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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DandDVol03L_5197.jpg]][[quoteright:250:~~{{Webcomic}} {{Fantasy}}, RPGMechanicsVerse, WorkCom~~]]
''Dungeons & Denizens'' was a webcomic drawn by John Yakimow and written by Graveyard Greg, the author of ''CarpeDiem''. It was first hosted on Webcomics Nation, then moved to {{Platform/Keenspot}} on April 2, 2006, but finally got its own domain name on July 1, 2010. The strip followed the lives of those that work/live in a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' RPG dungeon. The comic ended in early March of 2014, with Min leaving the dungeon.

Characters include:
* Min, the tech support minotaur and primary character.
* Gazdar, the orcish custodian.
* Leviathann, the demonic landlord.
* Litchvell, the [[DisproportionateRetribution easily angered]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent elven lich]] manager.
* His daughter, [[EnfanteTerrible Ravin]].
* Zerelda, a rather high-maintenance gorgon.
* Titanic, Zerelda's [[DumbMuscle not particularly bright bodyguard]].
* Donna and Diana, a two-headed hellhound, both of whom have a crush on Gazdar.
* Seidistika, a Hag who operates the resident nurse's office (among other things).
* The Demon Prince Yebor, a friend of Leviathann, was added late in the strip.

[[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2005/08/23/08232005/ It can be found here.]]
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!!''Dungeons & Denizens'' provides examples of:
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: When the dungeon needs a giant monster to fill in for Leviathann, Gazdar [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2005/10/20/10202005/ puts some Growth Potion in Min's coffee.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Don't call the Paladin a Draconian.
** [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/09/30/09302010/ Don't kiss Gazdar in view of Donna and Diana.]]
* BlandNameProduct: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2005/09/22/09222005/ Karma the Vampire Beater.]]
%%* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/10/28/10282010/ From both directions]]. Skip back two pages and read the comments to get the whole story.
* ConsummateLiar: Subverted. Yebor has all the markings of one, but it's pretty easy to see through his lies and [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/files//comics/2012-09-18.jpg he gets all flustered when they're exposed. ]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Gazdar, Yebor.
* DealWithTheDevil: Yebor offers Min one of these in his debut appearance.
* DescriptionCut: Lampshaded and [[DefiedTrope Defied]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2011/02/08/02082011/ in this strip]]. When informed that Leviathann is meeting with another demon, Gazdar says they are probably talking about candy and flowers. In the next panel he comments that he expected to be proven humorously wrong.
%%* DumbMuscle: Titanic, Guvnor.
* DungeonMaintenance: The main cast's actual day-to-day job, though they get involved in other misadventures every so often as well.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Combined with InsistentTerminology. The Paladin doesn't like his teammates referring to him by name.
* FanService: Lampshaded [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2005/10/06/10062005/ here]].
--> '''Gazdar:''' Gotta appease the gods that might be watching. Some of them like Minotaur beefcake.
** And again [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2009/09/03/09032009/ here]].
%%* GentleGiant: Guvnor
%%* GenreSavvy: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2013/04/09/04092013/ Here,]] Gazdar uses a cliche to find Donna and Diana.
%%* GorgeousGorgon: Zerelda
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] In [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2011/02/24/02242011/ this page]]; It's mostly a case of prisoners not following the normal rules of trying to escape and staying in the area instead.
* HeroicWannabe: Sir Percival von Fluffypants. To him, the "hard parts" of heroism involve posing and having perfect hair. He uses his guards to do any fighting (not that it makes any difference, as his parents bribed the monsters ahead of time to go easy on him). He meets his well-deserved end when he trashes the room of a pre-adolescent ElegantGothicLolita — who happens to be a powerful necromancer with a cruel streak. Percy ends up being sent home in small disposable baggies.
* HolierThanThou: The Paladin, full stop. He even uses the trope by name when his teammates walk off while he's lecturing them on how much better than them he is.
-->I wasn't done being holier than thou!
* InterContinuityCrossover: It's been all but stated outright that Titanic is Angus from ''Gaming Guardians.''
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The strip regularly directly addresses user comments, using the conceit that they are messages from the gods.
* LoinCloth: The dungeon's prison uniform, [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/11/11/11112010/ apparently]]; also worn by various other characters.
* MagicPants: subverted (with [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]]) when Min drinks the Growth Potion -- his clothes grow with him, but when it wears off Min is left naked.
* ModestyBedsheet: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2009/03/31/03312009/ Tasteful sheets!]]
* NakedOnRevival: A reoccurring problem for Min (and occasionally Gazdar).
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Chapter 10 features a subplot about Min and Gazdar trying to get back to their rooms while wearing only {{Modesty Bedsheet}}s.
* NapoleonComplex: Litchvell doesn't like it when the hirelings are taller than he is.
* NonhumansLackAttributes: Titanic, but not any of the other minotaurs (Titanic originates from a different comic).
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Leviathann who is gigantic, and Yebor who is just slightly larger than Min are both red with flaming skulls (though Yebor keeps a normal head, and can grow to the same size as Leviathann as necessary).
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Min; his brother Snarg; Zerelda's bodyguard Titanic, and Guvnor, a dimwitted adventurer, are all minotaurs.
* PantheraAwesome: Yebor's Leonals.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Other Six. Immel, a Paladin from an unspecified Draconian-like ([[BerserkButton but not Draconian]]) race; a Rakshasa sword-caster; a Gnoll Ranger; Guvnor, a large Barbarian who got separated from his adventuring group and followed the others in the hope that they would eventually lead him back to his friends, [[AndZoidberg and a pair of Gnomes]].
* [[RocksFallEveryoneDies Rocks Fall, Everyone Ouches]]: Leviathann fails his saving throw against one of [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2011/02/10/02102011/ these]].
* RPGMechanicsVerse: Let's see: while heading to the dungeon Min got attacked by adventurers who thought he was a RandomEncounter, and Gazdar laments that the random encounter tables aren't what they used to be. Later a group of adventurers built with 4th Edition rules gets their asses kicked by the dungeon because [[TakeThat Litchvell has refused to upgrade from 3.5E]].
* ShouldersOfDoom: The Paladin.
* ShoutOut: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/07/15/07152010/ To]] WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog.
* SophisticatedAsHell: The Paladin again. Immediately lampshaded
--> '''Paladin:''' I swear by all that is holy and just...we shall return and deliver a heap of comeuppance!
--> '''Ranger:''' "A heap of comeuppance"? That doesn't sound very paladin-like.
--> '''Paladin:''' I'm not much of a dramatic speaker, and I'm tired. Shut up and lets get out of here.
* StealthPun: Several times throughout the series Zerelda turns Min to stone. When he gets turned back to normal, he always mentions having the munchies.
* TakeThat: To D&D 4E.
--> '''Litchvell:''' We withdraw from your thrice-damned Fourth Age!
* TooStupidToLive: When someone three times your size is holding you in the air with one hand and getting ready to punch you with the other, is your first reaction to call him stupid? If so, congrats, you're the Paladin.
* TrainingMontage: When Litchvell sends Zerelda on a mission, he has her first report to Seidistika for training. Cue a TrainingMontage, which is promptly subverted when it's revealed that Seidistka had planned out her training montage in advance and drawn it.
* UnsoundEffect: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/07/29/07292010/ Fling!]], [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/09/09/09092010/ Sweep!]] and [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/09/16/09162010/ BIG OL' SMOOCH!]] to name a few.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Min, Yebor. Titanic never wears any clothes at all.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Leviathann is incredibly allergic to flowers of any sort.
* WorstWhateverEver: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20101104111510/http://dungeond.com/2010/10/19/10192010/ This is the worst quest I've ever taken.]]
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