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* TykeBomb: [[spoiler: he was built to assassinate Ireena]]

[[folder: Murderbot/[[spoiler:Simon]]]]
* [[spoiler: BecomeARealBoy]]: Exactly what happens to him in episode 121.
* CannotTellAJoke: Justified, as he seems to have the mentality and sense of humor of a five-year-old.
* CreepyChild: Diath and Strix find him quite unsettling. [[spoiler: Eventually his mouth is upgraded so he can talk. This replacement is described as looking like something from a Creator/RankinBass stop-motion animation]] at which point even Paultin finds him unnerving. Even after [[spoiler: he's turned into a real human boy via a ''True Polymorph'' spell, he still shows signs of being far more intelligent and calculating than he lets on.]]
* EvilOrphan: Blatantly obvious to everyone but [[spoiler: Paultin and Evelyn.]]
* MonsterClown: Is a pint-sized golem made up and dressed as a clown. [[spoiler: Kills a child in its first episode.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: This is the ''third'' joke he tells:
--> '''Q:''' How do you make a clown sad?
--> '''A:''' [[spoiler:Kill his family.]]
* NotAllowedToGrowOld
* NotAllowedToGrowUp
* PinocchioSyndrome: It was revealed eventually that [[spoiler: Simon wanted to become a real boy. He eventually got that wish.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Small but quite deadly.
* RaisedByHumans: [[spoiler: Adopted by Paultin and Evelyn, much to the rest of the party's dismay.]]
* TheSpeechless: [[spoiler: Until The Raven Queen gave him the power of speech as a "consolation prize" to Paultin for his loss of Dread Lord status when the Ring of Winter was stolen. Averted fully when he is permanently transformed into a real human boy.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: I mean, when you [[spoiler: kill a child in your first episode]] you kind of get stuck with this label.
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[[header: Guest Characters]]

[[folder: Falkon (Chris Trott)]]
* NakedOnArrival / NakedPeopleAreFunny: When he turns into a raven his clothes all fall off of him into a heap on the floor instead of being absorbed into him. Since his animal form is so handy for travel and reconnaissance, he always appears naked as a human and most of his time human is spent looking for something to wear. Much hay is made of this by the GM, the other players and Chris himself.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: He's a were-raven.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Turns out he's Escher's ex, which leads to discomfort when Paultin calls upon both of them for help]].

[[folder: Ezmerelda D'Avenir (Mark Hulmes)]]
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: After being turned by Strahd she's compelled to obey him but resists whenever she can.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After the Strahd is trapped inside Mr. Shambleface, she asks Paultin to end her vampiric unlife.]]
* HunterOfMonsters: [[spoiler: Until turned into a vampire by Strahd.]]

[[folder: Dee (Erika Ishii)]]
* ActionGirl: A wall of meat with a pointy stick.
* AmbiguouslyLesbian: Never specifically identified as such, but has many ButchLesbian characteristics and a '''lot''' of LesYay with Evelyn
* BoisterousBruiser: Dee is large, loud, perpetually cheerful and always up for a fight.
* BladeOnAStick: Her main weapon is a spear.
* ExitPursuedByABear: We never really learn what Paultin's shadow did to her if anything. Nate's ambiguous responses to questions about it seem to imply Perkins never told the players, either.
* MightyGlacier: Described by Erika more than once as "a wall of meat"
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Evelyn. ''They snuggle.''
* UndyingLoyalty: To Van Richten.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: She's gone completely unseen since episode 25. According to the pre-episode-100 AMA, Erika's had a regular conflict since then that's prevented her return to the show, but it hasn't been ruled out.

[[folder: Emil Toranescu (Aram Vartian)]]
* BattleCouple: Happily married to a werewolf at least as badass as he is.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: He and his wife seem to be the only good werewolves in Barovia
* ScaryBlackMan: Of the quietly ominous variety. Only increased when it's revealed that he's a werewolf.
* TheStoic: Shows very little emotion in his encounters with Paultin.

[[folder: Arabelle (Liisa Lee)]]
* FortuneTeller: tries to be. Unfortunately, Liisa gets some bad rolls when Arabelle consults her cards.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Diath kills her so her blood can be used in a ritual to destroy Strahd.]]

[[folder: The Mad Mage (Sam Witwer)]]
* CoolOldGuy
* LargeHam: Sounds and acts like Creator/TommyLeeJones on crack.
* MediumAwareness: Clearly knows that he's in a role-playing game.
* MythologyGag: He's revealed to be [[TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} Mordenkainen]], one of the oldest characters to be associated with Dungeons and Dragons
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Makes no bones about what he sees as the flaws of the crew as adventurers.

[[folder: Lafaria (Satine Phoenix)]]
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: gives Strix the power to use Polymorph three times [[spoiler: as she dies at the hands of hill giants.]]
* NatureSpirit: the dryad of a tree the Waffle Crew seek shelter under during a blizzard
* PlantPerson: Is a dryad
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Sounds vaguely Eastern European but with a lot of burbling as if she was underwater and heavily rolled Rs, like a cat

[[folder: Harshnag the Grim (Joe Hills)]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Falls to his death while tackling an earth elemental off a cliff.]]
* NobleBirdOfPrey: Owns a giant hawk.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Is a Frost Giant.

[[folder: Kozin Xorlarrin (Sam Sykes)]]
* TheBusCameBack: Resurfaces in episode 107 attempting to play everyone against everyone else.
* CharacterTic: Winks a lot
* CombatPragmatist: A Drow that will do anything to not get offed like almost every other temporary party member they have had, and will employ any tactic to do that. [[spoiler: Succeeds when he runs away from Ironslag.]]
* OurElvesAreBetter: Is a Drow, which is basically a Dark Elf.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During the Xanathar arc, he decides to cut his losses when The Crew's fight seems to be going badly, he's badly injured himself, and he hasn't even seen his mark yet.
* TokenEvilTeammate: He may work with the crew but it's purely for his own agenda.

[[folder: Lilith (Allie Gonino)]]
* TheCameo: Is a character in another WebVideo TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons game, ''Girls, Guts, Glory''.

[[folder: Xandala (Dani Hartel)]]
* DragonAncestry: Distantly. A Sorcerer whose power comes from a distant Gold Dragon ancestor. It really only physically manifests as a smattering of golden scales.
* OvertOperative: pretty quickly decides to trust the Waffle Crew with her secret mission for the Harpers.
* SkyPirate: Perhaps not a pirate, but she does captain an airship.
* EvilTwin: Xandala has a twin sister named Wandala. She looks just like her, and the Waffle Crew meet her in Waterdeep. [[spoiler: However, it's actually ''Xandala'' who is the evil twin between the two.]]

[[folder: Chumba (Geoff Robinson)]]
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Killed by his brother, Wumba, in order to break their fall.]]

[[folder: Wumba (Ross O'Donovan)]]
* NeverMyFault: After he [[spoiler: kills Chumba]], he proceeds to plan revenge against the Waffle Crew for it.
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler: Kills his brother to break his fall to escape a crumbling dungeon, then blames the Waffle Crew.]]
* {{Troll}}: [[WordOfGod As stated by Ross]], he's was made as a character people would want to see die. To that effect he goes out of his way to piss people off, such as insulting Evelyn's god, annoying Strix to no end, and constantly attempting to punch Diath in the dick. He is especially this to Evelyn since their deities are polar opposites.
* WeakButSkilled: He's only 3rd level [[spoiler: in their final encounter but sets up a surprisingly effective trap for them]]

[[folder: Kerrek (Patrick Rothfuss)]]
* AccidentalMisnaming: Gets his name confused for 'carrot' - he runs with it.
* CallBack: When he first encounters the [[spoiler: Mercy Killer and it's crew trying to capture Strix, he simply states [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "One chance, boys, let her go."]]. Just before taking the Mercy Killer out for good, he says [[PreMortemOneLiner "I told you, boy..."]] *splat*]]
** When Diath [[spoiler: asks his name as the end of the session]] he gives the misheard version.
* OlderAndWiser: While he may not be older than Strix given that she's a [[OlderThanTheyLook tiefling]], he physically appears older than the rest of the Waffle Crew and acts as such, calmly using diplomacy and wisdom to [[spoiler: convince Strix not to turn herself in to the Mercy Killers after he and they all went through a lot to protect her from them.]]
* TheCameo: Originated by Rothfuss in WebVideo/CriticalRole
* UnfazedEveryman: Kerrek has seen some shit, and it shows. Throughout his entire appearance, he reacts to every unexpected event with weary acceptance and a steady hand.

[[folder:Xopa (Mark Hulmes)]]
* RaceNameBasis: Paultin refers to him as "Turtle" after repeatedly failing to pronounce "Xopa".
* TurtlePower: Or Tortle, as they're known in-universe.

[[folder: Bag of Nails (Matthew Lillard)]]
* CatFolk: Or a Tabaxi, in D&D-speak.
* DeathSeeker: Is actively seeking a warrior's death and will throw himself into any situation that looks dangerous enough
* LargeHam: Matthew doesn't appear to have a setting lower than [[UpToEleven eleven]] while playing this guy.
* NotQuiteDead: Averts the usual guest star curse by ending his last session with a ''single hit point''.
* ScreamingWarrior: Lets out war cries all throughout his fights.

[[folder: Miranda (Rachel Seeley)]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]: During episode 84 [[spoiler: she takes advantage of a stop time spell cast by Strix's artifact to steal the Ring of Winter, then makes a deal with Paultin's Shadar Kai allies to get away from the fight by accepting their offer to [[FacialHorror cut her face off]]. (turns out they were joking) Arguably a case of [[BrainWashed brainwashing]] due to the ring's malevolent nature.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted in episode 126 where it is revealed Miranda has spent months researching how to destroy the ring.]]
* SoleSurvivor: Introduced as having recently lost all but a handful of her [[WoodlandCreatures vegepygmies]], who were basically her family.

[[folder: Omin Dran (Jerry Holkins)]]
Co-Founder and CEO of the Waterdeep-based Adventuring Guild WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated. He has secured the services of Strix on a few occasions by use of a cheaply-acquired infernal contract with the Skizziks written long before Strix was born. Appears in person in [=DCA =] in the finale for Season 3 to repay Strix for her services.

''For tropes associated with Omin Dran, see the [[Characters/AcquisitionsIncorporated character sheet for Acquisitions Incorporated]].''

[[folder: Magnus Burnsides (Travis McElroy)]]
Magnus is from [[Podcast/TheAdventureZone The balance campaign of The Adventure Zone.]]

''For the tropes generally associated with him, go to [[Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalance The Adventure Zone Balance Arc page.]]''

The following tropes relate to Magnus in relationship to the characters of DCA:
* BadassBystander: Was minding his own business at Chair Con when assassins from the Xanathar guild attacked the party.
* CrutchCharacter: Acts as this for the party's first foray against the Xanathar Guild. This ends up actually causing problems for the group, as Chris Perkins upped the difficulty of enemies in order to challenge Magnus.
* CurbStompBattle: Magnus is much higher level than the Waffle Crew. So being a fighter with three regular attacks and an action surge (allowing him to attack six times once per long rest) using a ridiculous weapon with massive bonuses lets him tear through enemies like a hot knife through butter.
* OlderAndWiser: At Diath's lowest point of stress and grief, Magnus gives him a story of some of his own failures, notably an entire town that was burned to the ground because of his own faults. He gives Diath advice to not try and "make up for it" because he would never be able to, and never let these things hold him down, because he has friends that care too much about him. Diath proceeds to break into tears as Magnus (and Strix in rat hoard form) give him a comfort hug.
* ParentalSubstitute: He's a better father figure to Diath than Ashton ever was. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Jared/Diath in their battle against the mindflayer and its cronies:
--> ''Diath misses a dagger throw''
--> '''Magnus:''' You tried, and I'm proud of you!
--> '''Diath:''' Thank you, [[VerbalBackspace fath-... Magnus!]]
--> '''Strix:''' We all heard that.

[[folder: The "C" Team]]
The "C" Team is a Red Larch faction of WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated that the Waffle Crew meet up with when Omin attempts to invite Evelyn to the Dran & Courtier. Rosie and K'thriss visit Strix and Diath in Waterdeep, while Evelyn and Paultin go to Red Larch and meet up with Donaar and Walnut. This leads to the events of the crossover episodes of ''Waffles Inc.''

''For tropes associated on these characters, see the "C" Team section of [[Characters/AcquisitionsIncorporated the Acq. Inc. character section.]]''

[[folder: Sister Narae (Brooks Donahue)]]

[[folder: Binwin Bronzebottom (Scott Kurtz)]]
Binwin Bronzebottom is a former member Acquisitions Inc, who has split to start his own brand. [[spoiler: [[DoNotTauntCthulhu He was felled by the Xanathar]] after attacking its main eye.]]

His tropes can be found in [[Characters/AcquisitionsIncorporated the Acq. Inc. character section.]]

[[folder: Gwyneth (Erika Fermina)]]
* AnIcePerson: More specifically an ice construct.
* [[spoiler: LesYay]]: Miranda created Gwyneth with the Ring of Winter to keep her company and added her own magic to give Gwyneth sentience. [[spoiler: The two fall in love and Miranda is torn because destroying the ring will destroy Gwyneth.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: Created by Miranda with ice wings.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Gwyneth is able to create an ice rapier.

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[[folder: Strahd von Zarovich]]
* AGodAmI: In Barovia, at least.
* BigBad: During the "Curse of Strahd" arc.
* ClassicalMovieVampire
* CurbStompBattle: After Mister Shambleface the Puppet (in which he had been imprisoned) is lost and he frees himself, he arranges to confront the Waffle Crew to exact his revenge before returning to Barovia [[spoiler: only to be handily defeated by the Crew and permanently destroyed instead! After all, they were ''much'' higher level than they were when they confronted Strahd at the end of Season 1.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: How he became a vampire although the deal wasn't with the Devil but, in his words, Death itself.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: When the crew sneak up on him in his parents tomb the find him weeping over his mother's crypt.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Dracula.
* FisherKing: Barovia's being a CrapsackWorld is directly tied to his running it.
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler: Sergei and Tatyana function as this when the Waffle Crew, traveling back in time, fail to prevent Strahd from becoming a Darklord, but ''do'' prevent him from killing Sergei and Tatyana.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Why he killed his brother and made a DealWithTheDevil.
* LuxuriousLiquor: Technically he's drinking blood, but there this is the only reason Strahd has a wine glass.

[[folder: Izek Strazni]]
* ArmAndALeg: Is missing his demon arm when he reappears in Season 3
* TheAtoner: When he reappears in Season 3, he states that he regrets his behavior during Curse of Strahd, and apologizes to the Waffle Crew for it. Well, all except Diath, anyway.
* TheDragon: To the Burgomeister of Vallaki.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to genuinely care about Strix, his sister.
* HazyFeelTurn: He might have become '''less''' evil after losing his arm and come over to the Waffle Crew
s side (except for Diath)but he never really becomes good and certainly not nice.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Once the situation with the Ring of Winter is dealt with in Season 3, he demands that Strix have nothing more to do with Diath, citing his belief that Diath is from the Skizzix's long-lost nemesis family.
* RedRightHand: Naturally, being a Tiefling. He has bright red skin and an oversized demon-arm.

[[folder: Rahadin/[[spoiler:Kasimir]]]]
* TheDragon: To Strahd
* BattleButler: Well, Chamberlin. Close enough.
* {{Curse}}: Modern-era Rahadin is cursed to be surrounded forever by the tormented screams of the innocents he's slaughtered.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Kasimir was the leader of the elves that Rahadin was called upon by Strahd to wipe out.
* InSeriesNickname: [[spoiler: Ass-smear]].

[[folder: Escher]]
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Yes, he's a vampire and a minion of Strahd but he doesn't actually do anything bad.
* StraightGay: More obvious than Falkon but still qualifies.
* StalkerWithACrush: On Paultin.

[[folder: Dr. Rudolph Van Richten]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: The Van Richten of the TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} worked very hard to avoid becoming one of the monsters he hunted, and even forgave the last member of the Vistani clan who killed his family. While this Van Richten is based more on the ''TabletopGame/CurseOfStrahd'' version of him, who, granted, was more aggressive, he never did anything that would warrant the term "Atrocity".
* {{Expy}}: Of Van Helsing.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: His obsession with destroying Strahd has caused him to commit more than one atrocity of his own.
* FamedInStory: The most famous HunterOfMonsters in Barovia.
* FunctionalMagic: He has significant knowledge and power as a spellcaster.
%%%* KnightTemplar

[[folder: Murderbot/[[spoiler:Simon]]]]
* [[spoiler: BecomeARealBoy]]: Exactly what happens to him in episode 121.
* CannotTellAJoke: Justified, as he seems to have the mentality and sense of humor of a five-year-old.
* CreepyChild: Diath and Strix find him quite unsettling. [[spoiler: Eventually his mouth is upgraded so he can talk. This replacement is described as looking like something from a Creator/RankinBass stop-motion animation]] at which point even Paultin finds him unnerving. Even after [[spoiler: he's turned into a real human boy via a ''True Polymorph'' spell, he still shows signs of being far more intelligent and calculating than he lets on.]]
* EvilOrphan: Blatantly obvious to everyone but [[spoiler: Paultin and Evelyn.]]
* MonsterClown: Is a pint-sized golem made up and dressed as a clown. [[spoiler: Kills a child in its first episode.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: This is the ''third'' joke he tells:
--> '''Q:''' How do you make a clown sad?
--> '''A:''' [[spoiler:Kill his family.]]
* NotAllowedToGrowOld
* NotAllowedToGrowUp
* PinocchioSyndrome: It was revealed eventually that [[spoiler: Simon wanted to become a real boy. He eventually got that wish.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Small but quite deadly.
* RaisedByHumans: [[spoiler: Adopted by Paultin and Evelyn, much to the rest of the party's dismay.]]
* TheSpeechless: [[spoiler: Until The Raven Queen gave him the power of speech as a "consolation prize" to Paultin for his loss of Dread Lord status when the Ring of Winter was stolen. Averted fully when he is permanently transformed into a real human boy.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: I mean, when you [[spoiler: kill a child in your first episode]] you kind of get stuck with this label.

[[folder: "Waffles" the Owlbear]]
* TeamPet
* ActionPet: Once she grows up at least.
* BadassUnintentional: Along with Juniper and Stinky in episode 44 when, still a cub, [[spoiler: they accidentally destroy the Colossus the Fire Giants have been building and kill the hell hounds that have been pursuing them for much of the episode]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 44, again along with Stinky and Juniper, which focuses entirely on them.

[[folder: Zog Splintershard]]
* AnArmAndALeg: Missing both feet, wears stilts to compensate.
* TeamChef: Provides the crew with its first taste of waffles.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Veers between bad Swedish, bad Irish and bad Italian.

[[folder: Sir Godfrey Goodwin]]
An undead cleric of The Morning Lord that Strix met while she lived in seclusion in Barovia. He was killed in the battle of Argynvostholdt, and returned to life as a Revenant. Later, he was part of the force that invaded and secured The Amber Temple, allowing the dead members of The Waffle Crew to return to life.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's an undead, and is described as an skeletal knight with eyes that are pinpoints of red fire. And yet, he remains a noble and good ally to the Crew.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Last seen polymorphed into an albatross fleeing Xandala's airship as Klauth aproaches.

[[folder: Artus Cimber]]
A former Harper who has dedicated his life to making sure the Ring of Winter stays out of the hands of those who would abuse its power or fall to it's corruption.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Ring of Winter eventually [[ArtifactDomination takes over his mind]] and he attacks the Waffle Crew]]
* CelebrityResemblance: His official art in ''Storm King's Thunder'' resembles Nicholas Cage. The chat latches on to this immediately.
* {{Determinator}}: The Ring of Winter is a powerful [[ArtifactDomination Dominator Artifact]] that corrupts most bearers quickly. Artus has held the ring for ''years''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Artus' travels with The Waffle Crew is a tiny fraction if his quest to secure and hide the Ring of Winter, and he clearly had adventures before and after he left their presence.
* NobleFugitive: Is pursued by a number of factions who want to claim the Ring of Winter, including the Zhentarum, the Harpers, and [[spoiler: Xandala]] who all want to use it for their own purposes.

[[folder: Klauth]]
A red dragon who chases after The Crew in pursuit of the Ring of Winter.

[[folder: Karas the Invincible]]
* NamesToRunAwayFrom: ''Karas the Invincible.'' It doesn't help that he's a ''Mercykiller.''
* NonIndicativeName: He works for an organization called The Mercykillers. One might be tempted to hear that and think of the conventional meaning: "To kill out of a sense of mercy, to end pain or prevent other suffering". Not so, The Mercykillers believe that mercy is a worthless value that allows criminals to flourish. They want to ''kill mercy''.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Chris uses a voice modulator at points for Karas' words to emphasize them, which has a powerful reverberation effect.
* PrecisionFStrike: Drops one when [[spoiler: Kerrek lands the blow that puts him down for good]].
-->'''Karas the Invincible''': [[spoiler: Who the fuck ''are'' you!?]]

[[folder: Dragonbait]]
* TheSpeechless: Doesn't talk at all, instead communicates through smells.

[[folder: Ring of Winter]]
A powerful magic ring with a personality and agenda all of its own.
* ArtifactDomination: Gives the wearer great power, but takes over their will
* AnIcePerson: As the name might suggest, this is the flavour of power the ring grants
* ManipulativeBastard: To the point of tailoring what it says to different wearers; the ring's interactions with [[spoiler: Paultin]] are simple and casual, whereas the interactions with [[spoiler: Miranda]] in episode 84 are far more elegant by comparison.

[[folder: Umbril]]
A half-orc cleric of Torm that briefly traveled through Chult with the crew with her steward, Chumba

[[folder: Shemeshka the Marauder]]
An Arcanaloth that Diath sometimes finds himself forced by circumstance to deal with. He can trade one of a number of magical keys in his possession to her for answers to questions. She appears as a fox-like woman in elaborate evening gowns and spectacles, her outfit always including a wreath or wrap made of a particularly vicious planar thorned plant called a Razorvine.
* AffablyEvil; She's always quite friendly and charming towards Diath.
* DealWithTheDevil: She has not directly made a play for anyone's soul, but Diath sees any dealing with her as this.
* DiabolusExMachina: As might be expected. She has a store of valuable information to share, and has even been called upon to provide services other than providing information. She often makes things ''easier'', but rarely makes them ''better''.
* FoxFolk: The preferred form is an elegant fox-woman.
* MistakenForRomance: Evelyn and Paultin immediately decide that there's something romantic between her and Diath. Diath is horrified by this.

[[folder: The Awful Crew]]
Evil clones of Diath, Paultin and Strix that were made by a coven of hags. They are later joined by an evil counterpart of Evelyn who worships Shar.
* EvilIsPetty: Paultin 100%
* EvilIsSexy: Diath and Paultin are explicitly stated as dressing more provocatively than their good counterparts, and Evil Diath is stated as being more attractive since he didn't suffer the Death Curse and thus have all his old wounds raised as scars, albeit around 10 years older. Averted by Evil Strix, who somehow cares ''even less'' about her appearance and hygiene than Good Strix.
* EvilTwin: Of Diath, Paultin and Strix. They are less heroic adventurers and more (poorly hidden) serial killers.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Where as Good!Evelyn pronounces her name "EVIL-ihn", Evelyn of Shar pronounces her name "EH-vel-ehn".
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Were sent to Port Nyanzaru by the hags specifically to kill people for the hags to eat, and towards this end were given a magic sack that could only send the corpses of evil people to them.
* RedemptionPromotion: Inverted, The Waffle Kids find a portal to an alternate reality which is ruled by a triumverate that includes Evelyn of Shar.
* SexierAlterEgo: Evil Diath.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Umpox, the imp that the hags sent with the Awful Crew as a handler. He can appear as a rat, spider or raven, depending on which of the Crew he is dealing with.

[[folder: Commodore Warrington Munt]]
A military-minded Giff, a race described as having hippo-like features. Rescued from a shipwreck during the Crew's journey from Port Nyanzaru to Waterdeep
* AccidentalMisnaming: Does this to both Paultin (Pippin) and Diath (Ding-Dong). Diath is not a fan.
** Made even funnier later on when the Crew have to hide their identities and Evelyn comes up with fake names for everyone. [[InsultOfEndearment Guess what name Diath gets introduced with?]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Chris plays him pretty straight, meaning that much of the Crew's banter goes straight over his head
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Goes through ceremorphesis[[note]]The process through which Illithids (mindflayers) reproduce, involving infecting the victim with a slug-like creature that spends weeks or months transforming the victim into a new mindflayer.[[/note]] and turns into a huge mindflayer. The Waffle Crew is forced to battle and ultimately kill him in his new form. It turns out he was infected before the Crew ever met him.]]
* GenreRefugee: Warrington really stands out as being a character from some kind of sci-fi. He's an alien who fell from a spaceship into a world that doesn't even have cars.
* GunNut: Is this, in a rather blatant manner. He gets separated from the crew while trying to procure one in Waterdeep
* NoIndoorVoice: Is half-deaf, which may explain why his voice is always so booming
* TheBusCameBack: Warrington sticks with the Waffle Crew much longer than most [=NPCs=], but he splits from the group on episode 97 to look for ammunition, seemingly as a way to be PutOnABus. By surprise, [[TheBusCameBack Diath finds him again 12 episodes later]], dueling a minotaur in fisticuffs - and ''winning''. He rejoins the group and stays in the Waffle Crew's basement.

[[folder: Noska]]
* ArmCannon: A crossbow variation. The problems that would arise from this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Magnus.
--> '''Magnus:''' How do you shower?
--> '''Noska:''' I don't!
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Starts off with Xanathar's ready to attack the crew until Evelyn gives him loving words, making him question his life choices. He aligned with the Waffle Crew for a while, thinking he was part of it, until he showed up at their house uninvited, causing a heated arguement with Paultin. This led to him being kicked out of the house. In his anger, he kidnapped Waffles when the crew was out of the house. But he still had some good left in him, as he gave the kids trying to save the owlbear an opportunity to escape with her.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffscreen: The Xanathar decided to tear Noska's head off his body after his betrayal. His corpse was sent to the Waffle Crew to send a message.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: This dwarf clearly has a crush on Evelyn. He followed the Waffle Crew back to their house and lived in their basement without them noticing. Of course, Paultin promptly kicked him out once he was discovered.

[[folder: The Xanathar]]
* AxCrazy: In both DCA and the books he stars in, the Xanathar seems to throw out disintegration rays on anything that could possibly kill him, sometimes even his own shadow.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: His arrogance, paranoia and evil are generally PlayedForLaughs, but he is a very powerful monster at the center of an extensive criminal organization, and certainly the most pressing danger the Waffle Crew had met at the time.
* BigBad: The main threat to the Waffle Crew during their time in Waterdeep.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: [[spoiler: After Binwin attacks him with a javelin, the Xanathar [[CurbStompBattle immediately petrifies and disintegrates him]]]]
** Happens again [[spoiler:to Evelyn, minus the disintegration.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "Xanathar" is a title belonging to the Beholder who runs the Xanathar Guild. If he has any other name, it is never revealed.
* FourthWallObserver: Like Paultin, the Xanathar breaks the fourth wall regularly. Examples include knowing one of Nate's songs, boasting about his challenge rating, and knowing what's on Chris's notes.
* HumanResources: It's implied his seemingly never ending supply of Beholder corpses come from ''previous Xanathars''
* MoralityPet: Sylgar, his goldfish and the only thing in the universe Xanathar seems to care about. The Waffle Crew get wrapped up in a plot to kidnap the fish in order to use it as leverage.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Originally had no idea who Diath was, despite having in depth knowledge of the rest of the Waffle Crew. Slightly averted since he seemingly "gets his sheet" later on though, as he seems to know that killing Strix would give Diath misery. [[spoiler: Ironically, Diath ends up being the one to take him down.]]
* {{Oculothorax}}: As a beholder, Xanathar is a creature that falls into this category.
* {{Yandere}}: While the Xanathar may not love anything more than himself, he has taken a very notable liking to Evelyn. He plans to kill everyone and everything she loves so she would love nothing but the Xanathar himself. Paultin seems to be the top of his to-kill list.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Evelyn is starstruck by the saint she meets while [[spoiler: dead.]] Also any time Lathander acknowledges her in any way.

* NumberOneDime: Diath's amethyst necklace. It was the first treasure he found.

* NumberOneDime: Diath's amethyst weapon. It was the first treasure he found.

* #1Dime: Diath's amethyst weapon. It was the first treasure he found.

* FisherKing: Barovia's being a CrapsackWorld is directly tied to his running it.

** Possibly a result of Jared's experience DMing.