Thread 96105717

Who was supposed to be the team healer?

>>96105717 (OP)
Healers are for wusses

>>96105717 (OP)
The unicorn, dumbass. Do you know about D&D monsters at all?

>>96105717 (OP)
Did they ever actually need one? I assume it was GI Joe rules where nobody actually got hurt - the cavalier couldn't have a sword and I'd bet money the barbarian never hit anyone with that club.

The DM

>>96105975
Correct, and the group concensus is always right!

Whoever is pouring the healing potions.

What exactly does an acrobat do?

>>96106195
Acrobatics, traditionally.

I just realized that the thief looks like Imoen.

>>96106195
acrobatics...While stealing things.

>>96105717 (OP)
>cavalier
>no horse

>>96107770
>dungeons and dragons
>dungeon
>a type of cave
>cavalier
And before you start with "it's a French word", look up what la cave translates to.

>>96107801
if we're gonna be shizo cavalier in my language literally translates into a well mannered gentleman.

>>96107841
That's bullshit, why would a well mannered gentleman spend his time in a cave?

>>96105717 (OP)
Why is this shitty show getting so much attention lately? Is it wizards nostalgia whoring the brand? I remember no one used to talk about this back in the 2000s and early 2010s outside of being a weird curiosity.

>>96105717 (OP)
In real life these three would accomplish every task and the other three are dead weight dragging the party down

>>96108052
Forgot pic

>>96108026
There's been a recent push by hasbro to astroturf the show as some sort of cult classic when it absolutely fucking wasn't. The show was fucking awful even for the time which is why it died so fast.

>>96108091
It's IP they own and they are trying to flog it for sale everywhere. It's sad, really.

>>96105924
sippybippy

>>96108052
>spell casters dragging the party down
No games.

>>96107955
So he can motivate all the girlflops, girlfumbles and girlfailures to succeed in life.

>>96107801
>>96107841
Cavalier comes from the French "chevalier" which literally means "horseman" (horse is "cheval").
>cavalier in my language literally translates into a well mannered gentleman.
Slavs were mindbroken by Napoleon into frenchaboo'ing for a century so that meaning definitely comes from romanticizing French knights.

>>96108513
>Slavs were mindbroken by Napoleon into frenchaboo'ing
Whole Europe was. What a mistake.

>>96108091
>I'm too young to have seen the show when it first came out
>parroting edgy iconoclasm is my attempt at original thinking
Apart from Hasbro pushing it which you might be right about but I don't give a fuck if they are or not, everything you wrote is wrong.

>>96105717 (OP)
>Who was supposed to be the team healer?
Some sort of pagan spellcaster? Just as the d&d satanic panic was beginning? 80s cartoon showrunners pushed the limits ALOT, but even they knew that would be suicide.

>>96108350
I said in real life, you low IQ mong.

>>96108026
The characters showed up in their gacha game.

>>96108091
>The show was fucking awful even for the time
I saw it for the first time only a few years back(every episode was on yt not sure if they still are) and enjoyed it quite a bit. It absolutely was better than most of the slop i grew up watching in the 90s.

>>96108091
>>96108117
There's been references to the cartoons since Baldur's Gate. They even got weapon stats in 3.5
>Hank's Bow: +2 composite bow that never runs out of ammo, does 2d6 force damage, and can power attack without a feat.
>Eric's Bow: +2 bashing heavy steel shield that can be wielded 2-handed. As an immediate action, the wielder can create a Resilient Sphere effect centered on themselves for 5 rounds a day.
>Diana's Staff: +2 ki strike quarterstaff that turns into a +2 ki strike javelin when thrown. Can grow and shrink in size (from 1 inch to 20 feet), grants a +5 on Jump checks, and free trip effects when it successfully hits.
>Sheila's Cloak: 5 times a day, you can cast invisibility on yourself. 2 time a day, greater invisibility.
>Bobby's Club: +2 greatclub that gives +4 strength. Three times a day, can cause a 30-foot earthquake in a line that causes anyone to make a reflex save or fall prone.
>Presto's Hat: Oh boy. It's a Rod of Wonder, first of all. But it can produce any spell component up to 1000g in value for a round. It automatically empowers any spell you cast with no increase in spell slot level used. It can be used to cast any spell in your spellbook in place of the ones you memorized. The downside? If you use either of the latter two effects, there is a 1/3 chance the spell is wasted and you get the Rod of Wonder effect, a 1/3 chance it works, and a 1/3 chance that it works and you get the effect.

>>96112167
>>Presto's Hat: Oh boy. It's a Rod of Wonder

Tee hee hee!

>>96107316
Hiya. It's me, Imoen

>>96109403
>wizards in real life
Okay retard.

>>96105924
Can it heal non-virgins too?

>>96112225
Yer all buffle-headed.

>>96108026
they've been rebooting the toyline one part at the time once a year (or some other bizarre Hasbro strategy)

>>96109014
Schizos getting triggered by King Arthur don't represent most of the public. They just made some noise in the 80's and for some reasson retards pretend they should still be catered.

>>96110019
didn't they also show up in the 2024 PHB? also there were some new toys maybe

>>96108052
>>96109403
>forgets pic
>"in real life"
>calls someone else a low IQ mong
lmao

>>96111874
Grendaizer was way better.

>>96108722
>This will benefit nobody at all
>Majority of lenga d'òc and B*etons and the cancer of P*ris out of France
Everyone will benefit from this, you idiot

>>96109014
>Some sort of pagan spellcaster?

>>96115731
wasn't he more like a birthday party magician?

>>96109014
I remember one of those concerned mother groups saying the cartoon was one of the most violent things on TV lol

>>96107770
>Ranger
>no bow
>no animal companion
The D&D tv show wasn't run in the D&D system.

>>96117125
>wasn't run in the D&D system
No it wasn't. It was based on the AD&D 1e system.
Things were different back then from the nuDnD you (don't) play these days.

>>96112558
What are you implying, anon? Every castmember is a literal child.

Thanks, Brazil!

>>96118329
Between this and the Wacky Races one, what is it with Brazil and making better adaptions of beloved franchises than any high-budget attempt by Hollywood? For fucking car commercials, no less?

>>96118329
IT'S A FUCKING CAR COMMERCIAL?

>>96118329
>GM ad libs the ending for an abandoned campaign.
lmao

>>96118329
>>96119077
Where that screengrab about suspension of disbelief?
>You can accept dragons but you can't accept the new corolla 2015 sport?

>>96119016
Lots of nerds in Brazil that really enjoyed those old franchises. Here's an ad they made for that Yasuke Assassin's creed game, based on old tokusatsu shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89bztUO2JuE

>>96116718
Does summoning a battleship sounds like a parlor trick?

>>96121517
yes if you pull it out of a hat, and can't even use it as anything other than as a wall

>>96108057
>Eric the Cavalier
>useful
lmao

>>96107729
>if you only knew hoiw bad thigs really are

>>96117125
Are u blind the ranger has a bow in the OP.

>>96121349
Wtf this ad is fucking kino.

>>96123850
The weirdest true fact I know is that the country with the 2nd largest Japanese population, outside of Japan itself, is Brazil. It's weird because...why? Why Brazil? It doesn't even have a Pacific coast...

>>96124048
That does explain all the Brazilian weebs tho.

>>96124048
Explains how common Brazilians are in Japanese stuff
Not too common, but more than you'd expect

>>96124048
Brazil was popular hiding place for people from the wrong side of World War 2, most notoriously Germans, but also plenty of Japanese.

>>96124856
I was gonna say you're wrong but the more I think about it the less sure I am of your meaning.
Latin America was popular hiding place during WW2, meaning the people who didn't like the axis. That's why Argentina has the second highest jewish diaspora and most of the region had a boom in unionization during the 40's. The japanese expats started returning during the late 70's, when the US stopped being in full control and the country still didn't return to the imperial mode. Some of their stories are the basis for the civilians in the first part of the original Gundam.

>>96124048
>It's weird because...why? Why Brazil?
Mass industrialization in the Meiji period meant rural Japan was massively impoverished and the cities were overcrowded with none of the modern amenities, so emigration was popular. Brazil had a booming agriculture industry and the first major wave of Japanese came over after WW1 to work on coffee plantations, who desperately needed more workers because their main labour source at the time, Italians, were cut off by the Italian government. Additionally, this was in the time period when most western countries, including the US, were greatly limiting the amount of immigration from Asian countries. Over time the growth of the Japanese population in Brazil reached critical mass, allowing them to form specifically self-sustaining Japanese-Brazilian communities, and starting in the 60s started becoming more urban than rural.

>>96124939
Tomino has very strong OD&D DM energy for me. Whatever he saw on TV or picked his interest that day got forced into his shows, if you see a break down of influences and signaling it feels like Gygax adding a space ship module because fuck it, the team liked that shit.

>>96112558
>>96118322
A useful workaround!

>>96124048
Because Brazil would accept them at the time, and manyh other countries banned them. Pic related. Note that Peru is also highlighted. See also Aberto Fujimori.

It says "lets go to south america with the whole family". This particular project required at least 3 laborers in a family to go to be allowed permits.

>>96124950
This is the best summary.

>>96117125
it was 1e unearthed arcana with acrobat, calvalier and barbarian.

>>96115357
Saudi detected

>>96108026
Hasbro is currently falling apart and one of the only parts that is actually profitable is WotC. After the surge caused by Covid in 2020~2021, they decided to turn D&D into a lifestyle brand and started doing a weird mix of nostalgia baiting and virtue signaling. Both the only D&D toyline and cartoon got a lot of references as part of the 5.5e d campaign.

>>96112167
>Eric's Bow:
Wait...

All these youngsters dissing the cartoon here is sad. This is from a time when there were only three channels on TV and stupid stuff like bugs bunny and Flintstones was very popular still. I was 8 years old when it came out, and I truly enjoyed it. Thundarr the Barbarian and Robotech were also my favorites.

>>96118322
then why is the acrobat dressed so slutty
actually isn't that outfit kind of racist to put on her

>>96130490
>anon calling a child "slutty" -event #14142

>>96129134
>these damn youngsters can't appreciate real cartoons!
>flinstones and bugs bunny? Stupid shit.

>>96129134
>All these youngsters
dude, it was shit even back in the day
>I was 8 years old when it came out, and I truly enjoyed it.
yeah, kids often enjoy stupid shit

>>96130490
you're just a pedophile

>>96130490
>actually isn't that outfit kind of racist to put on her
No more than Bobby's or Conan the barbarians. Have you been getting your definition of racist from whiny bigots again?

>>96108091
It ran for 3 seasons and introduced a lot of kids to dnd

>>96117125
I don't think the animal companion ability was in 1e

>>96115718
>Censors Breton and Paris like a fag

>>96130880
That’s the point, It was a cartoon for kids. Not too many adults were watching cartoons back then. Even the original creators of d&d use to say, don’t take the rules too seriously, the point of RPG’s is to have fun with your friends, or help you meet new friends…

>>96130490
I think it being non-descript brown makes it safe. If it was leopard patterned then things would get; interesting.

>>96136338
how prudish. See also giganta.

>>96105717 (OP)
the mage was a necromancer

>>96130880
1 fuck you for sucking that bad

2 yeah anon is suspect as hell
>>96130490
that was a creepy ass thing to say anon

>>96121349
based beyond belief

>>96115718
thank you for censoring the profane and keeping this thread christian
its only a shame we had to turn to such ugly topics

Shield

>>96136351
catgirl enthusiasts

>>96121633
>t. never watched the show, just knows the memes
Eric is consistently the 2nd most important character in the show, even if the moral watchdogs and Christian schizos enforced on the writers a whole lot of bullshit.
Still, they wouldn't survive any of the encounters they have without him, and that's the least of his utility.

>>96130490
>zoomer trying to grasp the world before internet and American culture war
Bonus points if by chance you aren't American, yet still participate in their pants-on-head retardation.
Watching how your generations is genuinely and utterly clueless while trying to reframe everything into your idiotic worldview and non-issues will never get old.
But then I remind myself you've got voting rights rather than being a schoolkids anymore and proceed to vote on ideology and to "own" the other side of the horseshoe, rather than actual, important stuff, and it stops being funny almost instantly

>>96136229
>He doesn't censor B*etons and P*ris

>>96108091
It was a small show with only 30ish episodes over three seasons. But it was on CBS saturday morning which meant a a lot of fucking eyeballs on it. But dnd had this and it's fun little toyline but TSR itself was sinking. It had capped out it's market at the time, was constantly being forced to shed employees and reorganize because gygax and the blumes sucked ass at managing a business and gygax brought in a ringer for investing who immediately saw the shit, didn't want to waste her money and bought out the blumes for control. It's not just the cartoon itself, which is fun enough as it was because the Reagans hadn't fucked cartoons completely yet. But the whole shitshow that was TSR and it's properties from 1981-86.

>>96138397
the Reagans fucked with cartoons?
FUCK
tell it to me straight anon, am i going to become a liberal?

>>96136962
you are clearly delusional anon
every cuntry outside the us is also aware of and involved in the culture war
because its all the us

>>96138523
y'know you're right, reagan was the deregs to let cartoons advertise cereal and toylines. The 80's and early 90's were wild with the nonsense of dereg this but not like that, just say no to drugs, here sell your drugs so you can keep the revolution.

>>96136293
yeah but some cartoons for kids are still watchable and decent enough if you're an adult, while others aren't

>>96138523
He just loosened the limitations on making 30 min advertizements and created a generation that in their 40's have very strong feelings about transforming robot toy lines because it was inculcated in their formative years instead of religion, politics, culture or whatever occupied that space before child brainwashing became common. Sucking lead maybe?

>>96136941
what memes? I just did a quick google of the cartoon, I know zero about it and never watched it lol

>>96108513
Not so sure.
Horsemen have been associated with a militarized higher class since at least the Romans, see the equestrians.

>>96136975
we do appreciate the censorship but still arent you being just a little gratuitous?
cant you use shorthand, implication, or a stand in word?

>>96107316
>here's that precocious 16 year old I was telling you about

>>96138542
>you are clearly delusional anon
Ironic

>>96138676
>I know zero about it and never watched it lol
And yet you held opinions about its content.
Have you considered you might be retarded?

>>96108026
>within literal seconds of being isekai'd into D&D Tiamat waddles out of some middle of nowhere fuck hole cave to start fighting the level 1 party of children

Even for a children's show this cartoon was extremely fucking stupid and unsatisfying. Imagine the first 90 seconds of the first episode of GI Joe is them all going to boot camp and Cobra Commander just steps out of the washroom and starts shooting at Joes with an uzi.

>>96139011
they made a joke about a class, not the show. Your reading comprehension is shit.

>>96139003
yes
it was an ironic post
good job picking it up

>both posts a minute appart.
Go do something with your sunday instead of showing off how dumb you are.

>>96139038
>Imagine the first 90 seconds of the first episode of GI Joe is them all going to boot camp and Cobra Commander just steps out of the washroom and starts shooting at Joes with an uzi.
that sounds fucking awesome, I could see that being green lit for AS

>>96139038
That honestly sounds like one of the Hamas' Comics.

>>96139204
*Hama's
Fucking Israeli plant autocorrect.

>>96139038
>>96139204
I am 90 percent sure that happens one. They introduce the newest action figures, or rather recruits to the GI joe team and immediately get a one two from Storm shadow and fucking Destro.

>>96138397
>>96138523
Reagan enabled action cartoons by changing the rules so a Cartoon could be one big advertisement for a toy line as long as it 1. Had decent heroic moral messaging, and 2. The company didn't DIRECTLY run the ads showing they products themselves and where to buy them during the commercial breaks.

>>96140214
Ah okay I was trying to remember where that PSA stuff came in I though it was him. I also thought the dereg started earlier. but he was both. Do you remember if it was it Nancy or Barbara that pushed the minimum educational time limit?

>>96140214
And then in the 90s they decided all network stations had to have a minimum amount of educational content and cartoons didn't qualify, so everyone ditched cool action cartoons for dirt cheap newsmagazine shows for teenagers.

>>96105717 (OP)
you get HP when you fuck a unicorn. it is known

>>96141170
Does it count if the unicorn fucks you?

>>96138523
Reagan is the reason why so many 80's cartoons were toy commercials.
>am i going to become a liberal?
I think anyone but the most kool-aid(tm) drinking lolbert can understand that maybe kids shouldn't be advertised sugary poison 24/7. And a lot of toy-commercial shows were slop, but we can't be totally anti-fun either, there's some good toy commercial shows. Gundam is literally one. And all He-Man did was take just take Thundarr the Barbarian, make it gayer, and give it some toys.

>>96141164
The creator driven cartoons of the 90's were unrionically better at least

>>96121349
Better than the vidya

>>96105809
/thread

>>96138676
Once Eric managed to shield the entire party from a rock slide, a TPK was just a mild annoyance and ego fuel that he was undeniably useful and alert for once.
Listen Diana my babe love you your feats and your musky bearskin bra, but I did not see you making a spot check or reflex save.

>>96150666
>cavalier
>useful

>but in the show!!1
dude it's 80s cartoons, they ran on nonsense

>>96105717 (OP)
Aren’t there arcane spells that can heal?

>>96139074
>Show-centric thread
>Show-centric argument
>LOL READING COMPREHENSION MUCH?
Pure, raw irony

>>96155649
Wasn't the 1e Unearthed Arcana Cavalier very very strong?

>>96112649
The problem was never "most of the public", but (((the media))), and (((they))) were more than happy giving christoids attention.

>>96136211
When a ranger reaches name level the table to roll for attracted followers includes animals.

>>96159571
>(((the media))), and (((they)))
Weird way to spell "Ronald Reagan and the late-stage Cold War"
It never stops to baffle me how much people are unable to wrap their heads nowadays just how all the cold war bullshit affected things and the most exotic alliances. And how bad it all ended up in the long run.

>>96118329
Based ad desu lol
>>96124048
AFAIK it has actually THE largest Japanese population outside of Japan itself.
>>96124856
>>96124939
While there were many WW2 Axis refugees in Brazil and in other South American countries, the large Japanese migration in question happened before all of that at the beginning of the century.
>>96124950
Seems like a nice summary. Am not an expert to confirm, though.

>>96160547
>AFAIK it has actually THE largest Japanese population outside of Japan itself.

Yes, that is...exactly what I said.

>>96118329
The sheer attention to detail on this is a level of commitment that absolutely was not necessary. The kids are even wearing the clothes they were in the carnival before entering the Realm.

>>96159552
Only class ever to start at negative levels, it was the best Martial of 1E.

>>96160547
>>96124048
>he 2nd largest Japanese population, outside of Japan itself,
I guess you're right, I hadn't paid attention to the commas that define the ranking with Japan being number 1 (having understood before that 'outside of Japan' was not included in ranks 1 and 2).
>>96160783
They were very thorough indeed. Likely they wanted to extract as much as possible from the rights they bought.
>>96161605
I knew of races starting at de facto negative levels with 3.X's level adjustment, but having a class with negative levels is very unexpected.

>>96162198
Meant to quote >>96160754 and >>96124048.
Also, by 3.X I meant 3rd edition obviously.