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** Within the remaining members of the party, Yorick is the most strident and rude about not wanting to let Viola join the group and openly disdains styles of play that don't meet his standards (such as Thistle's "cliché" druid character). Viola's research notes concede that while his story-first philosophy does enrich the group's experience, he's still an asshole.

* StarvingArtist: Thistle is a freelance storyboard artist who has to subsist mainly on instant ramen, and agrees to let Viola join the D&D group because Viola can cook.

** DM's ex (and the party's former Fighter). He cheated on DM (and his dice rolls), then stole DM's notebook with all of her plans for the campaign and its world after their breakup and demands her Comic Con pass in exchange for giving it back. Nobody in the party has anything good to say about him once he's gone, although it's unclear to what extent they always hated him and tolerated him for DM's sake while they were still together or changed their opinion of him after the breakup.

The series centers on protagonist Viola, who joins her roommate's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' group so that she can (unbeknownst to them) observe their interactions as part of a grad school thesis project. The problem is that Viola has zero knowledge of tabletop RPG's or any prior interest in them, and she has to try to fit in with a group who've been playing together for years who are initially wary of accepting a newcomer. Viola has to take a crash course in subjects like spell slots and ability scores, weigh her new comrades' sometimes-conflicting ideas of the "right" way to play, and try to stop them from finding out that they're all unwittingly being used as research subjects. Will playing the game become more to her than a means to an end?

The series centers on protagonist Viola, who joins her roommate's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' group so that she can (unbeknownst to them) observe their interactions as part of a grad school thesis project. The problem is that Viola has zero knowledge of tabletop RPG's or any prior interest in them, and she has to try to fit in with a group who've been playing together for years who are initially wary of accepting a newcomer. Viola has to take a crash course in subjects like spell slots and ability scores, weigh her new comrades' sometimes-conflicting ideas of the "right" way to play, and try to stop them from finding out that they're all unwittingly being used as research subjects.

* Lol69: DM's ex uses "[=ActionSurge69=]" as his social media handle, befitting someone who a Fighter in D&D and is also a crude manchild.

** Yorick seems to believe committing fully to role play is the most important part of playing a TTRPG. He's finally won over to letting Viola join the group when she presents a backstory for her character he finds brilliant. He chastises her for using a certain spell in a certain situation which doesn't jive with the type of character she's supposed to be, even if it is an effective solution to the problem from a pure game mechanics perspective, but praises her for trying something during an encounter which is "in character" but has disastrous results.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The real names of the cast are never mentioned. The party members are only ever referred to be their character names, even away from the table, and DM is always just DM.

* TheMunchkin: Jean, the party's paladin, is all about "optimizing" his character. He comments that while the popular saying is a D&D character is basically a god at level 20, but he's determined to get there by level 17.

* Lol69: The DM's ex uses "[=ActionSurge69=]" as his social media handle, befitting someone who a Fighter in D&D and is also a crude manchild.

** The DM's ex (and the party's former Fighter). He cheated on the DM (and his dice rolls), then stole The DM's notebook with all of her plans for the campaign and its world after their breakup and demands her Comic Con pass in exchange for giving it back. Nobody in the party has anything good to say about him once he's gone, although it's unclear to what extent they always hated him and tolerated him for The DM's sake while they were still together or changed their opinion of him after the breakup.

* OffTheRails: Viola starts to win true acceptance from the group when she uses her Wizard powers to read the mind of the BigGood and discover that she was actually manipulating the heroes for nefarious ends. The DM later tells Viola that having this [[TheReveal reveal]] happen early has forced her to completely alter the entire story of the campaign... and thanks her for making the campaign more interesting.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The real names of the cast are never mentioned. The party members are only ever referred to be their character names, even away from the table, and The DM is always just The DM.

** In contrast, Jean is all about optimizing his character to be as effective as possible. He puts TTRPG newbie Viola through a boot camp in his philosophy after her first session at the table almost gets the whole party killed. Viola's secret notes on her research subjects comment that Jean is "playing a game to win in which there is no winning."

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* Jerkass:

* Lol69: The DM's ex uses "ActionSurge69" as his social media handle, befitting someone who a Fighter in D&D and is also a crude manchild.

* OffTheRails: Viola starts to win true acceptance from the group when she uses her Wizard powers to read the mind of the BigGood and discover that she was actually manipulating the heroes for nefarious ends. The DM later tells Viola that this has forced her to completely alter the entire story of the campaign by having this reveal take place early... and thanks her for making the campaign more interesting.

* Lol69: The DM's ex uses [[LOL69 "ActionSurge69"]] as his social media handle, befitting someone who both plays a Fighter in D&D and is also a crude manchild.

** Within the remaining members of the party, Yorick is the most strident and rude about not wanting to let Viola join the group and openly disdains styles of play that don't meet his standards (such as Thistle's "cliché." Viola's research notes concede that while his story-first philosophy does enrich the group's experience, he's still an asshole.

** The DM's ex (and the party's former Fighter). He cheated on the DM (and his dice rolls). He steals The DM's notebook with all of her plans for the campaign and its world and demands her Comic Con pass in exchange for giving it back. Nobody in the party has anything good to say about him once he's gone, although it's unclear to what extent they always hated him and tolerated him for The DM's sake while they were still together or changed their opinion of him after the breakup.

The series centers on protagonist Viola, who joins her roommate's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' group so that she can (unbeknownst to them) observe their interactions as part of a grad school thesis project. The problem is that Viola has zero knowledge of or any prior interest in tabletop RPG's, and she has to try to fit in with a group who've been playing together for years who are initially wary of accepting a newcomer. Viola has to take a crash course in subjects like spell slots and ability scores, weigh her new comrades' sometimes-conflicting ideas of the "right" way to play, and try to stop them from finding out that they're all unwittingly being used as research subjects.

TheMunchkin: Jean, the party's paladin, is all about "optimizing" his character. He comments that while the popular saying is a D&D character is basically a god at level 20, but he's determined to get there by level 17. He puts TTRPG newbie Viola through a boot camp in his philosophy after her first session at the table almost gets the whole party killed.

TheMunchkin: Jean, the party's paladin, is all about "optimizing" his character. He comments that the popular saying is by level 20, a D&D character is basically a god, but he's determined to get there by level 17. He puts TTRPG newbie Viola through a boot camp in his philosophy after her first session at the table almost gets the whole party killed.

Munchkin: Jean, the party's paladin, is all about "optimizing" his character. He comments that the popular saying is by level 20, a D&D character is basically a god, but he's determined to get there by level 17. He puts TTRPG newbie Viola through a boot camp in his philosophy after her first session at the table almost gets the whole party killed.

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