D&D Court: Bonus Cases - Spiteful DMs, Abyssal Chicken Armies, and Joel's Rolls

Buffalow blow is a top tier pun.

The TPK DM, case 2, should run a game for a bunch of kids as punishment.

The monk’s forever DM is CRAZY but the wording of flurry of blows is that immediately after you attack, you can use your bonus action to make the unarmed strikes, which isn’t that different than moving between multiple strikes on one attack action

To anyone who thinks you can't enjoy gravity and levity simultaneously, all I have to say is "A Crown of Candy." Case in point.

I had a half-orc character who carried chicken wings COVERED in sauce in her bag at all times. I even took time in-game (during down times) to cook them and refill her bag. She would hand them out to EVERYONE. It was not sanitary or hygenic, but I almost always rolled high enough for them to be tasty. Her clothes and hands were also always covered in sauce. I miss her.

I'm just guessing, but there may gave been a fundamental misunderstanding of what a "tank" is on the DM's part, in World of Warcraft and FF14, they're designed to draw aggro, be the target of ALL enemies and be able to survive, Dungeons and Dragons doesn't have these assumptions baked in, being turn based means the action economy can turn against them. There is no "taunt" in D&D besides Compelled Duel, and that doesn't actually force targets to choose you, it debuffs them if they pick someone else

it's times like Em saying that 20 abyssal chickens might be too strong for a 15th level character is what makes me scoff at them having power level discussions. SCOFF I say

Joel could’ve also delayed his initiative to let the other players act. The party could’ve told him to wait until we give you the signal. They opened the door, and got mad that something they don’t like walked in. Players fault without the shadow of a doubt

I came immediately to the 2crew to let them know I discovered a prince game on xbox

Just a head's up for any DM listening: the DMG (both 2014's and 2024's) has rules for Mobs such as the 20 foul fowls. I don't know if that's what Murph means by "making swarms" but it lets you handle everything without rolling any d20! Combine this with prerolling damage or using the average score to make combat a breeze

Why call it Bonus Cases...? Just call it DnD Court if you're just tacking it on after 8-Bit Book Club, they're two different things :/

Reincars-mator'd*

I don't enjoy breaking up the release of concurrently recorded DnD Courts. You guys treat them as one episode from a continuity of conversation POV, tightly referencing things that happened in the same recording session

I’m kinda with the DM and Paladin That TPK’d the party. I think home DnD is better when it’s more serious and with a lot less jokes. I know this is a comedy podcast and it’s their lives but I truly think less levity is better. The party was asked to get more serious and it sounds like they didn’t. If another player is going out of their way to cause this as well then Thats party must have gone too far. I just feel like we aren’t getting the full picture from a lot of submitters.

Joel the confident idiot reminds me of the guy who busts out of the back room in Pulp Fiction and unloads his revolver, entirely missing Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta, who then light him up.

Brapbarian

"I ask for nothing" ok you get nothing...

Hear me out: humans, particularly fast ones, are cars world cryptids

Barberrier, or maybe Derrierian. Fullmetal Alchemist is another good example of how to balance levity/brevity. The DM from that case is crazy haha.

No harm, no fowl

I know y’all record ahead of time so I’m probably super late with this suggestion; but Hot Boy Haunted Mansion?

Cabbage Man is e👏🏻ssen👏🏻tial👏🏻 to Avatar. He’s the Desmond-ian constant of that universe, a la LOST.

If these are bonus cases where are the originals ?

Omg this sticky hand jujitsu talk unlocked a core memory of the Hotshots Part Deux sticky hands candy boxing goof

Swarm of abyssal chickens dodging as one but attacking individually has big Oscar's Oasis energy.

To the TPK submitter - Was this a homebrew world by any chance? Is it possible your DM felt like you were laughing at him and not with him by joking so much? Alternatively - did the Paladin join in the goofing before the TPK? Is it possible the Paladin was acting as the Grima Wormtongue and whispering in the DM’s ear that you guys weren’t taking it seriously enough? Not that they’re right, I just wanna know so bad

Man, the Denny voice is GONE. Rip Denny, may he missed not for his courage, but for the laughs we made at his expense.

Hasagun Joel being told you know when the time is right and then immediately firing a gun at the first enemy is so funny, perfect outcome IMO 💀💀💀

someone tell murph and Caldwell that the Jetsons live action is getting made

I usually assume a case is real even when it really probably isn't, but... C'mon, Sabrina, your GM really spent an HOUR narrating two epilogues? An HOUR? And nobody said a word? If we're gonna do creative writing we gotta keep verisimilitude in mind!

“Reincarnated, but as yourself”…so isekaied?

Car-mic rebirth

https://youtu.be/hW9NpuVJ_wI?si=IcC7KAMmFjE2-a4a Just leaving this here for all those Cars heads out there.

fuck me the joel question was the funniest one we’ve had in a while. bonus points that it was a legitimate question too

I wonder if anyone that is on trial hears the case their player/DM submitted against them

34:52 murph fell down a well but then climbed back up really fast

Thank you for your ruling judges 😌😌

Part of DMing is learning to take tiny Ls so your players can have those Ws.

why didn’t anyone razz jake for saying scount basster denny :/

I love that whenever it's been a very stressful work week, the Patreon is like "Dungeon Court?"

Sorry to the cleric but I think you were kind of being a brat lol you didn't have ANY idea what kind of aide would be helpful? If I'm your DM that tells me that you're just asking to ask and I'd wonder if you're paying attention to the campaign and your party members. why do I have to give you something that you may or may not want or need?

My midterms are over AND my show is on??

Hush hush Harold is my favorite dungeon court PC

Ah yes, my new favorite Isekai TPK: My Fartificer Re:inCARSnated as a Level 1 Human Man!

I haven’t listened to this one yet, I try to keep them in order. Did they do a Dungeon Court episode? Or are these bonus cases from a previous Dungeon Court?

Dun. Dun.

All rise 🙏🏿

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Cool beans man

Dun Dun indeed

Thanks Mr murph