# Basic D&D: The Keep on the Borderlands **URL:** \ **Category:** Whartson Hall\ **Created:** [10 July 2020 10:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440 "2020-07-10T10:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/YukonLichen)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2020 14:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/21 "2020-07-20T14:36:23Z")
> [@RogerBW](#): > > It’s too late. _Everything_ provides us with fodder for cheap jokes. Is that so? Who is this mysterious Mrs. Everything, who’s the cause of all this trouble? 😠 💢 Ooh, I bet she’s related to that nasty Mr. Nobody, who went and gave poor Mr. Polyphemus so much grief! 👁 🇬🇷 ---
**Author:** ![YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/YukonLichen)\ **Post date:** [22 July 2020 10:46 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/22 "2020-07-22T10:46:36Z")
When is Nick going to apply some of his zoological knowledge as RPG tactics? Those hyena-style hunting strategies could be a great way of getting XP in D&D. Trudge around until you find a monster or trigger a random encounter, stab the critter, and run away. 🗡 Then, you just wait for the septicemia to kick in. Free experience! Virtually zero effort! What’s not to like? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/YukonLichen)\ **Post date:** [23 July 2020 10:20 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/23 "2020-07-23T10:20:24Z")
If you armor the hirelings in ‘half-plate’, with each henchman being fully armored in front and wearing no armor on his back, surely you could just line them up back-to-back, so they’re fully armored? It’d be like a four-legged crab-walking tank. One of them will have to learn to walk backwards, of course, but you could give him a shield and order him to polish it a lot, so he can use it as a rear-view mirror. Or you could do the crab-walking thing, and have them both practice walking sideways. 🦀 ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [24 July 2020 08:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/24 "2020-07-24T08:43:13Z")
Session 3 - Both Of My Hit Points Tingling In Terror: A fight! And we start to get close to the actual dungeon… [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/Bu8drikWyd/The\_Keep\_on\_the\_Borderlands\_03.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/Bu8drikWyd/The_Keep_on_the_Borderlands_03.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/YukonLichen)\ **Post date:** [26 July 2020 10:57 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/25 "2020-07-26T10:57:47Z")
You’re right. Whartson Hall jokes are like caviar - just as easy to understand as if they were in Russian. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/YukonLichen)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2020 11:50 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/26 "2020-07-27T11:50:49Z")
Whartson Hall jokes are like caviar - best enjoyed in very small portions. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2020 11:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/27 "2020-07-27T11:53:12Z")
> [@YukonLichen](#): > > Whartson Hall jokes are like caviar With an unexpectedly salty flavour of fish? Worth paying their weight in gold for? Best combined with heroic quantities of vodka? ---
**Author:** ![YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/49beb7/32.png) [@YukonLichen](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/YukonLichen)\ **Post date:** [27 July 2020 11:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/28 "2020-07-27T11:55:32Z")
Whartson Hall jokes are like imitated caviar - when you hear the joke flounder, you’ll wish that salmon would put a stop to it. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [31 July 2020 07:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/29 "2020-07-31T07:53:26Z")
Session 4 - I Will Disguise Myself As A Fun Guy: Into the Caves… of CHAOS. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/2Otjifrav/The\_Keep\_on\_the\_Borderlands\_04.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/2Otjifrav/The_Keep_on_the_Borderlands_04.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2020 08:12 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/30 "2020-09-04T08:12:10Z")
Session 5 - Detonate the Dunny: How to win a fight when we’re outmatched? Get sneaky. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/kerdUrd8Urvec/The\_Keep\_on\_the\_Borderlands\_05.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/kerdUrd8Urvec/The_Keep_on_the_Borderlands_05.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2020 10:28 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/31 "2020-09-04T10:28:56Z")
No toilets were harmed in the making of this episode. ---
**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2020 12:13 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/32 "2020-09-04T12:13:56Z")
I mean… that’s not really true, is it? ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2020 12:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/33 "2020-09-04T12:14:49Z")
Well, no more than any goblins were. ---
**Author:** ![BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/bigjackbrass/32/4_2.png) [@BigJackBrass](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/BigJackBrass)\ **Post date:** [4 September 2020 13:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/34 "2020-09-04T13:26:39Z")
Nick, the difference between a real and an imaginary toilet can be experienced yourself quite simply… ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2020 08:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/35 "2020-09-11T08:48:28Z")
Session 6 - Unconscious Female Halfling: All we have to do now is live to spend our riches. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/IasQuokWorl5/The\_Keep\_on\_the\_Borderlands\_06.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/IasQuokWorl5/The_Keep_on_the_Borderlands_06.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![MrTim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/mrtim/32/91_2.png) [@MrTim](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MrTim)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2020 20:16 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/36 "2020-09-11T20:16:35Z")
Now, see, I saw the title and couldn’t decide if it reminded me more of a personal ad or some weird variant on the “Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer” sketches off of Saturday Night Live in the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [18 September 2020 07:48 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/37 "2020-09-18T07:48:41Z")
Session 7 - Seems Like an Odd Design Choice: Apparently we aren’t rich for life yet. So back into peril we go, now with more hit points. [https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/omNozAp3Swak/The\_Keep\_on\_the\_Borderlands\_07.mp3](https://tekeli.li/whartson-hall/omNozAp3Swak/The_Keep_on_the_Borderlands_07.mp3) ---
**Author:** ![WolfeRJ](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/wolferj/32/16786_2.png) [@WolfeRJ](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/WolfeRJ)\ **Post date:** [19 September 2020 16:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/38 "2020-09-19T16:45:51Z")
Good memory brought out here from my own gaming experience. We had a silly moment back in early 3rd edition when someone asked what Gnollish sounded like and the GM was impatient and snapped back “la francais!”. Ever since then all gnolls have spoken French in our fantasy settings. We even wound up having to deal with a Gnollish swashbuckler called the pink weasel. I hope the solicitor enjoys their extra 0.25 billable hour to figure out what data retention requirements apply to the extra documentation received. ---
**Author:** ![Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lordof1/32/5_2.png) [@Lordof1](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Lordof1)\ **Post date:** [19 September 2020 18:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/39 "2020-09-19T18:14:11Z")
Ohhh don’t remind me. Why do we never remember the happy times, but embarrassing moments are stored with crystal clarity? ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [19 September 2020 18:55 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/basic-d-d-the-keep-on-the-borderlands/1440/40 "2020-09-19T18:55:52Z")
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