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PUT IT BACK NOW (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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[-] mogoh@lemmy.ml 77 points 11 months ago

Someone please explain the joke.

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 122 points 11 months ago

Xanathar has a beloved pet goldfish he seems to treasure beyond all reason. Stealing it would be a very bad idea

[-] virku@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No idea who the character is or what setting they are from, but it was kind of logical that it was their pet or familiar or something.

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 51 points 11 months ago

Xanathar is a beholder crime lord in Waterdeep/forgotten realms.

[-] dbx12@programming.dev 18 points 11 months ago

TIL Xanathar is an in-universe character and not the nickname of a real life DnD book author.

[-] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

HEY! is that the beholder from baulders gate dark alliance on the PlayStation?

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 15 points 11 months ago

I think that game is older than Xanathar's book.

This is from the plot on Wikipedia from the video game though

After navigating a gauntlet of traps they face and kill Karne, and then find the guild master, the beholder Xantam

[-] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

Dang, that's a close name.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Setting: Dungeons and Dragons. 5th edition for sure, probably older.

Character: Xanathar is a Beholder, think Mike from Monsters Inc, with ten tentacles in place of arms and legs. Each arm ends with an eye.

Every beholder is an incredibly potent and lethal spell caster. And also incredibly wary of others. Mostly because how they reproduce is that they're magical enough to make things they dream real subconsciously, and that includes new rival beholders.

[-] virku@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the comprehensive reply! I haven't played D&D since 3.5. Played all versions before it so I've encountered beholders before. It was even on the cover of one of the core books in one of the versions I think. Or at least we had a much used book with it on. My friend group never played pre-made adventures/settings, only did home brew content so I never got to know much og the characters that appear in memes and such.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 0 points 11 months ago

Beholders cast spells? I thought they just had eye beams.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago
[-] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 35 points 11 months ago

It's the equivalent of stealing Daisy, Doom guy's rabbit, you just don't

[-] Aurangutan@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 11 months ago

Basically a John Wick and his dog situation. If you mess with the goldfish You Done Fucked Up

[-] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 44 points 11 months ago

Not that it matters, since the Xanathar's subordinates will just replace Slygar.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 19 points 11 months ago

Just like my parents when I was a kid...

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

Damn, having your parents replaced must have been rough.

[-] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 months ago

Ah the old reddit switcheroo. Wait, where am i again?

[-] galloog1@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I propose calling it a Lemmy Leap.

[-] Thassodar@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Lemmy Leaparoony?

Light-year Lemmy?

(cringe) LeLemLeap?

Lemmaroo Leaparoo?

LegoMyLemmo?

Alright I'm done.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 5 points 11 months ago

Depends on the parents I would wager...:-D

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 points 11 months ago
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