |
| 355 | [[caption-width-right:100:Repping the natural world]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | ->'''Race:''' Wood Elf\ |
| 358 | '''Class:''' Druid (Circle of the Moon)\ |
| 359 | '''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral\ |
| 360 | '''Played by:''' [[https://twitter.com/TrystanFalcone Trystan Falcone]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | Omin's introduction from the ''Acquisitions Incorporated'' [[http://www.acq-inc.com/our-company/staff#walnut website]]: |
| 363 | ->''Walnut is one of our newest Franchisees, and brings what I would describe as a "weird, borderline-frightening" enthusiasm. As a child of the Enclave Panax Anima, an all-female clan of woodland defenders, joining an urban adventuring guild seems like a weird choice...? That hustle, though. Sometimes, you just have to roll the dice.'' |
| 364 | |
| 365 | ---- |
| 366 | * {{Druid}}: Walnut's character class, with the usual fantasy druid abilities of communication with animals and shapeshifting. |
| 367 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: |
| 368 | ** Walnut is fond of seeking help and information from various creatures the party encounters... but trying to truly be a friend to ALL living things causes a dilemma for the party when Walnut refuses to aid a group of mice against their arch-enemy, a cat, because she had already developed a rapport with the cat earlier. (As Donaar tells her, "There's this thing called the food chain.") |
| 369 | ** Later becomes a DefiedTrope as Walnut, despite still ostensibly "repping the natural world", repeatedly shows zero qualms with allowing animals to die if it benefits the party, even (or rather, especially) after those animals have offered their aid to them. |
| 370 | * TheOnlyBeliever: Walnut seems to be the only member of the "C" Team who takes her function as a representative of Acquisitions Incorporated in Red Larch seriously, as she at least invests token efforts in maintaining the company's image. |
| 371 | * PronouncingMyNameForYou: The "k" in "Dankgrass" is silent ("Dahngrass"). There is a minor RunningGag where Jerry comes up with new ways to pronounce Walnut's surname in [[PretentiousPronunciation increasingly fancy ways]] (her first name is always just "Walnut"). |
| 372 | * StraightGay: Walnut focuses on her (secret) mission to the exclusion of all else, including romance... except for Brahma the Bard, for whom she falls head-over-heels. Rosie informs StalkerWithACrush Spice Caraway [[spoiler:Revealed the next episode to be Brahma in magical disguise.]], when he makes his advances, that he is "Barking Up the Wrong Tree-Form." |
| 373 | * TheTeetotaler: Walnut does not partake in alcohol and is disdainful of sugary treats. |
| 374 | * {{Treants}}: After the conclusion of the "Homecoming" arc, Walnut gains an additional Wildshape form of a humanoid tree so massive that it counts as a siege weapon. |
| 375 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Walnut is still in the first century of her life which makes her very young for an Elf. |
| 376 | |
| 377 | !!Rosemarine "Rosie" Beestinger |
| 378 | [[quoteright:107:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_rosie.png]] |
| 379 | [[caption-width-right:107:[[NotYourDaddysX Not your grandma's grandma]][[note]]except in the rare cases where she ''is'' your grandma's grandma[[/note]]]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | ->'''Race:''' Lightfoot Halfling\ |
| 382 | '''Class:''' Monk (Way of Shadow)\ |
| 383 | '''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood\ |
| 384 | '''Played by:''' [[http://twitter.com/shegeekshow Kate Welch]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | Omin's introduction from the ''Acquisitions Incorporated'' [[http://www.acq-inc.com/our-company/staff#rosie website]]: |
| 387 | ->''Rosie Beestinger came to us highly recommended--by basically everyone. By which I mean at least one hundred halflings all entered her name in our Winter Intern drive. They all seemed a little nervous, and their handwriting was very shaky. Who knows! Maybe they were very, very cold. Winter, right?! She's a monk or something. Let's see how she does.'' |
| 388 | |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | * ArrowCatch: In her introductory scene, she catches a crossbow bolt fired at the back of her head by a bandit at point-blank range. She then asks if he dropped something. |
| 391 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Hints are scattered throughout the first season that Rosie has a very dark reputation among those in the know, primarily fellow halflings, but she remains the most mysterious party member thus far. In the Unplugged 2017 live game, Omin specifically refers to her as [[spoiler:Grandmother Night, and we also get to see a much more vicious and brutal side of her]]. |
| 392 | * DirtyOldWoman: Almost immediately after the introduction of the cartwright's elderly father, she spends an incredibly sleepless night with him in their camp, [[BrainBleach much to the dismay of the rest of the party]]. During the Unplugged 2017 live game, she also kept flirting with Viari, with constant call-backs to a very sensuous past relationship. Even when she isn't involved in the relationship in question, her perverted personality would certainly make some characters uncomfortable, notably Strix and Diath in ''Waffles Inc.'' |
| 393 | -->'''Rosie:''' "So you guys have never... like..." ''*makes suggestive hand gestures*'' |
| 394 | -->'''Diath:''' [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend "What? No! Rosie, no!"]] |
| 395 | -->'''Strix:''' "AAAH!" |
| 396 | -->'''Rosie:''' "Okay... hm..." |
| 397 | -->'''Strix:''' [[SelectiveObliviousness "Wh-Why is the old halfling making diddle fingers?!"]] |
| 398 | -->'''K'thriss:''' "She does it all the time." |
| 399 | * TheHeart: Somehow, Rosie functions as the moral center of the team, often advocating for the kindest and selfless solutions. She is also the one entrusted by the party with the controls to K'thriss' ShockCollar. |
| 400 | * NeverMessWithGranny: Rosie is 120 years old, but her martial arts skills and reflexes are still sharp enough to grab crossbow bolts aimed at her out of the air. In addition, her most utilized skill is Intimidation. [[spoiler: Her age is lowered by fifty years in the Chult adventure in Season 12, and does not go back up.]] |
| 401 | * ShipperOnDeck: Rosie strongly encourages, and takes an almost prurient interest in, Walnut's relationship with Brahma. |
| 402 | ** Even other parties aren't free from her shipping: seeing Strix and Diath of ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'' interacting with each other made her almost immediately assume that their relationship was intimate.[[note]][[EveryoneCanSeeIt Not that she was the only one though.]][[/note]] |
| 403 | * SmallParentHugeChild: Rosie, an elderly halfling lady, is [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens diminutive]] even by her species's standards. She had also enjoyed a very promiscuous lifestyle for most of her long life, so one of her many, many children is a giant half-orc(-half-halfling) named Driebus. |
| 404 | * TokenAdult: Rosie often has to act the part, by the virtue of being the second oldest member of the "C" team (after K'thriss, who is a oblivious man-child). She also becomes this literally in the live game, when a curse that reverts most of the party to [[BabyMorphEpisode eight-year-olds]] makes her ''marginally'' younger. |
| 405 | * WarpWhistle: Upon leveling up in Cartographer, Rosie gained the ability to take her cart to any location she has previously been to by telling a story of how the cart gets there. |
| 406 | * WillfullyWeak: This is the implied reason why Rosie could play on the power level of the "A" team at the live event: [[spoiler:Rosie Beestinger is a mysteriously old low-level adventurer, but ''Grandmother Night'' is a high-level badass]]. |
| 407 | |
| 408 | !!K'thriss Drow'b/[[spoiler:Thriss Rah'uuthli]] |
| 409 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_kthriss_5.png]] |
| 410 | [[caption-width-right:100:Emerging from a mist shroud]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | ->'''Race:''' Drow (Dark Elf)\ |
| 413 | '''Class:''' Warlock (Hexblade, Previously Tome Pact with a Great Old One)\ |
| 414 | '''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral\ |
| 415 | '''Played by:''' [[Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}} Kris Straub]] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | K'thriss Drow'b (pronounced "Kuh-thriss") is [=AcqInc=] newest hire, officially debuting with the main party in season 11, after unsuccessfully vying for internship since at least season 7 and narrating many of the PreviouslyOn intros in the meantime. Afterwards, he becomes the [[TheFixer Hoard Person]] of ''The "C" Team'', a spinoff beginning March 2017. |
| 418 | |
| 419 | Kris Straub has actually been involved with the series in some capacity pretty much ever since its conception, although before 2017, he had only ever actually played with the others once, in the brief ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' spin-off back in 2010. |
| 420 | |
| 421 | ---- |
| 422 | * ArtShift: Look at K'thriss in the Intern Tryout videos in 2013, then look at the "C" Team intro videos in 2017. This is due to Straub (who both plays and animates K'thriss) shifting him away from the style he used in his webcomics into a new theme for AI only. |
| 423 | * CharacterCatchphrase: K'thriss seems to start every conversation by addressing his vis-a-vis with "Friend"... even when they have absolutely no reason to be friendly with a weird-ass drow like him, or already act in a very unfriendly manner. |
| 424 | * CharacterNarrator: Kris has narrated pretty much every PreviouslyOn intro video since the first live event, and the "Five Heads Are Better Than None" intro canonized that he has been doing so in-character, making K'thriss Drow'b the official narrator (of the recap videos), a.k.a. "The [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Weavyr of Storyes]]". |
| 425 | * DePower: At PAX East 2017, K'thriss [[ATasteOfPower played]] at CharacterLevel 9, but was brought back down to level 3 for ''The "C" Team''. This is actually addressed in-story as one of the major on-going mysteries surrounding his character, while he tries to figure out what exactly happened to him and why. |
| 426 | * EyeScream: In "Anchors Aweigh", [[spoiler:K'thriss' eldritch patron briefly takes over Ligotti and has it gouge out both of his eyes, partly as punishment for insufficient reverence, partly because K'thriss would be able to see more eldritch truths without physical eyes]]. |
| 427 | * {{Familiar}}: K'thriss finds one after joining the "C" Team and names it Ligotti. Although mechanics-wise, it is equivalent to a snake, it is actually a small self-aware piece of feeder tentacle of his eldritch patron. |
| 428 | * InkSuitActor: Looks like his player, Kris Straub, as a dark elf. This is entirely intentional, since the character was designed to represent Straub in the A-Team recap animations. |
| 429 | * TheMadHatter: The jury is out on how insane K'thriss was before his live debut (he did, after all, apply for internship at [=AcqInc=]), but after botching his very first official roll on camera ''while communing with eldritch powers'', he went officially insane, specifically losing his ability to perceive serious and/or dangerous situations as such. After considering having K'thriss' insanity cured, Kris realized that this is pretty much how he wanted to role-play his character, anyway, so he decided to keep his condition. |
| 430 | * MeaningfulName: InUniverse. K'thriss was born Thriss Rah'uuthli, but changed his name upon his escape and exile from the Underdark to reflect his status as a heretic. Lampshaded by Carver Gall, who is the first (non-hostile) being they encounter who actually knows the Drow language. |
| 431 | --> '''Carver Gall''': That's not a name. That's a sentence. |
| 432 | * NightmareFetishist: He's very excited by eldritch horrors of any kind, and among other things thinks magically spreading necrosis is "cool". |
| 433 | --> '''Jim:''' ''[blocking his own view of [[spoiler: Auspicia Dran's smashed skull]]]'' "I'm just looking at the body. I'm covering the head."\ |
| 434 | '''K'thriss:''' "I'm ''only'' looking at the head!" |
| 435 | * PerkyGoth: K'thriss is very much into death, suffering, and occult lore -- and quite upbeat and all-round nice about it. Even Jim finds him cool enough to mimic his style for a while. |
| 436 | * RunningGag: K'thriss was first seen in person in the third Intern Tryouts episode, where he had ''almost'' succeeded Aeofel as the company's intern--only to be unceremoniously [[BackStab shanked in the back]] by Viari, who ended up getting the position. He has since been lurking in the background in most animated intros, always prevented from joining the main cast for one reason or another (at least until season 11). |
| 437 | * ShockCollar: After nearly feeding the party to his EldritchAbomination patron in the Wandering Crypt, K'thriss agreed to wear a necklace that would allow other party members (specifically, Rosie) to strangle him at a distance if he ever succumbed to the lure of the eldritch again. |
| 438 | * SelfInsertFic: K'thriss' character started off as Kris' attempt to insert himself into the narrative in a roundabout way (i.e. via PreviouslyOn videos that Kris both animated and voiced), so when he was finally invited to play, he already had a complete character concept. This is lampshaded several times in ''The "C" Team''. |
| 439 | * UnequalRites: As a Warlock, he gets his powers from a patron being with whom he has pacted. Clerics and Wizards tend to look down on Warlocks as cheating their way to power. This doesn't bother K'thriss ([[{{Keet}} few things bother K'thriss]]). However, it is starting to become a problem. He now openly hates his patron, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The God of Meat and Mouths]], and his patron finds him disgusting. Thanks to the mechanical nature of Warlocks, this isn't a dealbreaker for either of them yet, but it may come a point soon if the "C" Team keeps directly attacking his patron's holdings. |
| 440 | * WeakenedByTheLight: As a drow (dark elf), K'thriss doesn't do well in direct sunlight. He solves this with a massive sun hat. |
| 441 | |
| 442 | !!Donaar Blit'zen |
| 443 | [[quoteright:136:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_donaar.png]] |
| 444 | [[caption-width-right:136:Dragonborn narcissist]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | ->'''Race:''' Dragonborn\ |
| 447 | '''Class:''' Paladin (Oath of [[http://www.acq-inc.com/our-company/staff#donaar Vengeance]] [[FlipFlopOfGod and/or]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpDXPhTq4Y&t=2m26s the Crown]])\ |
| 448 | '''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood\ |
| 449 | '''Played by:''' [[http://twitter.com/ryanhartmanwins Ryan Hartman]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | Omin's introduction from the ''Acquisitions Incorporated'' [[http://www.acq-inc.com/our-company/staff#donaar website]]: |
| 452 | ->''This copper, draconic gentleman claims to know more than one hundred different dragons. Chromatic, metallic--just tons and tons of dragons--I'm hoping we can leverage some of these connections in our dealings. None of the dragons I've contacted have gotten back to me, but they're probably just very busy right now. This is one of of the busiest times for dragons... or so I've been told by my new best friend, Donaar Blit'zen.'' |
| 453 | |
| 454 | ---- |
| 455 | * BilingualBonus: His name sounds suspiciously similar to the German words "Donner" and "Blitzen", meaning "thunder" and "lightning", respectively. Donner and Blitzen are, of course, also the name of two of Santa Claus' reindeer in the classic holiday poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." |
| 456 | * ICallItVera: He has a toothbrush named 'Percival.' And a sword named 'Toothbrush.' |
| 457 | * TheFightingNarcissist: In line with his draconic heritage and royal bloodline, he's prissy and demanding to a comical degree. |
| 458 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: |
| 459 | ** He is the only member of the C-Team who cannot see through Oak Truestrike's flashy demeanor to the horrible person beneath, and actively hides Oak's regeneration from the rest of the party. |
| 460 | ** When the party later encounters a young red (read: evil) dragon, Donaar is absolutely ''against'' killing it, likening the evil chromatic dragons to black-sheep family members you don't like or approve of, but still love. |
| 461 | * NobleBigot: Despite being a paladin of Good alignment, he regularly expresses a mild disdain for the other humanoid races, to the tune of them being 'hairy upright pig-creatures.' |
| 462 | * OnlySaneMan: Of all the party members, he's the one who reacts very poorly to the GroundhogDayLoop in the ''Dran & Quartier''. |
| 463 | * SexSlave: Donaar gets "sold" by Rosie to a lizardman king unable to sire a son for himself during the "The House Wins" arc and [[YearInsideHourOutside spends sixty years or so]] as a glorified stud stallion. |
| 464 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Ever since Ryan accidentally voice-acted a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlD1_9XWrwI&t=1h41m9s typical WWE promo]] while intimidating some goblins, it seems to have become a staple of his Draconic Entitlement ability. |
| 465 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: The "Paterfamilias" arc reveals that despite coming across like a seasoned adventurer, Donaar is actually [[spoiler:''19 years young'' (which, in Dragonborn terms, is somewhere around the human age of 22)]]. |
| 466 | |
| 467 | [[/folder]] |
| 468 | [[folder:The Beestingers]] |
| 469 | Rosie Beestinger has an astounding number of children, who form a distinct subset of the "C" Team's {{Guest Star Party Member}}s. Tropes that apply to the them as a whole: |
| 470 | |
| 471 | * HappilyAdopted: Rosie has a habit of adopting younger people(which is most people) who she encounters while in need. It's never specified exactly how much of those bearing the Beestinger name are adopted and how many are directly Rosie's children. Occasionally [[DefiedTrope defied]], though: |
| 472 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: There is a ''lot'' of Beestingers. Kate has basically given fans a free rein to invent any children and grandchildren for Rosie they want, so the ones we see on the show are just the tip of the iceberg. |
| 473 | * {{Matricide}}/OffingTheOffspring: Given Rosie's [[DarkAndTroubledPast secret history]], she is accustomed to one of her children periodically trying to kill her for her power and position. It has yet to work. |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !!Driebus Beestinger |
| 476 | ->'''Race:''' Half-Orc\ |
| 477 | '''Class:''' Rogue/Chaos Sorcerer/Wizard/Paladin\ |
| 478 | '''Played by:''' Pat Rothfuss |
| 479 | |
| 480 | Driebus is Rosie's good-for-nothing son, who first appears in episode 6 of ''The "C" Team''. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * EmoTeen: As Pat puts it, Driebus is way too old to justify the haircut, clothing style, and [[{{Emo}} attitude]] he is displaying. |
| 484 | * InterspeciesRomance: What Driebus is a product of. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction His mother was a halfing, his father was an orc]]. |
| 485 | * TheUnfavourite: It seems like every time Driebus is mentioned, Rosie either feels the need to apologize, or asks to not get her started on him. Nevertheless, she secretly still loves him, but in a ToughLove kind of way, unlike most of her other kids. |
| 486 | * WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Driebus seems unable to commit to any particular course in life, which is mechanically expressed in him taking a different CharacterClass every time he levels up. |
| 487 | |
| 488 | !!Cher Beestinger |
| 489 | ->'''Race:''' Halfling\ |
| 490 | '''Class:''' Bard\ |
| 491 | '''Played by:''' [[https://twitter.com/Molly23 Molly Lewis]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | Another of Rosie's many, many children, first appearing during the "C" Team's excursion to the ''Dragon's Hoard'' river-going casino. |
| 494 | |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * InstrumentOfMurder: Her war lute, while not as deadly as Brahma's bow-transforming one, has a mean retractable blade. |
| 497 | * MagicMusic: As a bard, Cher casts spells by playing her lute. |
| 498 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: Invoked by Cher's player Molly, who is a musician herself. |
| 499 | |
| 500 | !!Kiwi Beestinger |
| 501 | ->'''Race:''' Moon Elf\ |
| 502 | '''Class:''' Bard/Ranger\ |
| 503 | '''Played by:''' [[https://twitter.com/mikeyface Mikey Neumann]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | An adopted child of Rosie, who briefly encountered the party during preparations for a festival that would make use of their home base inn. |
| 506 | |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | * CynicismCatalyst: The death of his brother (who was also adopted and raised by Rosie) made Kiwi quit his life as a WanderingMinstrel and learn weapon-making instead. It is also pretty much the first piece of his backstory that Mikey reveals, and comes up again and again in the course of his debut episode. [[spoiler:The next episode, however (where Kiwi was controlled by Jerry and the Shadow Council), revealed that his brother is still very much alive.]] |
| 509 | * HappilyAdopted: He has a very cordial relationship with Rosie, who describes him as one of her good kids. |
| 510 | * MagicMusic: Not that he needs it. |
| 511 | * OnlySaneMan: There's an element of this, given how detached and confused he seemed by all the nonsense around him. |
| 512 | * TheTeetotaler: Since his brother was killed in a drunken BarBrawl, Kiwi has abstained from any form of alcohol. |
| 513 | |
| 514 | [[/folder]] |
| 515 | [[folder:Other associates]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | !!Vandal/[[spoiler:Vanovendalar]] |
| 518 | ->'''Race:''' Halfling ([[spoiler:actually a Silver Dragon]])\ |
| 519 | '''Alignment:''' Good\ |
| 520 | '''Class:''' NonPlayerCharacter |
| 521 | |
| 522 | Vandal is a simple-minded halfling who enlists [=AcqInc=] to "reacquire" a clutch of bronze dragon eggs stolen and hidden in the Dragonspear Castle by the Cult of the Dragon in season 8. In the same episode, he reveals himself to actually be a silver dragon in humanoid guise and later teams up with the party again in the season 10 finale to storm Stratovar's flying castle. |
| 523 | |
| 524 | ---- |
| 525 | * AscendedExtra: Most [=NPCs=] accompanying the party on adventures don't tend to last long, often [[RedShirt perishing in the same episode they're introduced]] or surviving only to come BackForTheDead. Vandal seems to be largely exempt from this, by the virtue of his much higher survivability (for obvious reasons) and because Chris loves doing his accent so much. |
| 526 | * AnIcePerson: The final piece of evidence that outs him as a dragon to the party is the fact that even in his halfling guise, he is immune to freezing cold (all silver dragons have an affinity for the ice element, including an ice-based BreathWeapon). |
| 527 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Seems to be genuinely in awe of Jim Darkmagic despite being likely more powerful than him in combat, to the point where he wouldn't intervene in a TotalPartyKill (where Jim died in the ''surprise round'') because he thought the party could still handle it. |
| 528 | * MysticalWhiteHair: In his halfling guise, he has a shock of silver-white hair, an early clue of his true nature. |
| 529 | * PsychicStatic: Uses it to conceal the fact that he is a dragon in disguise when Jim attempts to read his thoughts -- all Jim hears are some silly songs a not-too-bright halfling in awe of the upcoming adventure would sing. |
| 530 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like all dragons, Vandal can polymorph at will into a halfling and back. |
| 531 | |
| 532 | !!Flabberghast |
| 533 | ->'''Race:''' Human\ |
| 534 | '''Class:''' Wizard (NPC) |
| 535 | |
| 536 | Flabberghast is a [[spoiler:former]] employee of Dran Enterprises, first introduced to monitor Acquisitions Incorporated prior to a possible corporate takeover. |
| 537 | |
| 538 | ---- |
| 539 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He is by all accounts a competent(if passive) wizard and carries himself with dignity, however his familiar Mister Snively is a cat that wears a viking helmet and a monocle. |
| 540 | * MissionControl: [[spoiler: Becomes this for Acquisitions Incorporated, controlling the airship while the players are disembarked and using telepathy spells to share information with them.]] |
| 541 | * NonActionGuy: Though he followed Acq Inc into a number of dangerous situations, he's never intervened in combat. |
| 542 | * TokenGoodTeammate: To [[EvilInc Dran Enterprises]]; he shows easy remorse for being complicit to their actions. [[spoiler: This leads directly to his HeelFaceTurn after the [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs Acquisitions Incorporated main office is ravaged]].]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | !!Drizzt Do'Urden |
| 545 | |
| 546 | [[caption-width-right:180:"Why don't you guys try being adventurers?"]] |
| 547 | ->'''Race:''' Drow (Dark Elf)\ |
| 548 | '''Class:''' Fighter/Ranger\ |
| 549 | '''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood\ |
| 550 | '''Played by:''' Chris Perkins |
| 551 | |
| 552 | Drizzt Do'Urden (yes, [[Characters/TheLegendOfDrizzt THAT Drizzt]]) is a dark elf ranger that just so happens to have not one magic scimitar, but two. While not an actual intern (as he's keen to point out), he joins Acquisitions Incorporated for two short adventures in Season 10 after they helped save him at the end of Season 9. |
| 553 | |
| 554 | ---- |
| 555 | * TheAce: He's so good when Mike is acting as DM, he doesn't even make Chris roll acrobatics checks for Drizzt's feats of leaping (which doubles as a subtle stab at Chris' apparent weakness for Viari's theatrics). A suit of armor even ends up coming to life just to applaud him. And whenever Drizzt does make a mistake, it's usually followed up with a comment akin to, "Nobody saw that!" |
| 556 | * {{Cool Sword}}s: [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Twin]][[PowerGlows kle]] and [[AnIcePerson Icing]][[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe death]]. [[spoiler:Until they get stolen, that is...]] |
| 557 | * DualWielding: The signature scimitars do appear, though Chris mixes things up a bit. |
| 558 | * EyeBeams: Chris at one point suggests Drizzt could burn a rope with his laser eyes, which, given the character, is actually believable. |
| 559 | * HeroicBSOD: {{Defied|Trope}}. Drizzt should be mad he doesn't have his swords, and he is, but he doesn't let that stop him from still trying to be TheAce. |
| 560 | * HumiliationConga: Despite still being awesome, Drizzt's brief stint with Acquisitions Inc. sees his panther stolen by Viari, his swordplay generally being a bit underwhelming (if still ultimately effective), him electrocuted by a door, his scimitars stolen (again by Viari, indirectly), and then blasted with a fireball. |
| 561 | --> "I don't approve of this adventure!" |
| 562 | * InSeriesNickname: Drizzsm, after Chris kept calling Diz "Jizz". |
| 563 | * OverusedCopycatCharacter: The original trope namer, only without any pretense. |
| 564 | * NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Gives a long overdue one to Viari at the end of the ISTAR Facility module, though it [[UnexplainedRecovery doesn't stick]].]] |
| 565 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Drizzt considers this more than once after realizing what he might be in for if he stays with this party. |
| 566 | |
| 567 | !!Kiupid of the Blit'zen |
| 568 | |
| 569 | ->'''Race:''' Lizardfolk\ |
| 570 | '''Class:''' Fighter (Eldritch Knight)\ |
| 571 | '''Played by:''' [[https://twitter.com/NikaHarper Nika Harper]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | Kiupid (pronounced as either "Cupid" or "Kee-oo-pid") is Donaar's [[KidFromTheFuture great-great-great-great-great-... granddaughter from the Shadowrealm]] who catches up with him and the rest of the party in Waterdeep after a long search. |
| 574 | |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * TheChosenOne: She declares herself to be one during her introduction to Donaar, later revealing that it was her destiny to [[spoiler:bring the Shadow King back to the Shadowrealm after he had escaped it with the "C" Team's help in "The House Wins"]]. |
| 577 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Strongly implied to happen to her after "Anchors Aweigh", as the Shadowrealm's NarniaTime means that by the time she returns after a few subjective days, everyone she knew will be long dead back home. |
| 578 | * HeroWorshipper: Kiupid is ''very'' impressed by everything Donaar did and does, to the point of IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery. |
| 579 | * KidFromTheFuture: Thanks to the NarniaTime in the Shadowrealm, many generations have descended from Donaar's children there in short time it took him to get from the ''Dragon's Hoard'' to Waterdeep, and Kiupid is among the youngest of his descendants. |
| 580 | * TalkingWeapon: The axe Kiupid wields is actually Hassar, the bone creature that K'thriss befriended on the ''Dragon's Hoard'' who spent so many years in the Shadowrealm that it became immobile and shaped itself into a weapon. |
| 581 | * ShroudedInMyth: How Kiupid and the rest of the Blit'zen view their progenitor Donaar due to the many generations that have passed from their point of view. |
| 582 | * ValleyGirl: Whenever Kiupid is not gushing over things and gets into a casual conversation, lots of junk words creep into her vocabulary, which soon gets lampshaded by the mermen queen. |
| 583 | |
| 584 | !!Vi |
| 585 | --> '''Race:''' Gnome\ |
| 586 | Class: Artificer (''Probably?'')\ |
| 587 | Played by: NPC\ |
| 588 | |
| 589 | A gnomish [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Planeswalker]] and inventor who helped the A-Team escape from Ravnica |
| 590 | |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | * CoolOldLady: Seems quite old and was very helpful and friendly to the party. |
| 593 | * DimensionalTraveler: She's a Planeswalker, which means she has the ability to move between dimensions on her own. |
| 594 | * GadgeteerGenius: An inventor who helped repair the device that drew the party to Ravnica. |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[/folder]] |
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