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2	[[caption-width-right:342: "Blaine! Ken! Sarah! Sark! Don't forget Gerry!"]]
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4	->''Each week, under dark of night, a group of warriors lead by Brian Posehn gather to play Dungeons & Dragons, and you’re invited to attend!!'''
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6	''Nerd Poker: Dungeons & Dragons with Brian Posehn & Friends'' is a comedic roleplaying podcast featuring Creator/BrianPosehn and his comedian friends on the Creator/EarwolfPodcastNetwork. The cast consists of five adventurers who were brought together after the hijacking of the pleasure cruise liner known as "The Queen's Laurel" by mysterious beings known as "the Collectors."
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8	* '''Amarth Amon''', played by Brian Posehn, is a goliath barbarian that comes from a viking village and sets sail on The Queens Laurel in search of new villages to plunder and destroy.
9	* '''Blackee Green''', played by Blaine Capatch, is a half-elf warlock who treated himself to a pleasure cruise so he could get away from the light pollution of civilization and see the stars. Because Blackee Green is worth it.
10	* '''Bartho Shett Boral''', played by Ken Daly, is a Dragon born fighter of privilaged royal lineage. Bartho Shett decided to take a pleasure cruise on The Queen's Laurel for several reasons, including having people wait on him and because he could afford it, but mainly to just get his Drag on.
11	* '''Mildred Maxxton''', played by Sarah Guzzardo, is a Dwarf fighter from a religious family that boards The Queens Laurel in order to broaden her horizons and see the world. Unfortunately, the world doesn't want to see her.
12	* '''El Ryan''', played by Gerry Duggan, is a High Elf Shaman that is almost constantly nude and likes to point it out to other people. He awoken on the deck of The Queens Laurel after starting a forest fire under the influence of a psylocybin induced trance and then taking a wizard's staff to the face. He has a spirit bear companion that fights with him in battle.
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14	As time went on, some new player characters were introduced [[spoiler:to replace those that died]]:
15	* [[spoiler:'''Sir Richard''', played by Gerry, a human paladin from the "fucking rad" city-state of Glinnishmore, who often shows rather poor judgment in dealing with threats]].
16	* [[spoiler:'''Damien Wormwood Darkomen''', played by Brian, a Priest of Judas who shops at Hot Topic and was designed with the intent of pissing Sir Richard off]].
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18	Starting at episode 74, the show started a 'second season' of sorts with a new campaign and characters, and with Blaine as the DM.
19	* '''Houg Denning''', a human illusionist played by Ken.
20	* '''Lyra''', a half-elf rogue played by Sarah.
21	* '''Dag Darkomen''', a human fighter played by Brian. Also, a cousin of Damien Darkomen.
22	* '''Winter''', a human mage played by Gerry.
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25	!!The series provides examples of:
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27	* DisguisedInDrag: Blackee switches clothes with a kidnapped female guard in order to do some reconnaissance on the ship's galley. Also becomes a case of AttractiveBentGender due to Blackee's good looks and high charisma, which is rumored to be quite high. [[spoiler:It's a 19.]]
28	%%* Five Man Band: Although not in the traditional sense, each team member plays the following parts.
29	* TheHeart: Being the only female on the team, Mildred tends to fall into this category, despite having a fierce and intimidating nature. Although she does have a mothering side to her character, often its shown to a hostage...right after the party has just murdered their friends right in front of them.
30	* TheHero: While initially, no one in particular is the leader amongst the group. However, as the adventure progresses, the new addition of Sir Richard seems to fulfill this role.
31	* HulkSpeak: Nearly everything that Amarth says tends to come out in broken sentences or grunts.
32	%%* TheLancer: Blackee Green
33	* TheMultiverse: The Collectors seem to be "collecting" people from other worlds for some dire purpose.
34	* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Happens with hilarious and/or disastrous results whenever anyone in the gang rolls a 1 on the dice, also known as a 'botch'. Amarth follows this to a tee and impales his own leg with his sword while on the catwalk of the Collector Base.
35	** In the flashback segments of the show, the party few a few historical botches from back in the day when they played casually.
36	** In one flashback, Sark recalls a time when Sarah's character attempted an elaborate acrobatic attack against a zombie horde and tripped, resulting in a zombie suckling on her leg.
37	** In another flashback segment, Brian and Gerry reminisce about the time Gerry's character died while trying to sneak up on a dragon that was protecting a horde of treasure (while in full plated armor) and then botching on the roll, resulting in Gerry's character being sat upon and killed.
38	* ParodyCommercial: Blaine has a number of good ones that he throws out whenever there is a random stand-still in the show.
39	-->'''Blaine:''' This dead air is brought to you by Mr. Pibb! If you were wondering what Dr. Pepper would taste like if it only had a GED, try Mr. Pibb!
40	* PokemonSpeak: Whenever Stargoyle is mentioned, Ken shouts out "Stargoyle!" in cute cartoony voice, mimicking a Pokemon and thus invoking this trope.
41	%%* StandardFantasyRaces: Mildred as the dwarf, Sir Richard as the human, Amarth as the goliath, Blackee as an elf and El Ryan as a High Elf, and Bartho Shett as half human half dragon.%%ZCE
42	%%* TeamPet: Stargoyle. See also RidiculouslyCuteCritter, as well as EmpathyPet / BondCreature / NonHumanSidekick for Blackee.
43	%%* TokenEvilTeammate: Damien Wormwood Darkomen.
44	* WarriorMonk: El Ryan, complete with his Spirit Bear. Often refers to his connection with 'the SpiritWorld'. Sir Richard also is technically this, given that he is a paladin warrior. And both are played by Gerry Duggan...

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