Read Darths & Droids, Star Wars inspired, sci-fi webcomics

Darths & Droids is an "RPG screencap comic" that parodies Star Wars. The characters in the comic are roleplaying game (RPG) players. The premise of the comic is that the Star Wars saga as we know it does not exist, rather the comic takes place in an alternate universe where Star Wars does not exist. Despite aspects of a Star Wars setting the comic's characters are oblivious to anything concerning Jedi, or Tatooine, or Anakin Skywalker before the game begins. Using screenshots from the live-action films to tell the story, the Comic Irregulars are not constrained by the dialogue, allowing a largely different plot to be constructed around the visuals from the films.

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Read Darths & Droids, Star Wars inspired, sci-fi webcomics

Star Wars as it would have been played as an RPG.

Episode 2559: The Shipping Olds

There's a long tradition in stories of huge mental or spiritual efforts being incredibly draining. But in a lot of games there is no real mechanism for making a giant
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Episode 2558: Off-by-One Error

Teleportation is a classic power in both fantasy and science fiction. In games, it often comes with dire potential for mishaps, to partly offset the enormously potent
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Episode 2557: Condemnation, Isolation, Let it Go

Higher level characters in many games get access to new and more powerful abilities. This can cause a shopping list anticipation effect, where players
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Episode 2556: Rocks Rise, Everyone Lives

Reunions are joyous and emotional times. If you want a reunion in a game, you need to somehow separate the characters. You can do this in a couple of different
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Episode 2555: The Brain in Strain Falls Mainly on the Pain

Risk versus reward is the classic gaming dilemma. It helps when setting up a dice roll to make it clear what the consequences for a success or
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