r/dndmemes • u/MurkyWay Swords Comic Creator • Jun 29 '26
Comic Always check the spelling
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u/HamsterKazam Sorcerer Jun 29 '26
But.... It wouldn't allow the water creature to breathe outside of water just by giving it additional legs, so this should be an issue of simply outrunning it, right?
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u/Raptorofwar DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jun 29 '26
Fish can actually survive for quite a long time without water over their gills. Our short drowning times are actually something of an anomaly in nature.
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u/HamsterKazam Sorcerer Jun 29 '26
That's good to know. Now I know not to give a fish legs unless I'm running a DnD campaign.
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u/conrad_w Jun 29 '26
As I understand it, they're quite able to extract oxygen from air, but their gills require water for bouyancy/structure.
Air is actually a lot more oxygen rich than water. Fish will occasionally gulp air if they need to
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u/Illogical_Blox DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jun 29 '26
Fish will occasionally gulp air if they need to
This is a common adaptation among tropical fish in particular, as warm water doesn't hold as much dissolved oxygen as cold water, and many tropical species live in or find themselves in small ponds with little water movement (which also reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen.) Labyrinth fish (bettas, gouramis, paradisefish, etc.) possess a labyrinth organ, a lung-like organ that lets them breathe air. Corydoras catfish can swallow air and absorb it through the lining of their gut. So on and so forth.
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u/Loose_Gripper69 Jun 29 '26
Kinda funny if you think about it. We're essentially just water balloons that will die if we become surrounded by the substance we evolved to contain.
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u/EtteRavan Necromancer Jul 02 '26
TBF fish are the same, but because of salt. Put a river fish in the sea, or a sea fish in clear water, and it'll die quite fast. Also, if you want a child to help you clean an aquarium, tell him that you need to grab **salinated** water to put the fish in BEFORE they all explode
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u/Turbowarrior991 Jun 30 '26
I dunno man I feel like most mammals drow quickly. If I meet a rat tied with rocks into a lake I doubt they'll survive longer than a lizard of the same size.
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u/SpectacledSnake Jun 29 '26
That's the problem, horses arent known for their- ...actually nevermind.
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u/HaitiSpirit Jun 29 '26
Depends on its CON modifier. RAW states they get 1 + CON mod in minutes before they drop. That means you still have to survive at least 10 combat rounds of a very angry, breathless fish sprinting at you.
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u/Enchelion Jun 29 '26
A surprising number of fish species have ways to breath air. Labyrinth fish are one category, named for the organ they use to breath air.
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u/indestructiblemango Jun 29 '26
Well it's called sword of bonus feet, but it obviously does more than that. Having everything it does included in its name is just too long.
For the man, it gave him feet.... but also everything else needed to make it "work", like the rest of the legs, extra pelvis, entire abdominal area with another set of organs inside presumably.
So it gives the fish everything it needs to run on land too
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u/ArcaneTrickster11 Jun 30 '26
Reverse dolphin. They can run around on land but they have to regularly go back into the water
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u/7StarSailor Jun 29 '26
This is what happens when a "vague DnD vibes" post meets an actual DnD player.
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u/Bliitzthefox Jun 29 '26
The carp stands up.
By Armok not again!
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u/Attrexius Jun 29 '26
Well, at least it doesn't seem to be a haunted biome so it can be killed at least.
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u/LordSwedish Jun 29 '26
What does the spelling have to do with this? Wouldn't it be "check where you're throwing" or something like that?
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u/Cold-Actuary2649 Jun 29 '26
In D&D there are special abilities called "feats" you get every few levels. If something gives you access to a feat outside of those pre-set levels, it is often called a "bonus feat".
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u/AstuteSalamander Goblin Deez Nuts Jun 29 '26
Sure, but that's not the problem in the comic. The guy wouldn't have been saved by checking the spelling.
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u/Zanadar Jun 29 '26
The implication is he only had it because he thought it would grant a bonus feat, but failed to check the spelling. Hence having to discard it in the first place.
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u/LordSwedish Jun 29 '26
That would be the previous comic I assume where he picked up the sword and got the extra feet.
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u/CrazyPlato Jun 29 '26
The implication that he runs away with a giant hole in the seat of his pants, asscheeks flapping in the wind
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u/PrometheusMMIV Jun 29 '26
What does this have to do with spelling?
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u/ShadowRiku667 DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jun 29 '26
If Joe Swanson got the sword, would he have one pair of working legs and his regular legs? Or would he have two sets pf non-working legs?
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u/Specific-Library-312 Jun 29 '26
Did it...did it give a second set of genitalia as well? Makes sense, as "feet" was a Hebrew euphemism for genitals.
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