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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Referenced InUniverse as [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=23 the "J. Michael Straczynski Table]]".
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** Similarly, [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1183 Nelson's reaction]] to the [[WhamEpisode infamous "Red Wedding"]] episode of ''GameOfThrones''
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* TheSlenderManMythos: [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1173 Following a Slender binge]], [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1175 Frank ends up Slendy haunted.]] Briefly.
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** Much later on, they play a game where Shawn, Lewis, and Nelson are different would-be Santas with unique powers and paradigms competing to see who wins and determines the course of Christmas. The winner ended up being [[spoiler:Shawn, playing a Heavy Metal Krampus version of Santa]].
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* Emma (full name Empusa Resipunus), demon. [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1118 Recently introduced]], only participates in the games tangentially, and enjoys Earth food just a little too much.
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* ObviouslyEvil: Lewis crosses this with StupidEvil when the group decides to [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=100 play an evil-aligned party]]
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--> '''Nelson:''' Yeah, I love how we have to spend every 10 minutes explaining away your cleverly innocent name of "Dark Lord Evisceratrix O'Kittensquisher" to the town guard ....
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-->'''Lewis:''' Words fail to describe the myriad ways you '''suck.'''
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* {{Curse}}: Lewis's cursed die that rolled only 1 soon messed up every number in the world. They broke it by turning rolling 1 from a CriticalFailure into a CriticalHit.
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* CatchPhrase: Most of the comics begin with Frank's bemused and sarcastic "congratulations, you [insert heinous player crime here]" regarding his players' latest butchering of his game.
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* CatchPhrase: Most of the comics begin with Frank's bemused and sarcastic "congratulations, you [insert heinous player crime here]" regarding his players' latest butchering butchery of his game.game.
* {{Curse}}: Lewis's cursed die that rolled only 1 soon messed up every number in the world. They broke it by turning rolling 1 from a CriticalFailure into a CriticalHit.
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* WhatDidIDoLastNight?: The main characters went to a New Years Eve party at the "Goblin Hole" and look through their pockets to figure out what they did while under the influence of "Klingon War Nog". Frank finds a character sheet for the elf ranger from the D&D movie, Lewis finds a receipt for the Everquest sourcebooks, and Nelson (who hates anime) found Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
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* WhatDidIDoLastNight?: WhatDidIDoLastNight: The main characters went to a New Years Eve party at the "Goblin Hole" and look through their pockets to figure out what they did while under the influence of "Klingon War Nog". Frank finds a character sheet for the elf ranger from the D&D ''[[Film/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' movie, Lewis finds a receipt for the Everquest ''VideoGame/{{Everquest}}'' sourcebooks, and Nelson (who hates anime) found Yu-Gi-Oh ''Anime/YuGiOh'' cards.
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* CatchPhrase: Most of the comics begin with Frank's bemused and sarcastic "congratulations, you [insert heinous player crime here]" regarding his players' latest butchering of his game.
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* BadAssSanta / AnAssKickingChristmas: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2008-12-03 Check it out]].
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* BrainBleach: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-09-30 "Must... dump... Clorox... in... ears!"]]
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* BrainBleach: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-09-30 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=81 "Must... dump... Clorox... in... ears!"]]
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* BroadStrokes: The first strip to mention [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-03-10 a guy named Shawn who moved to Alaska]] says he's a guy at Lewis's work. Lewis barely knows him and the others have never met him. Two months later he's [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-05-13 a former member of the group]].
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* BroadStrokes: The first strip to mention [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-03-10 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=52 a guy named Shawn who moved to Alaska]] says he's a guy at Lewis's work. Lewis barely knows him and the others have never met him. Two months later he's [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-05-13 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=61 a former member of the group]].
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* DeliciousFruitPies: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-08-24 Discussed when]] talking about how ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' would subscribe to the 1960's style of comics.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-06-28 Nelson and Lewis' reaction]] on having heard that KarenGillan was spotted wandering [[FetishFuel naked in her hotel in NYC]], and they weren't there to see it.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-06-28 Nelson and Lewis' reaction]] on having heard that KarenGillan was spotted wandering [[FetishFuel naked in her hotel in NYC]], and they weren't there to see it.
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* DeliciousFruitPies: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-08-24 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=419 Discussed when]] talking about how ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' would subscribe to the 1960's style of comics.
* DespairEventHorizon:[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-06-28 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=507 Nelson and Lewis' reaction]] on having heard that KarenGillan was spotted wandering [[FetishFuel naked in her hotel in NYC]], and they weren't there to see it.
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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2009-12-02 Meet the "verbal meme trigger"]].
* DreamSequence: Technically flu- and fever-induced hallucinations, but [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-01-13 close enough]].
* DreamSequence: Technically flu- and fever-induced hallucinations, but [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-01-13 close enough]].
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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2009-12-02 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=374 Meet the "verbal meme trigger"]].
* DreamSequence: Technically flu- and fever-induced hallucinations, but[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-01-13 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=380 close enough]].
* DreamSequence: Technically flu- and fever-induced hallucinations, but
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''D20Modern'' + ''[[ZombieApocalypse All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]'' + ''{{Harpoon}}'' = ''[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-12-16 ''[[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=451 Somali Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
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* SelfDeprecation: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2006-06-08 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=176 Right]] [[{{Nodwick}} here.]] [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2005-10-05 [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=140 And here]].
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* SelfDeprecation: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2006-06-08 Right]] [[{{Nodwick}} here.]]]] [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2005-10-05 And here]].
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''[[http://ffn.nodwick.com/ Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' is a weekly webcomic by Aaron Williams (also the creator of ''{{Nodwick}}'' and ''{{PS238}}''). It focuses on the roleplaying sessions of four tabletop gaming friends, all of them typical nerds in bad need of a life. The characters are:
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''[[http://ffn.nodwick.com/ Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' is a weekly webcomic by Aaron Williams (also the creator of ''{{Nodwick}}'' and ''{{PS238}}'').''PS238''). It focuses on the roleplaying sessions of four tabletop gaming friends, all of them typical nerds in bad need of a life. The characters are:
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* BatmanGambit: Frank runs a campaign featuring multiple factions interlocked in a power struggle for the throne, each of whom having their own plot hooks. Nelson and Lewis decide [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to accept as many plot hooks as they possibly can to maximize their XP and loot]], thus ending up playing multiple factions against each other. They end up having to do a ''lot'' of political maneuvering, actual role-playing, and careful reading of the campaign notes to accomplish this without being detected and cut off from doing more adventuring... Which turns out to have been Frank's plan all along.
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* BatmanGambit: Frank runs a campaign featuring multiple factions interlocked in a power struggle for the throne, each of whom having their own plot hooks. Nelson and Lewis decide [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to accept as many plot hooks as they possibly can to maximize their XP and loot]], thus ending up playing multiple factions against each other. They end up having to do a ''lot'' of political maneuvering, actual role-playing, and careful reading of the campaign notes to accomplish this without being detected and cut off from doing more adventuring... Which turns out to have been Frank's plan all along.
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{d20 Modern}}'' + ''[[ZombieApocalypse All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]'' + ''{{Harpoon}}'' = ''[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-12-16 Somali Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
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* EverybodyHatesMimes: [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/ffnstrips/2012-04-03.png These guys do, anyway.]]
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-->'''Lewis:''' Words fail to describe the myriad ways you '''suck.'''
-->'''Frank:''' Wow. It's notarized.
-->'''Lewis:''' Words fail to describe the myriad ways you '''suck.'''
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''[[http://ffn.nodwick.com/ Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' is a weekly webcomic by Aaron Williams (also the creator of ''{{Nodwick}}'' and ''{{PS238}}''). It focuses on the roleplaying sessions of four tabletop gaming friends, all of them typical nerds in bad need of a life. The characters are:
* Frank, the GameMaster. Overweight and socially awkward.
* Lewis, gamer. Often dog-piled by the other players.
* Nelson, gamer. RulesLawyer and power gamer.
* Shawn, gamer. Participates in the games via webcam from Alaska, often abusing said disconnect.
Apart from tabletop gaming, the comic references various staples of the geek subculture, from collectible card games to SF series.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
--> '''Frank''': "Due to rampant thefts, field destruction, zombie cattle, poisoned wells, attempted murder, and a relatively mundane aphid problem, your town can expect to suffer fifty percent population loss."
* BadAssSanta / AnAssKickingChristmas: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2008-12-03 Check it out]].
* BasementDweller: According to Nelson, everyone but him (although Shawn hadn't joined by then).
* BatmanGambit: Frank runs a campaign featuring multiple factions interlocked in a power struggle for the throne, each of whom having their own plot hooks. Nelson and Lewis decide [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to accept as many plot hooks as they possibly can to maximize their XP and loot]], thus ending up playing multiple factions against each other. They end up having to do a ''lot'' of political maneuvering, actual role-playing, and careful reading of the campaign notes to accomplish this without being detected and cut off from doing more adventuring... Which turns out to have been Frank's plan all along.
* BrainBleach: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-09-30 "Must... dump... Clorox... in... ears!"]]
* {{Curse}}: Lewis's cursed die that rolled only 1 soon messed up every number in the world. They broke it by turning rolling 1 from a CriticalFailure into a CriticalHit.
* DeadpanSnarker: Nelson.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-06-28 Nelson and Lewis' reaction]] on having heard that KarenGillan was spotted wandering [[FetishFuel naked in her hotel in NYC]], and they weren't there to see it.
--> '''Lewis:''' It's like... "Hey, they put the wrong address on one of your biggest fantasies and someone else got it instead. Sorry about that."
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2009-12-02 Meet the "verbal meme trigger"]].
* DreamSequence: Technically flu- and fever-induced hallucinations, but [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-01-13 close enough]].
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Lewis, apparently.
-->'''Frank:'''Then I guess someone will be saving up to have a map to Milwaukee's "Safe House" bar lasered off his tattooed butt, huh?
-->'''Lewis:''' We agreed that topic was '''off limits'''!
-->'''Nelson:''' For aesthetic reasons alone...
* EveryoneIsSingle
* TheFaceless: Shawn is never seen in person.
** Interestingly, the webcam is sometimes treated as if it were his actual body, and he fulfills most aspects of the SnarkyNonhumanSidekick. This could have [[BrainUploading interesting implications]], or it could just be [[RuleOfFunny authorial silliness]].
** It gets to the point where even in situations where he ''should'' be seen, he still appears as the webcam, such as at conventions or when everyone creates online avatars that resemble themselves.
* FeverDreamEpisode: See DreamSequence above.
* GenreSavvy: Nelson, about most of Frank's plot twists.
* TheGhost: Frank's sister is mentioned occasionally. She is probably quite cute to judge from Lewis and Nelson's reaction to the news that she is going bikini shopping.
* HauntedTechnology: The radio in "StephenKing: The RPG".
* HorribleCampingTrip: Frank's family make him go these and his game inevitably suffers for it.
-->'''Frank:''' Okay, having gotten '''hopelessly''' lost, you're forced to spend the night in the forest. When your characters awaken, they discover that they'd been ravaged by '''dire mosquitoes''' to the tune of 3D6 worth of '''blood loss'''. As the vultures circle and the sun climbs, you begin to suffer '''heat exhaustion'''... Due to multiple '''insect bites''' and the fact that you had to sleep on the '''rocky ground''', all your feat and skill rolls will be at '''minus five''' for the next day and a half.
-->'''Lewis:''' I vote that our D&D game gets a week off after your parents make you go camping.
-->'''Nelson:''' Seconded.
* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Parodied in one strip as a movie cliche that Aaron Williams hates.
* JuryDuty: Lewis was called up for one. The trial turned out to involve [[spoiler:a lawsuit by a game publishing company against his favorite gaming store.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Unless they make a point of dressing up, the characters are always depicted wearing the same clothes.
* {{Munchkin}}: Nelson. The Crowning Moment of Munchkinry was when he managed to finagle his way into ruling a fair chunk of the world and even ''appointed his character a god'', complete with prestige class and Alignment Violation Coupons.
** Shawn may be one as well. When the other players question how they can be certain his die rolls will be fair (they rely on him reporting the results, since he plays by webcam) he offers them each a [[InfinityPlusOneSword +5 vorpal sword]] [[BlatantLies that he randomly rolled]] as a show of faith.
** Really, all three players are Munchkins. Nelson is just the best one at it.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{d20 Modern}}'' + ''[[ZombieApocalypse All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]'' + ''{{Harpoon}}'' = ''[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-12-16 Somali Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
* NoNameGiven: The characters are only known by their first names. In fact, at first they didn't even know each other's names and referred to each other by their characters' names.
** Frank's last name is [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2005-09-07 confirmed]] to be Stortz.
* NoodleIncident: Not only has there been plenty, but the players keep an entire BOOK of them, including the incident regarding the "sunproof vampire."
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: At least twice, something has been mentioned to happen in RealLife, and a text box on the panel assures us that it's actually happening.
* OffTheRails: Sort of the rule of any game we see them playing, rather than the exception.
* OnlySaneMan: The characters usually take turns in doing this... Except for Lewis.
** Frank does this most often. Nelson is at a close second.
* ProudToBeAGeek
* RandomNumberGod
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2009-03-25 here.]]
* RulesLawyer: Nelson.
* RuthlessModernPirates: "Somali Pirates of the Caribbean"
* SelfDeprecation: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2006-06-08 Right]] [[{{Nodwick}} here.]]
* SocialSemiCircle
* ShoutOut: Multiple to [[GirlGenius Phil and Kaja Foglio]], RealLife friends of Aaron Williams.
** [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-08-30 "If that's not ''Girl Genius'', the MMO, I don't know what is."]]
* TheVoice: Shawn
* WhatDidIDoLastNight?: The main characters went to a New Years Eve party at the "Goblin Hole" and look through their pockets to figure out what they did while under the influence of "Klingon War Nog". Frank finds a character sheet for the elf ranger from the D&D movie, Lewis finds a receipt for the Everquest sourcebooks, and Nelson (who hates anime) found Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
** When Frank's nephew entered a pine-box derby, Frank and Nelson drilled a hole "whose geometry looks straight out of the Necronomicon with a drill bit that may have gone through someone's skull" in the car. They blanked out at the pine-box derby; when they came to, they'd been dumped in a basement to scream themselves unconscious after tearing a hole in reality.
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''[[http://ffn.nodwick.com/ Full Frontal Nerdity]]'' is a weekly webcomic by Aaron Williams (also the creator of ''{{Nodwick}}'' and ''{{PS238}}''). It focuses on the roleplaying sessions of four tabletop gaming friends, all of them typical nerds in bad need of a life. The characters are:
* Frank, the GameMaster. Overweight and socially awkward.
* Lewis, gamer. Often dog-piled by the other players.
* Nelson, gamer. RulesLawyer and power gamer.
* Shawn, gamer. Participates in the games via webcam from Alaska, often abusing said disconnect.
Apart from tabletop gaming, the comic references various staples of the geek subculture, from collectible card games to SF series.
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!!Contains examples of:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
--> '''Frank''': "Due to rampant thefts, field destruction, zombie cattle, poisoned wells, attempted murder, and a relatively mundane aphid problem, your town can expect to suffer fifty percent population loss."
* BadAssSanta / AnAssKickingChristmas: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2008-12-03 Check it out]].
* BasementDweller: According to Nelson, everyone but him (although Shawn hadn't joined by then).
* BatmanGambit: Frank runs a campaign featuring multiple factions interlocked in a power struggle for the throne, each of whom having their own plot hooks. Nelson and Lewis decide [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to accept as many plot hooks as they possibly can to maximize their XP and loot]], thus ending up playing multiple factions against each other. They end up having to do a ''lot'' of political maneuvering, actual role-playing, and careful reading of the campaign notes to accomplish this without being detected and cut off from doing more adventuring... Which turns out to have been Frank's plan all along.
* BrainBleach: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2004-09-30 "Must... dump... Clorox... in... ears!"]]
* {{Curse}}: Lewis's cursed die that rolled only 1 soon messed up every number in the world. They broke it by turning rolling 1 from a CriticalFailure into a CriticalHit.
* DeadpanSnarker: Nelson.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-06-28 Nelson and Lewis' reaction]] on having heard that KarenGillan was spotted wandering [[FetishFuel naked in her hotel in NYC]], and they weren't there to see it.
--> '''Lewis:''' It's like... "Hey, they put the wrong address on one of your biggest fantasies and someone else got it instead. Sorry about that."
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2009-12-02 Meet the "verbal meme trigger"]].
* DreamSequence: Technically flu- and fever-induced hallucinations, but [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-01-13 close enough]].
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Lewis, apparently.
-->'''Frank:'''Then I guess someone will be saving up to have a map to Milwaukee's "Safe House" bar lasered off his tattooed butt, huh?
-->'''Lewis:''' We agreed that topic was '''off limits'''!
-->'''Nelson:''' For aesthetic reasons alone...
* EveryoneIsSingle
* TheFaceless: Shawn is never seen in person.
** Interestingly, the webcam is sometimes treated as if it were his actual body, and he fulfills most aspects of the SnarkyNonhumanSidekick. This could have [[BrainUploading interesting implications]], or it could just be [[RuleOfFunny authorial silliness]].
** It gets to the point where even in situations where he ''should'' be seen, he still appears as the webcam, such as at conventions or when everyone creates online avatars that resemble themselves.
* FeverDreamEpisode: See DreamSequence above.
* GenreSavvy: Nelson, about most of Frank's plot twists.
* TheGhost: Frank's sister is mentioned occasionally. She is probably quite cute to judge from Lewis and Nelson's reaction to the news that she is going bikini shopping.
* HauntedTechnology: The radio in "StephenKing: The RPG".
* HorribleCampingTrip: Frank's family make him go these and his game inevitably suffers for it.
-->'''Frank:''' Okay, having gotten '''hopelessly''' lost, you're forced to spend the night in the forest. When your characters awaken, they discover that they'd been ravaged by '''dire mosquitoes''' to the tune of 3D6 worth of '''blood loss'''. As the vultures circle and the sun climbs, you begin to suffer '''heat exhaustion'''... Due to multiple '''insect bites''' and the fact that you had to sleep on the '''rocky ground''', all your feat and skill rolls will be at '''minus five''' for the next day and a half.
-->'''Lewis:''' I vote that our D&D game gets a week off after your parents make you go camping.
-->'''Nelson:''' Seconded.
* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Parodied in one strip as a movie cliche that Aaron Williams hates.
* JuryDuty: Lewis was called up for one. The trial turned out to involve [[spoiler:a lawsuit by a game publishing company against his favorite gaming store.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Unless they make a point of dressing up, the characters are always depicted wearing the same clothes.
* {{Munchkin}}: Nelson. The Crowning Moment of Munchkinry was when he managed to finagle his way into ruling a fair chunk of the world and even ''appointed his character a god'', complete with prestige class and Alignment Violation Coupons.
** Shawn may be one as well. When the other players question how they can be certain his die rolls will be fair (they rely on him reporting the results, since he plays by webcam) he offers them each a [[InfinityPlusOneSword +5 vorpal sword]] [[BlatantLies that he randomly rolled]] as a show of faith.
** Really, all three players are Munchkins. Nelson is just the best one at it.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{d20 Modern}}'' + ''[[ZombieApocalypse All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]'' + ''{{Harpoon}}'' = ''[[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2010-12-16 Somali Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
* NoNameGiven: The characters are only known by their first names. In fact, at first they didn't even know each other's names and referred to each other by their characters' names.
** Frank's last name is [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2005-09-07 confirmed]] to be Stortz.
* NoodleIncident: Not only has there been plenty, but the players keep an entire BOOK of them, including the incident regarding the "sunproof vampire."
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: At least twice, something has been mentioned to happen in RealLife, and a text box on the panel assures us that it's actually happening.
* OffTheRails: Sort of the rule of any game we see them playing, rather than the exception.
* OnlySaneMan: The characters usually take turns in doing this... Except for Lewis.
** Frank does this most often. Nelson is at a close second.
* ProudToBeAGeek
* RandomNumberGod
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2009-03-25 here.]]
* RulesLawyer: Nelson.
* RuthlessModernPirates: "Somali Pirates of the Caribbean"
* SelfDeprecation: [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2006-06-08 Right]] [[{{Nodwick}} here.]]
* SocialSemiCircle
* ShoutOut: Multiple to [[GirlGenius Phil and Kaja Foglio]], RealLife friends of Aaron Williams.
** [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-08-30 "If that's not ''Girl Genius'', the MMO, I don't know what is."]]
* TheVoice: Shawn
* WhatDidIDoLastNight?: The main characters went to a New Years Eve party at the "Goblin Hole" and look through their pockets to figure out what they did while under the influence of "Klingon War Nog". Frank finds a character sheet for the elf ranger from the D&D movie, Lewis finds a receipt for the Everquest sourcebooks, and Nelson (who hates anime) found Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
** When Frank's nephew entered a pine-box derby, Frank and Nelson drilled a hole "whose geometry looks straight out of the Necronomicon with a drill bit that may have gone through someone's skull" in the car. They blanked out at the pine-box derby; when they came to, they'd been dumped in a basement to scream themselves unconscious after tearing a hole in reality.
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