Hey, just wanted to put this out into the aether... the bard I've been playing got tired of thinking up imaginative insults for each cast of Vicious Mockery. So - with the DM's permission - I reskinned it... to "Dad Joke!"
Instead of "unleashing a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments", instead I just regale the table with the absolute most groan-inducing dad joke that I can concoct. I love it, the players love it, and to be perfectly honest, there's nothing quite so satisfying as watching the manticore you're fighting - and the DM - stop dead in their tracks, pinch the bridge of their nose, heave a great sigh and then take 2d6 psychic damage on top of that.
It's been more fun for me to play and more fun for the table as well. If you hate having to come up with new insults all the time, try Dad Joke... it really livens up the game!
p.s. Every time I take my dog to the park, the ducks attack him! ... but that's what happens when your dog is pure bread.
My offering to the 'dad joke bard' discourse, relaying how i handled it when one of my players built one.
Bard: "Did you hear? Gith don't have noses." Barman: "Oh, how do they smell?" Bard: "Terribly" Barman: " Why do i let you play here?" Githzerai monk: " Why do i travel with you again?" Tiefling Cleric: "If he says, 'i caught you red-handed' to me one more time, i am not bringing him back when he goes down. How does the Druid bear it?" 950 pound bear inching closer: " Say it bard.... say it. Your favorite pastry is a BEARCLAW."
Barman: "Everyone but the Monk is cut off."
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"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call To rise up in triumph should we all unite The spark for change is yours to ignite." Kalandra - The State of the World
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Hey, just wanted to put this out into the aether... the bard I've been playing got tired of thinking up imaginative insults for each cast of Vicious Mockery. So - with the DM's permission - I reskinned it... to "Dad Joke!"
Instead of "unleashing a string of insults laced with subtle enchantments", instead I just regale the table with the absolute most groan-inducing dad joke that I can concoct. I love it, the players love it, and to be perfectly honest, there's nothing quite so satisfying as watching the manticore you're fighting - and the DM - stop dead in their tracks, pinch the bridge of their nose, heave a great sigh and then take 2d6 psychic damage on top of that.
It's been more fun for me to play and more fun for the table as well. If you hate having to come up with new insults all the time, try Dad Joke... it really livens up the game!
p.s. Every time I take my dog to the park, the ducks attack him! ... but that's what happens when your dog is pure bread.
Booooo!
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My offering to the 'dad joke bard' discourse, relaying how i handled it when one of my players built one.
Bard: "Did you hear? Gith don't have noses."
Barman: "Oh, how do they smell?"
Bard: "Terribly"
Barman: " Why do i let you play here?"
Githzerai monk: " Why do i travel with you again?"
Tiefling Cleric: "If he says, 'i caught you red-handed' to me one more time, i am not bringing him back when he goes down. How does the Druid bear it?"
950 pound bear inching closer: " Say it bard.... say it. Your favorite pastry is a BEARCLAW."
Barman: "Everyone but the Monk is cut off."
He/Him. Loooooooooong time Player.
The Dark days of the THAC0 system are behind us.
"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call
To rise up in triumph should we all unite
The spark for change is yours to ignite."
Kalandra - The State of the World