->'''Luke:''' Gomu Gomu no ROCKET!!!!\\
'''Cory:''' Luke, What have I told you about CallingYourAttacks?
-->-- [[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/25/ Comic Strip 24]]

So one day, [[CampaignComic some gamers sit down to play a pirate-themed tabletop RPG]]...

Such is the premise of ''One Piece: Grand Line 3.5'', a webcomic focused on a bunch of college-age gamers playing through the events of ''Manga/OnePiece''. Most of the humor comes from playing the story almost completely straight, and then justifying the characters and setting with various d20 mechanics.

[[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/ Webcomic can be found here]] and [[http://dragontrainer13.deviantart.com/art/One-Piece-Grand-Line-3-5-203530088 here]], at the artist's Website/DeviantArt account. Also see ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'', which is part of the same 'verse.
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!!This webcomic provides examples of:

* AccidentalMisnaming: Luke has trouble keeping Zoro's name straight when they're first looking for him.
* [[AllFirstPersonNarratorsWriteLikeNovelists All First Person Narrators Talk Like Novelists]]: Natalie's narration of her actions gets quite wordy.
* AscendedExtra: InUniverse example: Roronoa Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji were all designed as {{NPC}}s by the GM, but each has (or will, in Sanji's case) become full-fledged PlayerCharacters under various circumstances.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] Seen to various degrees, but most prominent with Roronoa Zoro as played by Cory: he's a HalfHumanHybrid whose insane strength is explained by his being 1/16 Giant and 1/16 Fishman. All of his quirks are linked to character Flaws, and his UndyingLoyalty? Another Flaw Cory ''accidently'' triggered when he promised to follow Luffy.
** Special mention has to be given to Don Krieg. While the core traits of his original character remain (a tyranical leader who kills his men if he thinks they're defying him, will lie and cheat the first chance he gets if he thinks it will help him, and relies mostly on his armor and weapons in combat), after being given a Creator/ChristopherWalken impression by the GM, he slowly becomes more and more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, to the point that eventually even his in-universe crew have difficulty figuring out what the hell he's going on about.
* BadBadActing: Luke and Cory's attempts to roleplay for extra experience tend to fall into this, especially early on.
* BadassAdorable: Makino, the bartender from Luffy's flashback with Shanks, when the bandit comes in and starts breaking stuff. The GM had earlier threatened to call up the old "bartender is really a very high-level retired badass fighter" should the players start another bar brawl. Even more fun since the whole scene is played out by Luke alone (acting for everyone involved), so he basically invoked the GM's threat on himself.
* BadassNormal: Nami may not be as statted out as Luffy and Zoro, but she's still able to pull off stunts that make Luke go "Holy crap, that's badass."
* BadassUnintentional: On page 458, the GM clearly did not intend for Sanji to be more than just a waiter NPC. But ''then'' when Fullbody gets the first attack and goes for Sanji, the GM rolls a 1. This one gives Sanji an immediate Attack of Opportunity, at which point the GM rolls ''three'' natural 20s in a row, giving him [[InstantWinCondition an auto-win]] and an [[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/472 early stat page]] showing just how unintentional "Baratie Waiter #3"'s badassery was.
* BerserkButton: Luke doesn't mind people whose characters are blatantly evil dicks, or even whose characters deliberately come up against the party and potentially kill them before being recruited themselves. But start giving your character abilities or feats that can randomly hurt and kill the party after you've joined up, and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis He. Will. Beat. You. Down.]] Very much a TruthInTelevision. Just look up forum topics about the Frenzied Berserker class.
* BigDamnHeroes: Naturally, Natalie [[LampshadeHanging refers to themselves as such]] when they pull this.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Nico Robin has Obsession: History, Obsession: Cute Animals, and Obsession: Historical Animals.
* BrickJoke: The banner has Luke/Luffy grappling with an enemy ship. Over 300 comics later, he does just that.
* BroadStrokes: While the comic does follow the general plot of the anime fairly faithfully (AlternateCharacterInterpretation aside), there are some differences in how the events play out and in some of the motivations.
** The battle between the Baratie crew (including Luffy) vs the Don Krieg Pirates is presented as a Davy Back Fight between the two crews, with some rampant cheating from Don Krieg of course.
** During the Cocoyashi Village arc, Nami [[spoiler:actually does kill Usopp, but with the plan of having the Going Merry's spirit (played by Rika) use Raise Dead on him shortly afterwards, with the same intent to save him from the Arlong Pirates]]. In addition, [[spoiler:Commodore Pudding and his crew actually survive the events of the arc]].
** In the Logue Town arc, Captain Smoke and Tashigi (played by [[Webcomic/StevenAndTheCrystalGMs Phoebe and Bonnie]] respectively) try to recruit the main party as privateers (essentially government-approved pirates) before new orders are given later in the arc to arrest them.
* ButtMonkey: Cory. The GM does '''not''' like Cory. Or Phil, for that matter.
** Lieutenant Fullbody ends up this by accident. First he gets curbstomped by Baratie Waiter #3 aka Sanji due to some miraculous rolls and utterly humiliated. Then he shows up in a tricked-out ship and tries to catch them, only to fall to Cory's latest level-ups and some bad rolls. Then he suffers PTSD from seeing Sanji on their crew and jumps into the sea.
* CallingYourAttacks: Made as a joke when Cory says to Luke, "What have I told you about calling your attacks?"
* ChekhovsGunman:
** Rika introduced herself by calling during a session. She later joined to play [[GuestStarPartyMember Medaka]], followed by Kaya.
** The GM has implied that Coby ''will'' become important in the future, as Cory's decision to consciously abandon him ''will'' "bite [the party] in the ass."
** A {{Flashback}} in the Baratie Arc introduces [[spoiler:Nat's old friend Gordon, who has blue-framed speech bubbles]].
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: DM. It's all in-character, but it's still disturbing that she creates characters who plan to betray the party.
* ColorCodedCharacters: As with most {{CampaignComic}}s, characters have their speech boxes color-coded when it's not immediately clear who's who.
** Luke (Luffy): Red
** Cory (Zoro): Green
** Natalie (Nami): Orange
** Rika (Going Merry and GuestStarPartyMember): Purple
** Phil (Usopp): Beige
** Deliah (Kuro and KillerGameMaster): Aqua.
** Gordon ([[{{GMPC}} Sanji]] and primary Game master): Yellow
* {{Crossover}}: With ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'', wherein Applejack's player is revealed to be another of Cory's cousins, and he, Luke and Nat try designing their own characters for the pony campaign. Starts [[http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/101/ here]].
** Continued [[http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/189 here]] in a second mini-arc, with Rika getting into the act.
** Newbiespud returns the favor for [[http://www.drunkduck.com/One_Piece_Grand_Line_3_point_5/5433652/ a third crossover]], with Twilight and Fluttershy's players designing their characters as Boa Hancock and Captain Hina respectively.
** In late December 2013, sneak peak pages started appearing for a ''{{Webcomic/Darths and Droids}}'' crossover side-project where Jim and Annie join a one-off campaign Rika got from their (Jim and Annie's) GM. ("Oh dear God, it's a table of Petes.")
** Dan, Robin, and Emily from ''Webcomic/LeakyD20'' show up in the Baratie arc as Johnny, Yosaku, and [[spoiler: Mihawk]] respectively.
** Phoebe, Bonnie, and Marceline from ''Webcomic/StevenAndTheCrystalGMs'' appear in the Loguetown arc as Smoker, Tashigi, and Carmen respectively.
* DeathIsCheap: Kurahadol massacres the rest of Kaya's household in a berserk rage. Kaya, being a cleric, just resurrects them all.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: [[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/215 "Greetings, human. I am the great pirate Ganzack the Great."]]
* DevelopersForesight: GM in-universe. He has plans for highly unlikely scenarios (some of which actually happened). He also made decoy notes in case the players tried to take a look. He also started making miniature ships with detachable masts because he knows how Luke likes to play.
* DiscontinuityNod: The infamous hammer gun from the 4Kids version appears as something the GM described just to ensure they were paying attention.
* DistractedByTheSexy: The GM's roommate Phil, a non-gamer who had been avoiding the group prior to his introduction, suddenly stops in his tracks and considers joining in when he finds out there are three girls in the group.
* DopeSlap: Natalie gives the GM one during the Syrup Village arc after he takes far too much pleasure tormenting new player Phil.
* DropTheCow: Luke once attempted to ''launch'' a cow at his enemies during a ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga'' RP. [[spoiler:It got them TPK'd in their first battle, and his old group promptly kicked him out afterwards.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Averted with Mihawk after his player has to leave the table in a hurry.
-->'''GM:''' ''(as Don Krieg)'' Well... well... welll... ''well''... well... well... welly ''well''... well... you look a little ''tuckered'' out from ''that'' slashy fight ''just'' now.
-->'''Emily:''' You're not killing off my character with Christopher Walken.
-->'''GM:''' Fine...
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: The GM's attempt to voice-act a little girl.
-->'''GM:''' ''(as Rika)'' Hewwo! Awe you hungwee? I made you some onigweewee.
* EpicFail: Invoked intentionally. Luke has a d20 with nothing but 1 on it, and uses it whenever Luffy has to make some kind of social skills check.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every time they finish an adventure, the Straw Hats call out "'''''NEW MAP!'''''"
* ExactWords: After being told he could play his Minmaxed-out-the-wazoo character concept ''only'' if he provided a name and background, Cory named his character Roronoa Zoro. After all, the GM ''must'' have made a backstory for this obviously important and already-named {{NPC}}, right?
* FailedASpotCheck: DM's reaction when [[spoiler:the three kids jump out of hiding to beat her character up]] lampshades this.
--> '''DM:''' Seriously? None of us noticed them? These kids must be ninjas.
* FakingTheDead: This was Captain Kuro's plan: [[spoiler:the ''real'' Captain Kuro had Jango hypnotize Kurahadol to believe he was the pirate so that he could be executed in his place. However, Kuro died before the job could be finished, and Kurahadol inadvertently gained his powers through his belief that he was really Captain Kuro.]]
* FantasyGunControl: Aside from the special equipment powerful villains may carry, most guns are weak and unreliable flintlock designs, with rounded bludgeoning bullets (thus allowing Luke to apply his damage reduction) that do damage. Phil complains about his character carrying a slingshot, but it may be significantly more powerful than regular firearms.
** The Syrup Arc confirmed the latter when Usopp got shot... for a measly 4 damage.
* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: Used twice during [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Cory's quick recap]] of the "Island of Rare Animals" arc. First when Cory summarizes Phil's recap of everything he missed, and later when it turns out his friend's retelling the whole story to [[spoiler:Johnny and Yosaku's future players]].
* FlawExploitation: The GM is a master of this when it comes to the characters' in-game Flaws. He's also able to pull this on the players themselves at times.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: To the Skypeia Arc in-universe, though that would be a ForegoneConclusion by now.
** After Ganzack [[spoiler:supposedly]] kills Medaka, Rika says she has an idea for a medic as her next character, suggesting she's going to play Chopper or Kaya down the line. Sure enough, once they reach Syrup...
** Coby has a FatalFlaw which can cause him to freeze up in combat situations. The GM gave a very similar flaw to Usopp, having designed both characters as {{NPC}}s.
** Cory's insistence on constantly checking for traps makes more sense when it's revealed their former gamemaster was a [[KillerGameMaster killer one]].
** The "Syrup Village" arc is practically dripping with foreshadowing for Phil/Usopp and DM/Kurahadol.
** When Luke mentions Luffy's straw hat and that he's named "Monkey D." (which he shamelessly stole from an NPC in the sourcebook), the GM starts scribbling in his notes, implying that Luke may accidentally made himself more important to the main plot.
** In the Baratie Arc, Zeff combines an unarmed attack with a healing effect to kick Fullbody healthier. We all remember Sanji's [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum inexplicable power to kick people pretty.]]
** Before DM leaves near the end of the Syrup Village arc, she and GM have a chat, and she finds [[spoiler:his dropped notes for a GMPC]].
** Cory explains that he chose for Zoro to not be a half-octopus because he "wouldn't have qualified for something even better down the line" followed by an image of [[Myth/HinduMythology Asura]].
* FriendlyEnemy: Even after it's clear their characters won't be able to get along, Luke and DM trade compliments and comments about their character builds and such while fighting. [[spoiler:(Up until Luke realizes DM never intended to join their party, at least.)]]
* GotMeDoingIt: For the GM, the player nickname "Christopher Walken" for Don Krieg.
* GratuitousFrench: Cabaji. The GM [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insists his dialogue wasn't created with Babelfish]] or anything.
* GrapplingWithGrapplingRules
* GroinAttack: "Called shot to the nuts!"
** And early on, after one of Alvida's men finds Nami while she's sneaking around: "I kick 'em in the balls! ... [[RunningGag Gracefully]]."
* GuestStarPartyMember: Medaka from the Devil's Tower arc.
* HalfHumanHybrids: To justify Zoro's insane Strength, Cory created him as 1/16th Fishman, 1/16th Giant.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: During the Devil's Tower arc, the GM figures that since helmets don't add to your Armor Class, Medaka is only wearing one to hide something about her character. She promptly accuses him of metagaming.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Cory as Zoro.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Cory gets hit with this multiple times:
** After using third-party books to pimp out Zoro to the point he's not accepted into the game at first, Cory gets stuck with Coby. Then, when Coby's being threatened by Alvida's thugs:
--->'''GM:''' By the way, thanks for bringing along those third-party books. They've got a lot of... neat character builds. Heh heh heh...\\
'''Cory:''' Uh... no problem...?
** When building Zoro, he took the UndyingLoyalty flaw, figuring it wouldn't come up since Zoro answers to no one. ...No one, that is, until he agrees to be Luffy's first mate. Cue "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Oh dear god, what have I done]]."
* HumiliationConga: Phil (and Usopp's) introduction to the group, where he misreads the GM's handwriting and thinks his character's got more resources than he actually does, the others take advantage of his not knowing the rules -- and his first dice roll? Natural 1.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Medaka accuses the GM of metagaming, he casually asks her about a random monster. She immediately rattles off all of its stats.
** When Phil/Usopp successfully bluffs the Usopp Pirates into taking Kaya to safety, DM snidely comments on all the effort he put into ordering around three [=NPCs=]. She then spends the following strip ordering Jango to follow them.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Luke and Natalie engage in some back and forth thievery over the same map, escalating it in this manner.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Sessions are named for the area where they're taking place, instead of after particular arcs.
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff:
-->'''Luke:''' Hey, if you die... [[BrickJoke can I have your banana hammock]]?
* TheIllegible: The GM's handwriting is so bad...
** ...enough that Cory misreads his Knowledge Check about Roronoa Zoro into an expert woodsman with a banana hammock.
** Later, he has to resort to texting Natalie when she tries to make Knowledge Checks about what Cabaji's saying.
** Phil initally misreads his character sheet and honestly thinks Usopp has 8,000,000 followers instead of three nine-year olds.
** Finally shown with [[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/599 Sanji's revised character sheet]], and though Rika initially misread his race (reading it "Kuncan" instead of "Human") it resembles actual words enough for her to say that his handwriting has improved.
* ImplausibleDeniability: The GM repeatedly denies that Buggy and his crew have a circus theme. He eventually admits he can see it when Cabaji descends on a unicycle, but he still denies that it's ''intentional''.
* InAndOutOfCharacter: Used regularly in the series. The GM is used to this, to the point of being shocked when they manage to stay in-character.
* InSeriesNickname: Some based on the GM's vocal impressions.
** Don Krieg: Creator/ChristopherWalken
** Sanji: Creator/GordonRamsay
* InnocentInnuendo: Used by the GM to force Cory to read Zoro's {{Backstory}}. Without it providing much-needed context, Helmeppo's comments about his endurance and "dropping by again for our usual bit of fun" sound... well...
-->'''Cory:''' ''(reading)'' Must endure a month of starvation... beaten on a daily basis... ten days left til release... oh thank God!
* InstantWinCondition: Rolling three natural twenties in a row, mostly because how astronomical the odds are of actually doing it.
* InterfaceSpoiler: While other characters have been played by the main cast, only the actual Straw Hats get character stat sheets.
* InternalReveal: Since the GM designed Usopp as an {{NPC}} before giving him to Phil, Phil doesn't know ''anything'' about his character. Thus, he doesn't understand why the GM keeps ''smiling'' when he brings up things like warning the villagers about the imminent pirate attack...
* IronicEcho: When Natalie first introduces Nami, the GM's stunned at how much work she put into her character, comparing it to a small novel. Much later on, Rika comments on the amount he apparently wrote about Usopp:
-->'''Rika:''' I can't believe you handwrote 50 pages worth of backstory.
** Funny thing is? [[spoiler:He didn't. A good portion of that is actually random campaign notes that got mixed in somehow.]]
** When Usopp punches Kurahadol, the GM tells Phil he doesn't ''actually'' have to punch DM. Phil snaps "I ''know'' that!" and is outraged by the suggestion. Later, when Kaya slaps Usopp, the GM offers her extra roleplaying XP if she slaps Phil for real.
* JerkJustifications: DM uses Type 3 to justify Kurahadol being a massive prick to everyone: that's just his IC attitude, and she's keeping in-character, even if that rubs everyone else the wrong way both in and OOC.
* KickTheDog:
** Discussed when Helmeppo bullies the little girl Rika:
--->'''Cory:''' Okay! We get it! He's the bad guy! Sheesh, man!\\
'''GM:''' Pfft, with you guys I can't be too subtle. Now watch him kick around this puppy.
** And again with Don Krieg after he shoots one of his crewmen.
--->'''Luke:''' Whelp, good to know I'm on the right side here!\\
'''GM:''' Sure you don't wanna wait 'til he starts kicking puppies first?.
* KillerGameMaster:
** He's the one who taught Luke how to min-max in the first place, after all. And he just ''loves'' playing to the cast's many flaws.
** Their ''former'' GM, DM, was even worse about this. Cory apparently learned to obsessively check for traps the hard way.
* LamePunReaction: Cory to the GM's puns.
--> '''GM:''' Three katanas? Really? Looks like someone's "tri"-ing too hard.\\
'''Cory:''' Are you freakin' kiddin' me? You had to reach for that one!
* LethalJokeCharacter: Luffy.
** Luke believes that Usopp may be even more broken.
* LineOfSightName: Played with: after arguing about the validity of his first character design, the GM told Cory he could play him if he first came up with a name and character background. Then Coby gets his first look at Roronoa Zoro...
* MaliciousMisnaming: Jayden constantly calls Gordon/GM Jordon
* MasterApprenticeChain: The GM taught Cory and Luke how to munchkin, and is thus perfectly capable of building enemies strong enough to fight their monstrous builds. DM, on the other hand, apparently taught the GM how to munchkin, and ''everyone'' describes her characters as "abominations."
* MoodWhiplash: Deliberately PlayedForLaughs with [[spoiler:Medaka's HeroicSacrifice]]. Several rapid-fire jokes occur right beforehand, the GM apologizes, ''Luffy'' apologizes [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the player]]... and then [[spoiler:Rika starts cheerfully working on generating her next character while telling Luke to make sure her new one gets all her old character's stuff]].
* TheMunchkin: Cory (Zoro) and Luke (Luffy), and really the rest of the cast to varying degrees except for [[TheNoob Phil]] and [[TheRolePlayer Natalie]]. In the former's case, it got his initial character attempt briefly banned from the game. Given that the GM designed parts of the game with this in mind, this makes [[TheRolePlayer Natalie's]] life rather difficult.
** It's later revealed that Cory, GM/Gordon and Luke earned the nickname "the Munchkin Trio" during their early gaming career, with each having their own specialty (as broken down [[https://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/1234#content-start here]]); Cory is the most straightforward, building [[OneManArmy nigh-unstoppable killing machines]] through careful min-maxing, while Luke is great at creatively applying game mechanics and thinking quickly to make [[ConfusionFu crazy builds that are hard to plan around]], and Gordon is able to patiently [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analyze players and GMs and plan ahead to predict their actions and exploit their weaknesses]].
* MythologyGag: A couple of the questionable edits from the 4Kids dub get turned into wacky ideas the GM came up with.
** When Rika points out that smoking is detrimental to chefs, the GM sarcastically replaces Sanji's cigarette with a lollipop.
** Nami's nationality, as per WordOfGod, is listed as Swedish.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: When Luke learns [[spoiler:DM was planning to backstab the group from the very beginning]], he [[BerserkButton isn't pleased]] and declares his intention to fight fire with fire.
-->'''Luke''': [[spoiler:You wanna play it that way?! Fine, we'll play it that way! I was gonna just knock you out and convince you to join the crew, but... screw it. I'm just gonna kill off your character now.]]
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Natalie deliberately invokes this during the fight with Buggy so that they can have the 'grand final confrontation' the boys were itching for.
** Invoked by Luke later during the Syrup Village arc to avoid getting killed off by Kuro and Jango while he's asleep.
* {{Noob}}:
** Phil, the GM's roommate, never tried the game before. Thus, when he impulsively decides to try it out, the GM gives him the pre-designed NPC Usopp to play with, and he doesn't understand any of the terminology or what's going on. He is, however, picking up the roleplaying aspect of the game very quickly.
** PlayedForDrama when Natalie recalls how her old gaming group treated a friend of hers who tried joining. Instead of giving him any chance to learn, they abused and belittled him for not knowing how to play until [[spoiler:he decided to quit]].
* NoodleIncident:
** Whatever happened to the GM's 'Mythical Sea Creatures' supplement in the past, he's still bitter over it when they start their latest campaign.
** Apparently, Phil also did something to the GM's car that he's still holding a grudge about. The similarity is {{Lampshaded}}:
--->'''Luke:''' That means you're one of us now!
** Also, whatever happened during the [[http://www.drunkduck.com/One_Piece_Grand_Line_3_point_5/5401496/ New Year's session]] involving the GM, Cory, and an enormous amount of liquor.
** Sadly, the GM interrupts story time before Phil tells us what happened when he mixed up his Chem and Home Ec notes. We do find some details a few strips later.
--->'''Phil:''' We had to evacuate the Chem lab ASAP!\\
'''Rika:''' Hahahaha! And then?! And then?!\\
'''Phil:''' We made more jello shots for everyone.
* OffTheRails: From the moment he hears there's pirates in this setting, Luke immediately starts trying to derail the campaign, with Cory's support.
** The GM manages to derail his own campaign when he rolls a Botch for the boss of the arc, and follows this up with his NPC rolling three 20s in a roll, thus creating Sanji.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The hypnotist Jango is ''supposed'' to be the final boss of his arc, and is a legitimate threat by himself. However, Luke and Cory are far, ''far'' more worried about the fact that they also have to face [[TotalPartyKill DM]]'s character in that battle.
* PetTheDog: Happens after Phil's HumiliationConga. Luke can be very good with people, it seems.
* PhantomThief: Nami is one. Somehow though, Luffy outdoes her.
* PlayerVersusPlayer: Referenced when DM's introduction of Kurahadol to the rest of the group does not go well.
* PlotArmor: The GM puts this on Coby against his player's will, because Cory wants to kill him off so he can get a different character.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Cory just got a 100."
* PrecisionFStrike: Natalie after finding out half the loot was left behind.
* ProperlyParanoid: Cory, who's already given to checking everything for traps, is suspicious of the rice balls the little girl offers Zoro. It later turns out that after he gave in and ate what was left of them, he had to make a Fortitude check because she [[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/75/ confused the sugar with the rat poison]].
* RaisedByWolves: Luke's justification for Luffy's quirks is that he was raised by owls.
** Becomes a series-crossing BrickJoke during the Grand Line 3.5 {{Crossover}} at ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'' when Luke [[spoiler:tries to play as Owloysius]].
* {{Railroading}}:
** Discussed at the start of the Syrup Village arc: Cory tells Natalie not to even bother considering checking out any of the other islands first, as the GM will just find some way to divert them where he wants them to go.
** During the Buggy arc, we get this bit:
--->'''GM''': Let's see... when we left off with Nami, she was being chased by Buggy's pirates. Right now, you're positioned right above them, so... '''' Cory! Stop making train noises!\\
'''Luke''': Well that seems awfully convenient.
* RandomTransportation: Zoro's NoSenseOfDirection is played this way, requiring the roll of a d100 to determine whether he actually gets where he's trying to get.
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: When the GM messages him to try and get Usopp to sneak off and see Kaya without letting the Straw Hats know, Phil promptly tells them he's not supposed to let them know where he's going.
* RetCon: In-universe during the Devil's Tower Arc: After discovering that [[spoiler:Medaka didn't die]], the GM pulls this by announcing that [[spoiler:the bonus Luffy got after witnessing her death doesn't apply, meaning Ganzack lived through his vengeful attack after all]].
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: Referenced in a banner skit:
-->'''GM:''' Your turn.\\
'''Luke:''' I grapple with their ship!\\
'''GM:''' Um... I don't think--\\
'''Cory:''' Actually, he can.\\
'''Natalie:''' He traded in his ability to whistle.\\
'''GM:''' Rocks fall, everyone dies.
* TheRolePlayer: Natalie as Nami.
* RunningGag:
** Cory's constant "check for traps".
** Natalie's overuse of 'grace' and 'gracefully'.
** Skittles representing enemies by the bagful.
** The GM's insistence that Buggy is '''not''' a clown, and his gang is '''not''' circus-themed.
** The GM's horrible handwriting causing problems.
** Rika playing {{Guest Star Party Member}}s.
** Luke intentionally botching his Diplomacy rolls. With a custom d20 with nothing but ones, too.
** The players trying to blame things on raccoons.
** Cory's "super cool awesome bounty hunting killing machine."
--->'''GM:''' No! No way! Absolutely not!\\
'''Cory:''' Why? What's wrong with it?\\
'''GM:''' What's wrong with it? What's right with it?!
* ShoutOut: Has its own page [[ShoutOut/OnePieceGrandLine3Point5 here]].
* ShownTheirWork: A lot of the builds and flaws are explicitly homebrewed, from non-existent third-party sources, or taken off the fan-run (but real) Wiki, but dragontamer ''is'' familiar with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3.5, and it shows. Case in point: Here (http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/920), Cory/Zoro uses the very real Combat Brute feat exactly as intended.
* SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship: Zoro.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Commodore Pudding Pudding and the other Marines aboard Ship 77]].
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike:
** Upon realising that Usopp has a retractable grappling hook, Luke, Cory, and Phil all start singing the Batman theme song.
** When split up, both groups of players decide Jango would be perfect for a Michael Jackson impression.
** In-universe, after being told about Luffy's upbringing, Shanks informs a bandit that he's an owl. Later, Buggy refers to him as "that red-haired... owl."
* SuspiciousMissedMessages: After [[spoiler:Jayden]] does... ''something'' with Rika's phone, some of her messages to the other players are either different from what she sent (usually related to the start times of a session) or missing entirely. This hasn't been more than an inconvenience so far, nor has anyone appeared to connect it to [[spoiler:Jayden]], but it's nevertheless concerning.
* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: When designing Kaya's {{Backstory}}, Rika left open plenty of room for DM to link their characters together, including deliberately setting up that they only met three years ago so that DM'd have room for whatever else she wants to include in [[BattleButler Kurahadol's]] past. [[ForegoneConclusion This ends poorly]].
* TakingTheBullet: During the Devil's Tower arc, [[spoiler:Medaka blocks a chained and temporarily helpless Luffy from Ganzack's assault, and is {{One Hit Kill}}ed (she gets better due to a GM error)]].
* ThemeInitials: Luke plays Luffy, while Natalie plays Nami. Cory plays Zoro, but starts out with Coby.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Said word by word by DM/Kurahadol as Luke/Luffy is about to bash her with a giant boulder.
* ThroughHisStomach: The GM starts to protest Luke's newly created character Luffy... until Luke mentions he brought KFC.
* TimeCompressionMontage: Nami's tragic backstory is told in less than a [[http://grandline3point5.thecomicseries.com/comics/834 single page]] with no dialogue. It leaves Johnny and Yusaku in tears.
* TimeSkip: After the Orange Town arc, they played through three sessions of a SpyDrama before starting The Devil's Tower map.
* TotalPartyKill: Luke's past turns as a leader all led to this.
* {{Tsundere}}: The cooks pretend to hate Sanji's soup in order to expedite his recruitment. They keep eating it.
-->'''Patty:''' I'm not dwinking thish because I want to!
* UndyingLoyalty: Zoro, to Luffy, thanks to a very serious flaw he took with the full intention of loopholing his way out of... until joining Luffy's crew as a subordinate, thus putting it into full effect. While the specifics are as yet unmentioned, it's implied that letting Luffy die before him or even letting him down in any way will have ''dire'' consequences.
** After Zoro's duel with Mihawk, Cory actually decides of his own volition to ''upgrade'' this flaw to the point where he would have to obey, even if Luffy ordered him to commit suicide. He has enough trust in Luke that he believes his friend won't abuse that level of power over his character.
** The GM gives the same flaw to Don Krieg's [[TheDragon Dragon]], Gin, and uses it to demonstrate what can happen when that level of loyalty is abused.
* WhamLine: Natalie [[spoiler: possibly revealing that the GM is Gordon.]]
-->'''Natalie''': I mean it, especially [[spoiler: with what happened in our old gaming group.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Used as the FramingDevice for the "Island of Rare Animals" arc: while waiting for a video game to load, Cory's friend prompts him to start talking about the last session he played in that "pirate game".
* WithCatlikeTread: Luffy entering the marine base. What's more, he actually passes his skill checks.
-->'''Luke:''' This is gonna require stealth and subtlety. ''(launches himself up the building screaming)''
* WoundedGazelleGambit: The GM has to hasten to establish that Zeff isn't pulling one on Luffy.
-->'''GM:''' This is not a plot point! I really did forget to make him sound injured and stuff!
* YouFightLikeACow: How Luffy vs. Buggy plays out. Comes complete with a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer.
* ZergRush: A common tactic by the GM, who uses Skittles to represent each Mook. Battles are measured by bagfulls.
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All together now... "'''''NEW MAP!'''''"
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