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yardsards · 1 year ago

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huh. in most of the groups i've played in, there's just as much (if not more) rules-bending and dicking around as taz balance.

i would blame it on the fact that a lot of the friends i play with are *also* taz fans but... the worst offenders are actually the players in my irl group who have never listened to a single episode of taz

The opposite of the Mercer Effect (where people listen to critical role and have unrealistically high expectations for the immersiveness of a campaign and expect Matt Mercer's energy and skill) is what I experienced, the Mcelroy effect, where you listen to TAZ and expect there to be way less rules and a lot more fucking around

#taz #that irl group has me one other player and the dm who are all big taz fans #who goof around but take things semi seriously #one player who read a couple of the taz graphic novels but never listened to the podcast #who goofs around a bit more than us #and then the two who never heard any taz #who goof around so much it's almost teetering from fun to annoying #i play a nasty little gnome named sugnflower goldegnshowers #whose main goal is to get his ex to take his pathetic ass back #and somehow i'm one of the most serious characters in that party #second to boaz who is the cleric and token Normal Guy #then we have: CJ (short for Crispy Jam)‚ philll and his familiar weaselll‚ and sir angus from the house of steak #my other parties aren't QUITE that silly but there's still a good bit of Shenanigans that go on

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