History YMMV / DMOfTheRings

** The remaster goes out of its way to remedy this, replacing its use with words like "Asinine".

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Enforced and lampshaded in [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1238 this strip]]. The author notes how there are a lot of good jokes that can be pulled in this scene, but the Witch King and Éowyn are [=NPC=]s played by the DM, [[PrimaDonnaDirector who takes his own story completely seriously]].

* ClicheStorm: Even the tropes that weren't [[TropeMaker made by the books]] become {{RPG}} cliches in the hands of the DM.
* EightDeadlyWords: In-universe. With the exception of Gimli, none of the players give a damn about the story, the setting or any of the characters within it. Even Gimli quickly loses his patience with the horrible pacing and railroading (don't tell TheRoleplayer how his character feels).
* FollowTheLeader: ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', ''Webcomic/BendersAndBrawlers'', ''Webcomic/OnePieceGrandLine3Point5'', and ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'' are just a few.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Despite the other players wanting to leave as soon as possible, the person who roleplayed Gimli is fully willing to give the GM another chance and play another one of his campaigns, and says [[PetTheDog "Just get some better source material. I'm sure it'll be great."]]
** And in the rant at the bottom of the final page, the creator of the comic, Shamus Young, puts a goodbye speech [[Main/BookEnds styled after Bilbo's speech at the beginning of Lord of the Rings]]:
--> Friends! I will not keep you long. I am writing this to you for a purpose. Indeed, for three purposes. First of all, to tell you that I am immensely fond of you all, and that one year is far too short a time to write a webcomic for such excellent and admirable readers. I don’t know half of you half as well as I would like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

--> Secondly, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of this strip. I should say, OUR strip, since the comments and suggestions you’ve given over the last year have been as entertaining as the strip itself. Together the strips score one hundred and forty-four. One gross, if I may use the expression.

--> This month is also, if I may be allowed to refer to ancient history, the two-year anniversary of the start of this site. Two years ago this site began in utter obscurity, with me posting a narrative of a D&D campaign to nobody in particular. But today the site is thriving and I can now say, “Thank you very much” to the thousands of you who read this.

-->Thirdly and finally, I wish to make an ANNOUNCEMENT. I regret to announce that, though, as I said, a year is for too short a time to spend on a webcomic, this is the END. It is over now. GOOD BYE.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Just about any strip, but notably:
** Boromir, completely fed up with the railroading, decides to die and leave the game and gives this gem:
--> '''Boromir:''' This is the first time in the whole campaign I've felt really free to make my own choices. I kinda like it.
--> '''DM:''' But you're dead!
--> '''Boromir:''' And you can't force me to do anything!
--> '''DM:''' And decomposing!
--> '''Boromir:''' Of my own free will!
** Gimli vs. diplomacy:
-->'''Gimli''': Ahem...TELL ME YOUR NAME, HORSE-F--\\
'''Aragorn''': [[NarrativeProfanityFilter GIMLI]]!\\
'''Gimli''': And I'll tell ye mine.\\
'''Aragorn''': What are you doing, man?!\\
'''Gimli''': [--Heh. Whoops. [[CriticalFailure I rolled a 1 on my diplomacy check]].--]
** This wonderful bit of snark:
--> '''DM:''' Near the smoking pile of orc bodies, you find a small set of tracks...
--> '''Legolas:''' Tracks?
--> '''Aragorn:''' [[{{Railroading}} Railroad]] tracks, I'm sure.
** [[http://shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1125 The players guessing what Ents look like]]:
--> '''Aragorn''': [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]] had Dryads in it. \\
'''Gimli''': They were called Spriggans, actually.\\
'''Aragorn''': Whatever you call them. They're like sexy tree ladies.\\
'''Legolas''': Sexy? I thought they had leaves for hair. And bark skin.\\
'''Aragorn''': Yeah, but they're ALL chicks. NAKED Chicks. Leafy, naked tree chicks.\\
'''Gimli''': Ye need help lad. Ye really do. Keep this up and you'll end up with Dutch Elm Disease.\\
'''DM''': You enter through the ruined gate and find yourselves face-to-face with Treebeard the Ent.\\
'''Treebeard''': ''[[FanDisservice (in all his elderly, gnarly, booming glory)]]'' '''hoom hoom welcome to isengard'''\\
'''Gimli''': [[JawDrop Words fail me]].\\
'''Aragorn''': Okay I admit... that is somewhat less sexy than I'd hoped.
** [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1148 A Minor Omission]]:
--> '''Aragorn:''' That never happened, man. Sounds like you forgot.
--> '''DM:''' You mean I didn't?... '''''OH CRAP!'''''
--> '''DM:''' Okay, suddenly Lord Elrond shows up at your camp.
--> '''Elrond:''' ''[[MoodDissonance (with a completely serious face)]]'' Hi.
--> '''DM:''' He gives you the sword.
--> '''Elrond:''' [[ParrotExposition Here is the sword.]] And keep your hands off my daughter.
--> '''DM:''' [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Then he leaves.]] Okay, so ''now'' you wield Anduril.
--> '''Aragorn:''' '''''SWEET SMOKING CONAN!''''' Will you look at the stats on this sword! I was supposed to have this all along?
** The trap in the Paths of the Dead:
--> '''DM:''' ''[[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1203 The walls crack open,]] and [[NothingButSkulls thousands of skulls]] are unleashed!''\\
'''Gimli:''' I'll bet this was a [[DeadpanSnarker robust culture]]. Imagine their funerals. "Oops. Granny's dead, let's lop off her head and chuck it into the big bin to be dropped on adventurers."\\
'''DM:''' ''The skulls continue to pour in, filling the room and threatening to crush your nitpicking, over-analyzing characters.''
** Also, [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1282 Aragorn's brilliant military leadership.]]

* ShallowParody: The "Gimli son of Groin" joke -- as the Dwarvish family tree in one of the appendices reveals, according to Tolkien it really was "Gimli son of Glóin son of Gróin" in ''The Lord of the Rings''.

--> '''Aragorn''': Oblivion had Dryads in it. ...They're like sexy tree ladies.\\

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: It's rare, but any time the group manages to outsmart the DM. For instance, Legolas almost turns the entire campaign into an AntiClimax by killing Gollum before he even shows up in the story proper by rolling a crit/max damage.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Just about any strip, but notably:

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Despite the other players wanting to leave as soon as possible, the person who roleplayed Gimli is fully willing to give the GM another chance and play another one of his campaigns, and says [[PetTheDog "Just get some better source material. I'm sure it'll be great."]]

* EightDeadlyWords: In-universe. With the exception of Gimli, none of the players give a damn about the story, the setting or any of the characters within it. Even Gimli quickly loses his patience with the horrible pacing and railroading (don't tell TheRoleplayer how his character feels).
* FollowTheLeader: ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', ''Webcomic/BendersAndBrawlers'', ''Webcomic/OnePieceGrandLine3Point5'', and ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'' are just a few.
* FridgeBrilliance: Why did the DM put the fate of the story in the hands of a distant [=NPC=] making a Will save? Because Frodo was originally a player character, and the DM [[{{Railroading}} had likely intended all along]] to have his player perform the roll and create tension during the campaign's climax. However, all of the hobbit players (including Frodo and Sam) quit at the end of the ''Fellowship of the Ring'' arc, resulting in the planned suspense coming across as a ShaggyDogStory.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Despite the other players wanting to leave as soon as possible, the person who roleplayed Gimli is fully willing to give the GM another chance and play another one of his campaigns, and says "Just get some better source material. I'm sure it'll be great."

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Enforced and lampshaded in [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1238 this strip]]. The author notes how there are a lot of good jokes that can be pulled in this scene, but the Nazgûl and Éowyn are [=NPC=]s played by the DM, who take it very seriously.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why did the DM put the fate of the story in the hands of a distant [=NPC=] making a Will save? Because Frodo was originally a player character, and the DM [[{{Railroading}} had likely intended all along]] to have his player perform the roll and create tension during the campaign's climax. However, all of the hobbit players (including Frodo and Sam) quit shortly before even the ''Fellowship of the Ring'' arc ended, resulting in the planned suspense coming across as a ShaggyDogStory.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why did the DM put the fate of the story in the hands of a distant [=NPC=] making a Will save? Because Frodo was originally a player character, and the DM [[{{Railroading}} had likely intended all along]] to have his player perform the roll and create tension during the campaign's climax. However, all of the hobbit players (including Frodo and Sam) quit before even the ''Fellowship of the Ring'' arc ended, resulting in the planned suspense coming across as a ShaggyDogStory.

* EightDeadlyWords: With the exception of Gimli, none of the players give a damn about the story, the setting or any of the characters within it. Even Gimli quickly loses his patience with the horrible pacing and railroading (don't tell TheRoleplayer how his character feels).

* JustHereForGodzilla: With the exception of Gimli, none of the players give a damn about the story. And even Gimli loses his patience with the horrible pacing and railroading (don't tell TheRoleplayer how his character feels.)

--> '''DM:''' ''[[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1203 The walls crack open,]] and [[NothingButSkulls thousands of skulls]] are unleashed!''\\
'''Gimli:''' I'll bet this was a [[DeadpanSnarker robust culture]]. Imagine their funerals. "Oops. Granny's dead, let's lop off her head and chuck it into the big bin to be dropped on adventurers."\\
'''DM:''' ''The skulls continue to pour in, filling the room and threatening to crush your nitpicking, over-analyzing characters.''
** Also, [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1282 Aragorn's brilliant military leadership.]]

** [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1148 A Minor Omission]].
--> '''Aragorn:''' That never happened, man. Sounds like you forgot.
--> '''DM:''' You mean I didn't?... '''''OH CRAP!'''''
--> '''DM:''' Okay, suddenly Lord Elrond shows up at your camp.
--> '''Elrond:''' ''[[MoodDissonance (with a completely serious face)]]'' Hi.
--> '''DM:''' He gives you the sword.
--> '''Elrond:''' [[ParrotExposition Here is the sword.]] And keep your hands off my daughter.
--> '''DM:''' [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Then he leaves.]] Okay, so ''now'' you wield Anduril.
--> '''Aragorn:''' '''''SWEET SMOKING CONAN!''''' Will you look at the stats on this sword! I was supposed to have this all along?

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: It's rare, but any time the group manages to outsmart the DM.

'''Aragorn''': GIMLI!\\