D&D General Thaco the angry clown... really?

[Yaarel]

Bubble blowing baby perhaps? Or maybe just a whimsical detail unrelated to the joke.

It just occurred to me.

Where Thac0 blows bubbles, the bubbles might be the "zeroes" of "To Hit Armor Class 0".

0 00 0 0 0 000 0

 

[Charlaquin]

It just occurred to me.

Where Thac0 blows bubbles, the bubbles might be the "zeroes" of "To Hit Armor Class 0".

0 00 0 0 0 000 0

Maybe? Honestly I think @Kurotowa ’s explanation is the most likely.

 

[Charlaquin]

Because a vape would be too on-the-nose.

Are old gamers known for vaping? I feel like that’s usually a crack aimed at younger folks.

 

[iserith]

Are old gamers known for vaping? I feel like that’s usually a crack aimed at younger folks.

I guess it depends on who you know.

 

[Yaarel]

Are old gamers known for vaping? I feel like that’s usually a crack aimed at younger folks.

Heh, maybe the old gamers are more likely to do actual crack? I think that was the era?

 

[Yaarel]

Maybe? Honestly I think @Kurotowa ’s explanation is the most likely.

I think the pipe is something specific, because Thaco makes it his Bond and is extremely protective and reactionary about it.

Maybe the bubbles are zeroes.

 

[darjr]

No idea but it’s a clown thing to do.

 

[Jack Daniel]

The joke makes me shrug, but I do find it a little disingenuous when people treat THAC0 as some sort of brain-bending mathbomination. It's literally the same mechanic y'all are still using now, only instead of 1d20 + AC ≥ THAC0, you roll attacks with 1d20 + Attack ≥ AC. Wow-wee, what a super-intuitive and revolutionary innovation.

 

[MichaelSomething]

Any decent IP should have no problem making fun of itself!!

 

[Vaalingrade]

The joke makes me shrug, but I do find it a little disingenuous when people treat THAC0 as some sort of brain-bending mathbomination. It's literally the same mechanic y'all are still using now, only instead of 1d20 + AC ≥ THAC0, you roll attacks with 1d20 + Attack ≥ AC. Wow-wee, what a super-intuitive and revolutionary innovation.

I'm just going to point out that:

1) You are the third person to try to explain THAC0 as if it were easy in a third entirely different way and it still doesn't sound as simple as roll plus bonus, compare to DC.

2) This is a fandom that rallied around avoiding adding 2 to a number.