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Published: 2011-03-22 01:20:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 3298; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 31
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Description Every gaming night, Ben, Kurt the Cynic, Apsara the Attention Whore, and Psychic Rob head over to Laura’s house to play RPG for Cool Dudes, one of the greatest role playing games of the late 90s. They eat junk food, talk about bad movies, and raid the dungeons of the dreaded Dark Viscount for gold, magical artifacts, and exotic weapons. And tonight, they’re doing all of that again. But with Winslow in the mix.

This is every RPG session I’ve ever been a part of. And I confess, there’s a bit of Winslow in me. I can’t help myself. My characters always have to be a little offbeat. Maybe not quite as odd as Winslorr the Orange and his Waffle Slaying Axe, but certainly not the standard warrior/wizard/cleric character. For example, in the last RPG I played in, my character was a troll monk who specialized in drunken boxing. His only equipment was his beer ration. It was awesome.

Rob’s suggestion at the end here sort of treats the Dungeon Master position as a punishment. Probably because I never liked being the Dungeon Master.

Every Friday this month will feature a Ben & Winslow comic revolving around an RPG session. Which is a little weird, because while the strips are spread across the entire month, the events that take place in the strips only span about six hours. You can read the first part here ak-is-harmless.deviantart.com/… and the second part here ak-is-harmless.deviantart.com/… .

Reblog on Tumblr here: ak-is-harmless.tumblr.com/post…

This first appeared on Defenestration www.defenestrationmag.net on Friday, March 18th.

Become a fan of Ben & Winslow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Win…

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Comments: 37

The-Golden-Knight [2012-03-04 04:28:06 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME! I need to look into real life RPGs sometime!

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MySummerJob [2011-06-18 05:41:31 +0000 UTC]

If I made a character and decided to be crazy/funny, he would be worse

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800-a-1b3 [2011-03-23 22:33:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh God...

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to 800-a-1b3 [2011-03-23 23:26:56 +0000 UTC]



---AK

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ApplePo3 [2011-03-22 19:48:42 +0000 UTC]

pretty much how most of my experience with D&D have gone

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to ApplePo3 [2011-03-23 02:29:11 +0000 UTC]



---AK

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OlgyRodz13 [2011-03-22 15:12:24 +0000 UTC]

Is that Apsara? I need that t-shirt she's wearing!

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to OlgyRodz13 [2011-03-23 02:29:04 +0000 UTC]

Of course it is! Who else would wear a Double D6s shirt?

---AK

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SlimeKingK [2011-03-22 13:40:23 +0000 UTC]

hehehehe Funny ^_^

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to SlimeKingK [2011-03-23 02:28:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

---AK

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TheTallTale [2011-03-22 11:50:27 +0000 UTC]

wait why is everyone on the same side of the table?

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to TheTallTale [2011-03-23 02:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Ask the guy who painted "The Last Supper."

---AK

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Azzitay [2011-03-22 06:56:14 +0000 UTC]

Love to play odd Characters as well

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to Azzitay [2011-03-23 02:28:07 +0000 UTC]

It's the only way to go.

---AK

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LadyDayDream [2011-03-22 04:24:49 +0000 UTC]

I play druid, our group is a little off too. We have 2 'tanks', and one is a freaking Psion.

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to LadyDayDream [2011-03-23 02:28:17 +0000 UTC]

A mind tank!

---AK

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GerudoValley [2011-03-22 03:44:29 +0000 UTC]

Uh, I'll pass on that "dice scrotum" of yours.

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to GerudoValley [2011-03-23 02:27:48 +0000 UTC]

You sure?

---AK

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glowworm56 [2011-03-22 03:01:48 +0000 UTC]

My boyfriend wants me to play D&D with him when his group starts a new adventure. I've been insisting on having my character be Pissy the dwarf--nobody touch his beer.

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to glowworm56 [2011-03-23 02:27:35 +0000 UTC]

Go for it.

---AK

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glowworm56 In reply to AK-Is-Harmless [2011-03-23 02:40:50 +0000 UTC]

My boyfriend loves the idea himself and wants me to figure out what kind of dwarf I want.

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Omny87 [2011-03-22 02:27:06 +0000 UTC]

The only time I ever made a D&D character, I was "Lady Prancelot, the Elfin Drag Queen." Sadly, never got to use him.

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Omny87 [2011-03-22 02:27:06 +0000 UTC]

The only time I ever made a D&D character, I was "Lady Prancelot, the Elfin Drag Queen." Sadly, never got to use him.

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to Omny87 [2011-03-23 02:27:19 +0000 UTC]

That's a shame.

---AK

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Omny87 In reply to AK-Is-Harmless [2011-03-23 03:11:04 +0000 UTC]

Some day, my friend... some day...

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iamhere-V [2011-03-22 02:03:32 +0000 UTC]

Drunken Boxing? Ok, now I need to find nerdier friends to play a table top RPG with.

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to iamhere-V [2011-03-23 02:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Not just drunken boxing: Jackie Chan drunken boxing. The beer gives him power.

---AK

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dwuff [2011-03-22 01:52:58 +0000 UTC]

Waffles have lost their innocence for me since "teh internetz." Interesting that this comic is all in blue.. hmmm...

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to dwuff [2011-03-23 02:26:27 +0000 UTC]

It's actually all in gray, but I altered the colors a tad on the computer.

---AK

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dwuff In reply to AK-Is-Harmless [2011-03-23 20:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Ah, our friend colourize. Saved a lot of my pictures from total visual boredom!

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ShaneJensenToons [2011-03-22 01:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Dice scrotum? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to ShaneJensenToons [2011-03-23 02:25:53 +0000 UTC]

That's what a proper dice bag looks like.

---AK

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Abyss-the-dark [2011-03-22 01:29:59 +0000 UTC]

???????

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to Abyss-the-dark [2011-03-23 02:25:19 +0000 UTC]

What? WHAT?!

---AK

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Abyss-the-dark In reply to AK-Is-Harmless [2011-03-23 03:33:38 +0000 UTC]

I don't get it..

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RadientEdenOasis [2011-03-22 01:26:15 +0000 UTC]

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AK-Is-Harmless In reply to RadientEdenOasis [2011-03-23 02:25:12 +0000 UTC]



---AK

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