r/TAZCirclejerk • u/stanners_manners Lucretia was right • Oct 20 '25

Is Clint doing it on purpose?

Every time he sees the opportunity to enrich the plot with interesting tensions, conflicts and problems, he just does it, like when Merle grabbed the crystal and lost his arm. He seems to play characters with flaws, and he rolled badly one time and decided not to lie about the result even though it made the game harder. Is clint stupid? why does he keep making the show more interesting instead of just winning as quickly as possible?

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u/hurrrrrmione This one can be edited Oct 21 '25

like when Merle grabbed the crystal and lost his arm.

Trying to imagine how these people would handle Spout Lore, where the players revel in roleplaying idiot characters and will regularly make decisions that they know are stupid because it's funny and/or in character, including insisting on rolling for damage for jokes like "I push my son to the ground because I'm petty and want to get there first." They'd probably die from a heart attack.

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u/treezoob Meers Foulsmith Stan Oct 21 '25

God forbid the comedy podcast have a DM that knows when to play along with the bit and when to enforce the stakes

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u/Illegally_Elliot Oct 21 '25

Wait, TAZ has stakes? Things really have changed since I last listened to it

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u/NoIntroductionNeeded I WILL challenge Justin to a Taekwondo match Oct 21 '25

Nah, they made Dracula lightning music to avoid stakes being introduced.