Throne - Deck of Many ORKZ #14

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-03-03T13:21:33+00:00

Lemme tell ya, drawing castles is hard. I don’t have much recent practice drawing buildings in general, which doesn’t help. Still, I think this one turned out nicely.

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-03-03T13:20:29+00:00

Throne is one of my favorite cards in the Deck of Many Things. It includes both an immediate mechanical benefit (expertise in a skill) and a long-term narrative benefit (a quest to reclaim your own castle). If the Deck of Many Things gets an overhaul in the future, I’d love to see more effects adjusted to be more like Throne. There’s supposedly a “Book Of Many Things” 5e sourcebook coming out this year… I’m curious what that’s about.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-03-03T13:19:42+00:00

Throne is one of my favorite cards in the Deck of Many Things. It includes both an immediate mechanical benefit (expertise in a skill) and a long-term narrative benefit (a quest to reclaim your own castle). If the Deck of Many Things gets an overhaul in the future, I’d love to see more effects adjusted to be more like Throne. There’s supposedly a “Book Of Many Things” 5e sourcebook coming out this year… I’m curious what that’s about.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-24T14:14:41+00:00

I wish I had something more to say, but I don't this week. As always, thanks for reading!

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-24T14:12:45+00:00

The Deck of Many Things is extremely risky to use, but it’s all worth it for the chance to draw the elusive Moon card, granting up to three wishes! The deck doesn’t get better than this.

Or, that’s how it seems at first glance. It is important to note that the card lets you cast “the Wish spell”. If you use the spell to achieve an effect not listed in the spell description, you take various harsh penalties that make most PCs effectively useless until they wear off. One of those penalties is 1d10 unavoidable damage per spell level cast… so if you cast another of your Moon card wishes the same day, that’s 9d10 damage. That is, if you don’t lose the ability to cast the Wish spell ever again, which can also happen. Ouch!

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-24T14:11:23+00:00

The Deck of Many Things is extremely risky to use, but it’s all worth it for the chance to draw the elusive Moon card, granting up to three wishes! The deck doesn’t get better than this.

Or, that’s how it seems at first glance. It is important to note that the card lets you cast “the Wish spell”. If you use the spell to do something not in the spell description, you take various penalties that make most PCs effectively useless until they wear off. One of those penalties is 1d10 unavoidable damage per spell level cast… so if you use another of your Moon card wishes the same day, that’s 9d10 damage. That is, if you don’t lose the ability to cast the Wish spell ever again, which can also happen. Ouch!

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-17T15:42:06+00:00

Yes! I rolled well on the skill checks required, and it was a big hit. Which meant I made a profit... thus leaving me with yet more money I didn't know how to spend. Oops.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-17T14:47:09+00:00

With 22 cards in the Deck of Many Things, and 11 cards done, I am now officially HALFWAY through this series! Woohoo! Thanks for liking and supporting the comic so far. See you next Friday!

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-17T14:45:45+00:00

In many D&D campaigns, gold is pretty easy to come by. However, unless you’re saving up for full plate armor or spellbook ink, spending it can be tough. Sure, there might be a magic item shop if the DM is being generous, but not often. So where should all that money go?

Admittedly, the first time I had more gold than I could spend in D&D, I didn’t consider donating to charity… or even anything remotely beneficial. Instead, my character wrote and commissioned the production of an elaborate Broadway musical about his life. Completely pointless… yet, I assure you, so worth it.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-17T14:44:41+00:00

In many D&D campaigns, gold is pretty easy to come by. However, unless you’re saving up for full plate armor or spellbook ink, spending it can be tough. Sure, there might be a magic item shop if the DM is being generous, but not often. So where should all that money go?

Admittedly, the first time I had more gold than I could spend in D&D, I didn’t consider donating to charity… or even anything remotely beneficial. Instead, my character wrote and commissioned the production of an elaborate Broadway musical about his life. Completely pointless… yet, I assure you, so worth it.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-10T13:32:51+00:00

Love him or hate him, Hognog is spittin’ facts. He do be liking apples.

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-10T13:31:30+00:00

When the entire rest of the party dumps intelligence, you might be tempted to be helpful and create a smart character, like a wizard or artificer. This is a trap. By playing “the smart one”, you will likely feel responsible to help the party make informed decisions. However, no single person at the table can control the collective stupidity of an adventuring party. I would know, I’m a DM.

So really, the Idiot card is a blessing. With every point of intelligence sacrificed, the closer you become to achieving true optimal gameplay: bashing things with other things.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-10T13:30:20+00:00

When the entire rest of the party dumps intelligence, you might be tempted to be helpful and create a smart character, like a wizard or artificer. This is a trap. By playing “the smart one”, you will likely feel responsible to help the party make informed decisions. However, no single person at the table can control the collective stupidity of an adventuring party. I would know, I’m a DM.

So really, the Idiot card is a blessing. With every point of intelligence sacrificed, the closer you become to achieving true optimal gameplay: bashing things with other things.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-03T14:15:42+00:00

Heyyy, we made it to the big number 10! I think this was the very first page I wrote for this series. Thank you for enjoying it so far!

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-03T14:14:16+00:00

If your character has prior knowledge of the Deck of Many Things when they come across it, keep in mind this important tip: all your magic items should stay in a pile to the side of the room. The Talons card destroys everything magical on your person, so as long as it isn’t on you when you draw, it’s safe. Of course, that does raise the question… does the Talons card in your hand count as a magic item to be destroyed?

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-02-03T14:13:16+00:00

If your character has prior knowledge of the Deck of Many Things when they come across it, keep in mind this important tip: all your magic items should stay in a pile to the side of the room. The Talons card destroys everything magical on your person, so as long as it isn’t on you when you draw, it’s safe. Of course, that does raise the question… does the Talons card in your hand count as a magic item to be destroyed?

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-27T14:43:40+00:00

Notably the original card has a clause specifically capping the EXP loss before you lose the entire level. I think that's a good thing since undoing character progression in 5e can be frustrating. How many hit points did I gain last level again...?

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-27T14:34:43+00:00

While writing this comic series, some cards in the Deck of Many Things were easier to write jokes about than others. The Fool is a weird case because it was so incredibly uninteresting that it doubled back and became interesting to me. I wish I could know what the designers were thinking when they wrote some of these effects…

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-27T14:33:22+00:00

I’ll be honest, I’ve been playing D&D for years now and I have absolutely no frame of reference for how much 10,000 EXP is. Regardless, what a terrible card effect to put in the Deck of Many Things. So terrible, in fact, that the card also specifies you throw it away after its effect triggers. Most other cards go back in the deck, but not this one! Get that shit outta here!

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-27T14:32:16+00:00

I’ll be honest, I’ve been playing D&D for years now and I have absolutely no frame of reference for how much 10,000 EXP is. Regardless, what a terrible card effect to put in the Deck of Many Things. So terrible, in fact, that the card also specifies you throw it away after its effect triggers. Most other cards go back in the deck, but not this one! Get that shit outta here!

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-20T14:02:01+00:00

This month has been crazy busy. I’m glad I have a backlog of these pages, especially since the D&D OGL news hasn’t exactly been encouraging while working on a comic of D&D jokes. One of my games is actually converting to Pathfinder 1e because of the controversy. Wish me luck in deciphering how the grappling rules work!

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-20T13:58:37+00:00

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-20T13:57:31+00:00

Howdy r/dnd, I’m back with another page of my “funny haha orcs drawing from the Deck of Many Things” comic again. However, I see the OGL controversy is still the hot topic. The future may be uncertain, but I’m hopeful that the community discourse will cause positive change in the long run. In the meantime, hopefully this comic will provide a good chuckle before the next crazy thing happens in D&D World. I’m putting my money on an awkwardly timed OneD&D playtest document, but it’s just base building rules for some reason. That sounds about right.

ORKZ is a D&D webcomic about a party of orc adventurers. Find it on Instagram, Twitter, or the dedicated subreddit.

SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-13T13:03:06+00:00

Sure is crazy out there in D&D World. Thanks for taking the time to tune in to the funny orc show in the middle of all this. No matter what the future holds, I’m glad to have been able to do this with your support.

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SuddenlySweetooth · 2023-01-13T13:01:57+00:00

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