Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Community)
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | Joe Russo |
| Written by | Andrew Guest |
| Production code | 214 |
| Original air date | February 3, 2011 |
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"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" is the 14th episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community, and the 39th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on NBC on February 3, 2011. The plot of the episode concerns a game of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons involving the study group and a fellow Greendale Community College student nicknamed "Fat Neil" (Charley Koontz).
The episode is introduced in flashback, narrated by a female voice-over who explains the plight of Neil, a student at Greendale who had hoped that the stigma of teasing and name-calling from other schools would not carry over to Greendale. However, he soon became known as "Fat Neil," causing him to become very depressed. Jeff observed his change and tried to cheer Neil up by feigning interest in Neil's favorite pastime, Dungeons & Dragons. When Neil gave Jeff all his Dungeons & Dragons books, saying that he didn't need them any more, Jeff worried that Neil had become suicidal. Jeff worked with the rest of the study group to invite Neil to play a game of Dungeons & Dragons with them to cheer his spirits. The group specifically did not invite "Pierce the Insensitive", worried that Pierce would tease Neil.
In the present, Abed offers to be the dungeon master, providing pre-made characters to the other study group members while Neil plays his own named Duquesne. Their group is tasked with seeking out and slaying the dragon Draconis. In an initial encounter, Duquesne is able to defeat several monsters with his magic sword, impressing the other players.
Pierce arrives in the study hall, furious he wasn't invited. Abed introduces Pierce into the game as a character named "Pierce Hawthorne", an old, naked man by the side of the road. While the rest of the group are set to ignore "Pierce", Neil has Duquesne provide "Pierce" with a cloak. Pierce uses that action to have "Pierce" steal Duquesne's sword and flee the group enabled by speed granted by the cloak. The group agrees their new mission is to chase "Pierce" and recover Duquesne's sword. As they are now role-playing separately, Abed takes Pierce to a supply closet to play out his actions in secret. Pierce proceeds to create a makeshift throne in the closet. Through another student, Pierce obtains a copy of the module the group is playing, thereby learning all secrets of the scenario including the hiding place of a magical amulet that allows the wearer to control Draconis.
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