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Q&A Humor in a fantasy setting

One easy way to go about portioning humor is picking a comical character (or two) and peppering the story with their wit, ineptitude, craziness, grave pessimism, or whichever other approach that ma...

posted 11y ago by SF.‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar SF.‭ · 2019-12-08T03:15:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
One easy way to go about portioning humor is picking a comical character (or two) and peppering the story with their wit, ineptitude, craziness, grave pessimism, or whichever other approach that makes them humorous that you like.

In D&D settings that character would _traditionally_ be some kind of bard, a person whose job was to be funny - making all the companions the butt of his humor and annoying them to no end, being a pragmatical coward in face of impossible odds, or opposite, charging bravely on the forefront with a song on his mouth. ("I was trying to bluff!")

While the rest of the team takes the reality of the world in all seriousness, he keeps a healthy distance. Which may get him in trouble or resolve problems in equal proportions. Let's say the dragon introduces himself as _Joerniperissimus Nightmare of The Dreaded Gorge_ and the joker is the one to address him as _Joe_ first.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-12-22T02:08:35Z (almost 11 years ago)
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