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''[[http://www.d20monkey.com/ d20monkey]]'' is a comic written by Brian Patterson, centered on a group of TabletopRPG players and their wacky antics. Technically, [[VitriolicBestBuds they're also friends.]]

Updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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!!This comic includes examples of the following tropes:
* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler: Mel's first boyfriend, Grey, winds up being one. Mel stays with him to try and "fix" him. It ends with her calling the police on him after he starts to get particularly violent.]]
* BadAssSanta: All the Kringles are, including [[spoiler: Brett]] and Klaus.
* BittersweetEnding: the diceless game run by Charlie [[spoiler: ends with the HeroicSacrifice of Jeannie's character so she can die with the man she just remembered was her husband due to a MindWipe.]]
* CampGay: Trevor wavers between this and StraightGay, depending on his mood [[{{Troll}} and how much he wants to screw with people.]]
** He offhandedly mentions that one of the reasons for this behavior is that he's the only child of a Tony-award winning playwright, [[FreudianExcuse and he has severe feelings of inadequacy over his own lack of success.]]
* CatsAreMean: Emma, Sam's cat, loves nothing more than eating your dice. If she likes you, she'll spit them back out. [[ToiletHumor If not, you'll need to retrieve them another way.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: Amy tends to waver between this and [[{{OnlySaneMan}} the most rational person in Sam's group.]]
* CoolOldLady: She's not ''that'' old, but Brett's mother definitely qualifies as "cool."
** Carlos' grandmother also counts. Her introduction to the comic is a JumpScare against Sam and Charlie.
* CurbStompBattle: On one side is Sam, a skinny GM whose primary workout is going to the kitchen to get snacks. On the other is Mel's boyfriend, Grey, a [[DumbMuscle weight-lifting jock]] who doesn't like people hitting on his girlfriend. [[ForegoneConclusion You can guess how it goes.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Well, not a devil, but Dallas made a deal [[spoiler: with Larry the Dungeon Master]] to grant her success in the RPG industry. It's an odd example, though, [[ChildProdigy because she was already more than smart enough]] to make the necessary product... it's just that she believed no one would take her seriously [[GamerChick as a girl gamer.]]
* DisabilitySuperpower: To compensate for his blindness, Charlie has worked on his other senses, particularly his sense of smell, which is so acute that [[spoiler: he could tell that Brett and Jeanie weren't sleeping together.]]
* DisappearedDad: Brett was raised entirely by his mother, with his father absent through most of his life. [[spoiler: They know where he is, though; it's just that Kris Kringle can't be Santa Claus and also raise a family, and both of them understand that.]]
* EvilTwin: Klaus Kringle, to his brother [[SantaClaus Kris.]]
* GeekPhysiques: Of both the skinny and fat varieties.
* HandicappedBadass: Okay, so it's a somewhat limited definition of "badass," but Charlie manages to game with few problems despite being completely blind. [[SubvertedTrope He still needs people to position his figures for him, though.]]
* HeManWomanHater: Brett, at the beginning, justified (somewhat) by a particularly bad experience with a female player. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better, though.]]
* JerkAss: Phillip Dove, the "professional" gamer who manages to beat out Brett for sheer misogyny and haughtiness.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Brett, although a few years of CharacterDevelopment make him less Jerk and more Heart of Gold.
* KillerGM: More than a few [=GMs=] in the comic mention the joys of slaughtering their [=PCs=], but the worst example is probably [[spoiler: right after Sam was beaten to a pulp by Mel's boyfriend.]]
* MethodActing: Carlos can get ''really'' into character when he wants to.
* MostGamersAreMale:
** Initially, there were no female characters at all, but several have been added, including [[GamerChick Mel]], [[FieryRedhead Jeanie]], [[TeenGenius Dallas]] and [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Tucker]].
** Inverted with the "Innsmouth Garden Society," a gaming group made of Mel, Dallas, Jeanie and another girl named Amy, that was originally formed as an all-girl group, with Sam becoming the sole exception.
* NoodleIncident: Many, primarily from previous games.
* PutOnABus:
** [[spoiler: Brett, after being forced to take on the Mantle of Santa Claus full time, although he does [[TheBusCameBack come back]] after his year of probation is over.]]
** [[spoiler: Mel, after getting a job in New York.]]
* RandomNumberGod: Brett seemingly does not have his favor- he almost never wins roll-offs.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: If his apparent associations with [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]], his penchant for violence and his abject hatred of Christmas weren't enough to make you hate him, it's fairly clear that Klaus Kringle [[PaedoHunt likes having kids sit on his lap for entirely unwholesome reasons.]]
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: As Sam completes Larry's trials, he gains more and more access to The Narrative, which is the power of Game Masters to alter reality in accordance with the needs of the story. He's not supposed to use it except under emergency conditions, however, and it has its limits.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: Sam and Mel, as well as Brett and Jeanie, who start dating after various points.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: One year, Brett is sentenced to remain at the North Pole until the next Christmas. But when Sam breaks his leg and is hospitalized, Brett [[http://www.d20monkey.com/comic/the-night-watch/ goes to see him anyway]] and gives him his present early.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Sam's father butts in to one of Sam's games, under the pretense of "teaching him how to play old school." In reality, though, he was trying to see if Sam had the courage to stand up to him [[spoiler: and maintain the happiness of his other players, as is the responsibility of all Game Masters.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Tabletop gaming, of course, in particular for Brett.
* TalkingAnimal: Emma, Sam's cat, talks up a storm. [[CuteButPsycho Usually saying horrible things, mind you...]]
* TeenGenius: Dallas, whose mastery of game design allowed her to be wildly successful in the tabletop RPG industry... but only after overcoming the biases of [[HeManWomanHater a male-dominated industry.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Combos seem to be a favorite of many characters, likely as a form of AuthorAppeal.
* {{Troll}}: Charlie definitely has his moments, as does Trevor.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The standard relationship between players in a gaming group- just because they're your friends doesn't mean you're not going to empty their pockets when they die, after all.