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4	[[caption-width-right:315:The party before the attack on the Kalar fortress: Rowan, Trixie, Adellion, Meredith, Dog, Constantine, and Trent.]]
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6	''Arimnaes' Happy Fun Time Power Hour'' was an all-Tropers ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game conducted over Ventrilo and [=OpenRPG=] from January 2010 to June of that same year. [[{{Tropers/Arimnaes}} arimnaes]] was the GM. The opening roster of players was as follows:
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8	* Tropers/GlennMagusHarvey, playing [[TheHero Trenton Philips]], a human rogue who is technically the employer of the other party members.
9	* {{Tropers/Karalora}}, playing [[TheLancer Rowan]], a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-elf]] druid.
10	* {{Tropers/Lanceleoghauni}}, playing [[TheSmartGuy Constantine Irongate]], a human wizard[[spoiler:/cleric]].
11	* {{Tropers/Zudak}}, playing [[TheBigGuy Meredith Pryce]], a human fighter, as well as her faithful dog, [[TeamPet Dog]].
12	* {{Tropers/Thnikkafan}}, playing [[TheBigGuy Eliza]], a human monk.
13	* {{Tropers/Matrix}}, playing [[TheHeart Trixie Devalle]], a human bard.
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15	GMH eventually had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and handed control of Trent off to Tropers/JinxedBlackcat. Not long thereafter, Thnikkafan also quit the game. In this instance, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the character was]] [[SacrificialLion killed off]] and the replacement player—{{Tropers/Ironeye}}—brought in his own PC, [[TheSixthRanger Adellion Nightbreeze]], an elf beguiler. This player roster remained in effect through the rest of the game's run.
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17	The game takes place in Myamador, a setting of arim’s own devising, where [[FantasticRacism elves (and half-elves) are grossly persecuted by the human majority]], with other races being better treated but still relegated to second-class citizen status. This feature did not come into play until the second StoryArc, however.
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19	The first arc began with the [=PCs=] attempting to explore (and loot) a ruined castle, but they almost immediately got sidetracked dealing with a cabal of criminal sorcerers called the Kalars. After a series of incidents that included a collapsing clock tower, a trip into [[MemeticMutation Japan’s basement]], a solid gold pimp cane, and a Victorian street urchin selling encyclopedias, the party found the [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Kalar Doom Fortress]] and infiltrated it…only to be flung onto the [[DarkWorld Plane of Shadow]] by a magical gate at the heart of the fortress. After a number of eerie encounters with creatures twisted by the plane into horrific mockeries of themselves—including, tragically, [[ShootTheDog Dog]]—the party managed to reach the gate again, but instead of returning to their starting point, they wound up…
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21	…in a subterranean lake on the other side of the continent. This began the second story arc. The [=PCs=] narrowly avoided the monster in the lake, made their way out of the cave system and to the nearby logging town, where they again became embroiled in local events. The town and adjacent logging operations had been subject to numerous attacks of arson in recent weeks, apparently caused by the summoning of magmins from the Elemental Plane of Fire. Complicating matters was another current event of interest concerning a businessman by the name of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mortimer Shale]] and his impatience to reclaim an artifact which his consortium had discovered and which was being held by the local chapter of the Arcane Dominion. Then Shale’s partner turned up after having almost been eaten by the lake monster in the cavern…
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23	At that point, the game went on summer hiatus. It was to resume in late August, but the demands of arim's new school year prevented it. It was eventually scrapped, but arim later made up his mind to DM for the gaming group again, this time collaborating with {{Tropers/Ironeye}} on an all-new ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' campaign.
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25	The discussion for the game can be found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=2ngjrj0ey1y7x4dtrf852ixr&page=1 here]]. An in-character log of the roleplay's events can be found on [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=2ngjrj0ey1y7x4dtrf852ixr&page=33 this page]], alongside a full disclosure of the story.
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27	This RP has significant player crossover with ''Roleplay/TheShadowOfGreed''.
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29	!!''Arimnaes' Happy Fun Time Power Hour'' contains examples of:
30	%%* ActionGirl: Eliza and Meredith.
31	* AerithAndBob: The [=PCs=] have mostly normal real-world names; the [=NPCs=] have mostly made-up fantasy names.
32	%%* AntiHero: All of the [=PCs=] (except perhaps Meredith), but especially Adellion.
33	* AudibleGleam: SCHWEEEEEEEEEEN! - The sound of healing. It sounds very glowy. Possibly also a WrittenSoundEffect.
34	* BadassBookworm: He may not hit hard, but by fighting smart Constantine can stand toe to toe about as well as Rowan.
35	* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Constantine warns the Arcane Dominion researcher against making the same mistakes he did.
36	%%* BondOneLiner: The entire party at some point or another. The villains usually try for {{Pre Mortem One Liner}}s instead, but tend not to succeed at actually killing the party.
37	* BreakTheHaughty: It takes getting kicked out of the party and nearly getting killed by racist guards to get Adellion to treat the others in an at all decent fashion.
38	%%* CharmPerson: Adellion's favorite enchantment spells.
39	%%* ChekhovsGun: Adellion's ring. Has yet to "fire".
40	* {{Claustrophobia}}: Trent hates caves.
41	%%* CollapsingLair: The Kalar Doom Fortress.
42	* CombatMedic: Though Rowan is the team's healer, she's also quite effective with her scimitar.
43	%%* CoupDeGrace: Most of the party at some point.
44	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Constantine lives this.
45	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Almost all the [=PCs=] at one point or another, but especially Trent and Rowan.
46	%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Rowan, more or less
47	%%* DualWielding: Meredith’s speciality.
48	%%* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The below-ground parts of the Kalar Doom Fortress.
49	%%* EmpathyPet: Dartanian, Constantine's weasel.
50	%%* MrFanservice: Constantine.
51	* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Above ground, the Kalar Doom Fortress was described as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat ziggurat]].
52	* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Adellion pulls one when he's about to be {{Curb Stomp}}ed by a captain of the Imperial Guard.
53	%%* {{Familiar}}: Both Constantine and Rowan have one.
54	* FantasticRacism: Aside from humans treating other species as second-class citizens, and elves/half-elves getting especially bad treatment, there's also Adellion's backlash against humans and absolute hatred for half-elves because of their origins in a human/elf relationship.
55	* FantasticSlurs: "Half-blood" for half-elves. Also "pointy-eared bastards" for both elves and half-elves...use of which on Rowan is unlikely to have much effect because she ''does'' have pointed ears and ''was'' born out of wedlock and doesn't see the big deal.
56	%%* TheFederation: The Empire falls somewhere between this trope and, well, TheEmpire.
57	%%* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: [[http://karalora.deviantart.com/art/Cool-It-Pointy-166745838 Cool it, Pointy!]]
58	%%* GoodScarsEvilScars: Constantine has some. Which kind? He hasn’t said yet.
59	* HalfHumanHybrid: Rowan is half elf, half human.
60	* HeroicBSOD: The planar travel sent Constantine into one because he thought that the party had ended up in a far worse place then the Plane of Shadow.
61	%%* HopelessBossFight: Jaireven.
62	%%* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Trixie (Matrix got bonus XP for the performance.)
63	* INeedNoLadders: Busting through the wooden wall of a building to escape the approaching guards? Yup.
64	* IOweYouMyLife: Adellion to Trent after the former runs afoul of some racist guards.
65	* ImHavingSoulPains: Adellion's only direct magical attacks cause pain without physical damage.
66	%%* IncendiaryExponent: Eliza’s claim to fame.
67	%%* {{Jerkass}}: Adellion, as well as quite a few [=NPCs.=]
68	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Adellion, after some CharacterDevelopment.
69	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Some of Adellion's enchantments erase the target's memory of being enspelled, though not what happens afterward.
70	%%* LonersAreFreaks: Constantine used to be this, but he's getting better.
71	%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Adellion, of course.
72	%%* LoveDodecahedron: The potential is certainly there given the gender makeup of the party, and we’re starting to see a few inter-PC crushes…
73	* MagicKnight: Adellion makes up for his physical weakness by wearing mithril armor and wielding a rapier while still assaulting the minds of his enemies.
74	%%* MagicMusic: Trixie’s usual contribution to combat.
75	%%* MasterOfIllusion: Adellion's on his way there, though he's not a true master yet.
76	* MeaningfulName: Rowan was named after the kind of tree she was found under.
77	%%* TheMedic: Rowan.
78	* MindOverManners: Subverted by Adellion--while he initially only uses his enchantments on the villains, it's not long before he turns them against his own party in order to extract information.
79	%%* TheMole: Jarik Skeln.
80	* NearDeathExperience: The players know Constantine had one, but not the circumstances surrounding it or its aftermath.
81	* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackUp: Galvest's reality overlay lantern had plenty of plans, all of which were destroyed by Constantine other than the copy he carries along with the broken prototype.
82	* OminousLatinChanting: When Trixie is is in the middle of casting [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/identify.htm Identify]].
83	* OnlyOneName: Rowan.
84	%%* OnlySaneMan: Constantine and Rowan.
85	* OurElvesAreDifferent: In half-elf, high elf, and extra-high elf flavors.
86	%%* ParentalAbandonment: A quite literal case in Rowan's backstory.
87	* PointyEars: Adellion, Rowan, and all of the other elves and half-elves.
88	%%* ProphetEyes: When Trixie successfully casts Identify.
89	* {{Pun}}: Frequently, by all persons involved. Occasionally verges on HurricaneOfPuns.
90	* PowerGlows: Charged [[GreenRocks zephite]].
91	* RaisedByWolves: Rowan claims she was. Actually, she was Raised By Druids, but it amounts to pretty much the same thing. Especially since so many of them not only keep wolves, but can [[{{Animorphism}} turn into wolves.]]
92	* RobeAndWizardHat: Constantine wears this, with a trenchcoat instead of robes.
93	* RoyalBlood: As a Grey Elf, Adellion is at least of noble blood, though the extent of his family's power is unknown, since his great-grandparents secreted his father away from the family before Adellion was born.
94	* ScrewYouElves: The party's opinion of Adellion for some time after he joined, as well as humanity's reaction to elves in general.
95	%%* SmugSnake: Strickner Bradley. So much. Also Adellion, at least at first.
96	* SquishyWizard: Adellion is weaker than everyone else and can take less punishment before falling unconscious--fortunately, he can afford to wear mithril armor. Constantine, on the other hand, uses magic to pull himself out of "squishy" territory.
97	%%* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Or sneering contemptuously is, at least.
98	%%* TouchOfDeath: Constantine has one, but has never used it.
99	* TrueCompanions: The party is easing towards this. They've been through a hell of a lot together by this point.
100	* WizardingSchool: Part of the Mandate of the Arcane Dominion.

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