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The only problem with this comic is that Yay has previously said that respecting the mind was something that they are very firm on. No matter how annoyed they might be, I doubt they would ever try to do the R&D to develop that malicious nanotech. It's interesting that they, even in this fictional narritive, would entertain that thought.
Yeah, but it's Golf. GOLF.
So good.
Is Roku the new Faye? Smart-assery, issues... And is Yay (erstwhile Spookybot*), for all their power, the new Marten -- quite unclear about what they want from life?
Does this make Sam Pintsize?
I love every single thing about every frame of this!
Is Punchbot the only actual accountant we've seen so far?
Nelson maybe? That's how he struck me at first, at least. He is an AI of many hats.
Yay and Dave end up living together with his AI hating father and loving but naive mother. Presenting the QC spin off: AI in the Family.
winner, winner
This gives meaning to my life. I can feel my heart expanding like the Grinch's.
Just looked back over some recent strips, and then over some less recent strips. Roko and Yay's friendship is hard-won and precious. They have become so good for/to each other. It's heartwarming. (they could still bang, tho)
Yay just needs to wear some bread.
Ah yes, The DM messing with the players, classic DM move.
Now I kinda want a water cooler talk RPG.
Isn’t that what Fiasco is all about?
Ah, I missed the "characters just sitting around shooting the breeze" strips. Roko is very good at this!
Yay: “Abra-ka-f***-you!”
Rocks Fall! Everybody Dies!
Rocks fall, everyone Daves!
the gang get into d&d? 🤞
It turns out that we really needed is for Roko and Yay to have a roleplaying session, after which, Roko and Yay should have a roleplaying session...
Roope Eronen did create a hilarious comic book about just that, called Offices and Humans (available in Finnish and French, but I believe no English version). No romancing plot, but otherwise the story of dragons role-playing a game where they navigate office challenges, technical and social.
I just read the Finnish version, it has the English translation as hard to see green text on the pages!
a wild dave appears.... also, I want to play this game
Yes. So much. With a Real Life Yay.
Jeph, you're a GENIUS
It is indeed a brilliance.
This is freaking AMAZING
I love these two.
Yay is now contemplating how to always be able to load dice so they never roll a 1.
I suspect Yay could precisely calculate the roll to ensure ANY die in their hands might as well be loaded
There's a short comic named Fated by Jasmine Walls about a series of unsuccessful rolls leading to a very unorthodox resolution of conflict between human paladin and orc warchief. Yay may be heading towards something similar here.
That's a very good short comic. Love it.
Watersports, you say
That's what we call them in the family friendly strip
Hey, there’re roleplaying games which are _not_ D&D, many of which people often like to play games what D&D might not be the best fit for! For example, if not freeform, this might be Cyberpunk! (Not Call of Cthulhu as with those rules you’d want to roll low.)
I think Yay would possibly gravitate towards Vampire: The Masquerade based on their color choices alone.
It's always a role-playing game
LIFE is a roleplaying game
Dnd: dates and daves
Roko as a DM would be BRILLIANT. Try rules-lawyering a former cop and see how far you get.
Here there be gerblins.
I wonder how many are missing the Dead Alewives reference...
I'M GETTING DRUNK. ARE THERE ANY GIRLS THERE?
Natural 1? Straight to dice jail.
On the darkness, but what’s this?! The missile turned back around! Yay IS the darkness!
You'd think an all powerful, multiply bodied AI such as Yay would have seen a nat 1 coming and prepared for it!
No one can fully prepare for a nat 1
Their interactions are really cute.
Damn crappy dice.
you are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
...Compass spinning wildly
Yay D&D jokes! D&D jokes forever!
It's so cool to see Roko enjoying herself for once. She's smiling more in this comic than she does in whole storylines.
Into the darkness.
This is why you use fireball from the start and get the encounter over with quickly.
Dave might have evasion as a golfer bonus feat.
Hahahaha!
Dave has a Shield of Boringness, and deflects the Magic Missile.
Why cast Magic Missile when you likely have access to Actual Missile? Bye Dave.
I knew it. I knew Dave secretly had a thing for Yay.
Doesn't everyone tho?
I have nothing insightful to say, this one is just laugh-out-loud funny.
Right? I wanted a laugh react for this one
As an accountant, I should resent this, but I'm finding it hilarious instead.
This is my favorite duo right now by far
Dave puts on his robe and wizard hat.
'Productive Member of Society', the most popular but least fun RPG ever!
I wouldn't say it's the most popular so much as the most played.
Why do you hate accountants Jeph :(
There's no accounting for taste.
Chuckling uproariously.
These two need to hook up and get it over with already.
Where do I get the smile that makes animals and toddlers upset and does it work on Karens?
It does sound useful.
Ok seriously, my name is Dave. I play golf and slow pitch softball. I'm a corporate manager. CMON Jeph I'm more than my basicness!
Yes. Yes you are. Go talk to Yay.
So awesome
I've got a +3 dagger of Dave slaying Yay can borrow.
Now that's just harsh :-p
This comic is... *rolls dice* hilarious!
The thing about Yay is that they actually CAN cast Magic Missiles.
This is when we find out Dave's last name is Gazebo.
I want more robots playing Cubicles and Management
No, no... Its Papers and Paychecks, as drawn by Will McLean in the original AD&D DMG...
god I love yay
I love the Yay that appears under Roko's "influence".
Yay attacks the darkness!
Yay may be the only one the darkness fears
BANTER
-5 saving throw on Yay- you don't EVER question the Dungeon Master unless you want your life to suck.
I can totally see how next week goes: Hercules saunters in, jumps onto Yay, Yay falls onto Roko. Next morning, Yay and Roko are smoothing while Hercules sleep on top of them.
I could watch AIs smoothing for HOURS.
God I love these two and their banter
This is the BEST
I love how yay oscillates between maniacal supervillain and petulant tweener.
Honestly I don't believe there's a lot of difference, except the amount of power at your disposal.
I'm still chuckling as I write this comment about me chuckling! Funny stuff! "Oh you rolled a 1!" :D
I know I'm repeating myself but once again I love absolutely everything about this
Crit fails make for the most entertaining sessions.
LOL I used to play. (Long sad story as to why I quit.) But thats both pathfider and D&D fare. ....... though if she rolled a one,.. she has agreed to go on a date with Dave from accounting. (Hope she lets him down gently.)
*they
Didn't know Roko was a tabletop gamer. We need to see her GM for her friends now.
Is that not what she's doing now?
Oh, I CACKLED. Bravo!
Yay is the best character!
Yay, Yay, Yay. Life IS an RPG. Now role on the social fumble table...
Life is an RPG, old chum!
Distopia & Dragons
...i'm hoping "watersports" doesn't refer to what I think it does.
Consecutive critical failures result in Dave divorcing his partner and then Yay and Dave getting married. . o O (But it's been done.)
I think marrying Yay would be much more punishment that Dave seems to deserve. He's boring, not evil
Jeph, I don't have words to express how much joy you bring me
I did not expect that turn and I absolutely love it!
Yay & Roko RP session 😏
I love this.
A game session of Houses & Humans.
Attics and Androids
Anything can be a roleplaying game if you use your imagination.
You rolled a 2: Dave just misinterpreted the meaning behind your use of the word “roleplaying”.