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Found [[http://avengersrollinitiative.thecomicseries.com/ here]] Unfortunately "on ice" as of January 2016.

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Found [[http://avengersrollinitiative.thecomicseries.com/ here]] Unfortunately "on ice" as of January 2016.
2016. But never fear: Another has taken up the challenge with 2020’s ''Webcomic/AvengersAdventure''.
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* SadlyMythtaken: To the [=GM's=] dismay, Thor's player and the other members of their group know nothing about Myth/NorseMythology. The GM takes advantage of this to insert himself into the party...as [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Loki]].

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* SadlyMythtaken: To the [=GM's=] dismay, Thor's player and the other members of their group know nothing about Myth/NorseMythology. The GM takes advantage of this to insert himself into the party... as [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Loki]].
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Found [[http://avengersrollinitiative.thecomicseries.com/ here]]

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Found [[http://avengersrollinitiative.thecomicseries.com/ here]]
here]] Unfortunately "on ice" as of January 2016.
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'''GM:''' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean You need to find yourself a girl, mate.]]

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'''GM:''' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl You need to find yourself a girl, mate.]]



* TemptingFate / WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: When "Bruce" fails his Will Save, the In-Game version of Hulk's UnstoppableRage, the GM asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"

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* TemptingFate / WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: When "Bruce" fails his Will Save, the In-Game version of Hulk's UnstoppableRage, the GM asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"
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* SadlyMythtaken: To the [=GM's=] dismay, Thor's player and the other members of their group know nothing about NorseMythology. The GM takes advantage of this to insert himself into the party...as [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Loki]].
-->'''Hogun:''' That's like, [[ClassicalMythology Zeus and stuff]] right?

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* SadlyMythtaken: To the [=GM's=] dismay, Thor's player and the other members of their group know nothing about NorseMythology.Myth/NorseMythology. The GM takes advantage of this to insert himself into the party...as [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Loki]].
-->'''Hogun:''' That's like, [[ClassicalMythology [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus and stuff]] right?
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-->'''Volstagg:''' Is ''[[EgyptianMythology Horus]]'' Norse mythology?

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-->'''Volstagg:''' Is ''[[EgyptianMythology ''[[Myth/EgyptianMythology Horus]]'' Norse mythology?

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* AccidentalMisnaming
** Players keep screwing up the names of Aasgardian places/people.
-->'''Sam:''' But you have to convince Heimdallr, the bridge's guardian, to send you.
-->'''Blake:''' Whatever. Let's go find this Heimlich guy and make him send us to the Frost Giant's World.

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* AccidentalMisnaming
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AccidentalMisnaming: Players keep screwing up the names of Aasgardian Asgardian places/people.
-->'''Sam:''' But you have to convince Heimdallr, the bridge's guardian, to send you.
-->'''Blake:'''
you.\\
'''Blake:'''
Whatever. Let's go find this Heimlich guy and make him send us to the Frost Giant's World.



* DiabolusExMachina: The GM ''really'' wants to see Hulk in combat. For bonus points, the trope is [[DiscussedTrope name dropped]], along with its counterpart, {{DeusExMachina}}.

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* DiabolusExMachina: The GM ''really'' wants to see Hulk in combat. For bonus points, the trope is [[DiscussedTrope name dropped]], along with its counterpart, {{DeusExMachina}}.DeusExMachina.



* MinMaxing
** Blake, who plays Thor.

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* MinMaxing
MinMaxing: All of them.
** Blake, who plays Thor.There's Bruce Banner, a dual classed Chemist[=/=]Barbarian whose incredibly high mental scores are swapped with physical scores when he transforms into his "Other", all in exchange for a single paltry flaw.
** Thor, a Cleric kitted out for combat (at the cost of non-existent Charisma scores) capable of taking out hundreds of Frost Giants without effort and casting high level spells right out the gate.
** Tony is a Technomancer, a hybrid class he explicitly describes as "quite possibly the most broken class in the game."



-->'''Blake:''' I spent three weeks making the PERFECT build!
-->'''GM:''' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean You need to find yourself a girl, mate.]]

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-->'''Blake:''' I spent three weeks making the PERFECT build!
-->'''GM:'''
build!\\
'''GM:'''
[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean You need to find yourself a girl, mate.]]



* {{TemptingFate}}/{{WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong}}: When "Bruce" fails his Will Save, the In-Game version of Hulk's UnstoppableRage, the GM asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"

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* {{TemptingFate}}/{{WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong}}: TemptingFate / WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: When "Bruce" fails his Will Save, the In-Game version of Hulk's UnstoppableRage, the GM asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"
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Found [[http://avengersrollinitiative.thecomicseries.com/ here]]
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** One to Frankenstein: "What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?"
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* {{TemptingFate}}/{{WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong}}: When "Bruce" fails his Will Save, the In-Game version of Hulk's UnstoppableRage, the GM asks, "What's the worst that could happen?"
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* DiabolusExMachina: The GM ''really'' wants to see Hulk in combat. For bonus points, the trope is [[DiscussedTrope name dropped]], along with its counterpart, {{DeusExMachina}}.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: The GM attempts a Brazilian accent. "Bruce" comments that it sounds "like a guy from New Jersey with a sinus infection."
-->'''GM:''' Yeah. Isn't that how Brazilians sound?
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Upon learning that there are over a thousand frost giants ready to attack the party:
--> '''Sif:''' Welp, even with an OP Cleric, I think we're pretty much screwed... Looks like it's time to roll a new character!
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*ShoutOut: Blake gets questioned on how Thor (a Cleric) is doing so well in a combat role.
-->'''Blake:''' I spent three weeks making the PERFECT build!
-->'''GM:''' [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean You need to find yourself a girl, mate.]]
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*MythologyGag: Thor's player is named Blake. Thor used to have an alter-ego ([[{{Retcon}} it's complicated]]) named Donald Blake.
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* EpicFail: While trying to smooth things over with Odin for provoking a war with the Frost Giants, Blake somehow manages to roll ''[[BeyondTheImpossible a negative 1]]'' on his Diplomacy check.

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*BeyondTheImpossible: Blake somehow rolls a negative one with dice that only include positive numbers.
* EpicFail: While trying to smooth things over with Odin for provoking a war with the Frost Giants, Blake somehow manages to roll ''[[BeyondTheImpossible a ''a negative 1]]'' 1'' on his Diplomacy check.
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* EpicFail: While trying to smooth things over with Odin for provoking a war with the Frost Giants, Blake somehow manages to roll ''[[BeyondTheImpossible a negative 1]]'' on his Diplomacy check.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Blake's character, Thor, is a Cleric who doesn't know any useful Clerical spells. Fortunately, [[OneManArmy he doesn't need to.]]

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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Blake's character, Thor, is a Cleric who doesn't know any useful (non-combat) Clerical spells. Fortunately, [[OneManArmy he doesn't need to.]]
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->'''Hogun:''' That's like, [[ClassicalMythology Zeus and stuff]] right?
->'''Volstagg:''' Is ''[[EgyptianMythology Horus]]'' Norse mythology?

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->'''Hogun:''' -->'''Hogun:''' That's like, [[ClassicalMythology Zeus and stuff]] right?
->'''Volstagg:''' -->'''Volstagg:''' Is ''[[EgyptianMythology Horus]]'' Norse mythology?

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-->'''Blake:''' Whatever,. Let's go find this Heimlich guy and make him send us to the Frost Giant's World.

* Min-Maxing

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-->'''Blake:''' Whatever,. Whatever. Let's go find this Heimlich guy and make him send us to the Frost Giant's World.

World.
* Min-Maxing MinMaxing




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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Blake's character, Thor, is a Cleric who doesn't know any useful Clerical spells. Fortunately, [[OneManArmy he doesn't need to.]]
* SadlyMythtaken: To the [=GM's=] dismay, Thor's player and the other members of their group know nothing about NorseMythology. The GM takes advantage of this to insert himself into the party...as [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Loki]].
->'''Hogun:''' That's like, [[ClassicalMythology Zeus and stuff]] right?
->'''Volstagg:''' Is ''[[EgyptianMythology Horus]]'' Norse mythology?
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* Min-Maxing: Blake, who plays Thor.

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* Min-Maxing: Blake, Min-Maxing
**Blake,
who plays Thor.
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* AccidentalMisnaming
** Players keep screwing up the names of Aasgardian places/people.
-->'''Sam:''' But you have to convince Heimdallr, the bridge's guardian, to send you.
-->'''Blake:''' Whatever,. Let's go find this Heimlich guy and make him send us to the Frost Giant's World.

* Min-Maxing: Blake, who plays Thor.
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ARI is the first project of Critical Laughter, two friends who share many nerdy interests. After viewing a number of other campaign comics, they felt there was a void and decided to fill it with ARI.

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ARI is the first project of Critical Laughter, two friends who share many nerdy interests. After viewing a number of other campaign comics, they felt there was a void and decided to fill it with ARI.ARI.

!!''Avengers, Roll Initiative'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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There was no info, so I put it in.

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The adventures of a group that plays an RPG similar to Dungeons and Dragons. The story being acted out takes place in the movies produced by Marvel Studios, but doesn't follow the same order as when the movies were released. The writers may often abbreviate the comic to ARI.

ARI is the first project of Critical Laughter, two friends who share many nerdy interests. After viewing a number of other campaign comics, they felt there was a void and decided to fill it with ARI.

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