I've been amusing myself lately by watching D&D oriented videos by Antonio Demico, aka The Pointy Hat. (Here's his Artstation page as well.) His YouTube videos take an aspect of D&D, examine it with a high amount of snarky humor, and make a few tweaks and twists to change the class to make it more interesting to play. Being a long time player, I've been chuckling along with his videos, as he skewers a lot of stereotypes within D&D (and roleplaying in general).
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| In case he changes it in the future, I wanted to make sure I saved it. From Pointy Hat Studios. |
What caught my eye the most was this one about Rogues:
That Rogues or Thieves (or Shadowblades, for you ESO fans) attract an edgy type of person is an in-joke for RPGs and MMOs since forever (although in AD&D 1e the truly edgy played Assassins), and I'll admit I had my own Batman phase of sorts*. Still, the Edgelord player that plays Rogues is very much a thing, so why not poke some fun at them?
As long as they only simply stay brooding in the corner, mind you...
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| Yeah, this. Something about Fire Nation that brings this out in people. From Facebook's My DND group. |
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| Wow. That hurts. Also accurate. From d20dndmemes. |
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| And this is why I don't play Forsaken. From Reddit and aitipse_Amelie. |
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| Sigh. Yeah, that. I feel ya, Geralt. From Reddit and The Witcher. |
Okay, one more, from one of my more favorite webcomics:
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| You have to click on it to see the full thing, but yeah. I've been in campaigns with that one player... From Jonboy2312 on DeviantArt and Tales from the Tables. |
*Although I suppose you could say I was too nice to be Batman.
EtA: Corrected grammar.
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