Mandarbmax@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 3 months agoThe mortifying ordeal of being knownlemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down15cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoMy characters often end up exasperated by how idiotic and chaotic the other characters players are. That checks out. “So the walls started bleeding, a thousand voices cried out in pain, and a sinkhole into the unseen depths opened in the kitchen.” “Right.” “And you, a normal human with no magical powers or special equipment, you jumped into the sinkhole.” “Yes.” “Why?” “It was there!” “And then your character died, as one would expect from a hundred foot drop onto stone. And now?” “I don’t understand. What else was I supposed to do??”
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoOk, so, the trick is to make sure the NPC’s are the same way. That’ll really confuse the players. Person jumps off a roof and splats in front of the party player: “why did that happen?” dm: “They had just purchased boots of flying from an untrustworthy source and figured this was the best way of testing them.”
My characters often end up exasperated by how idiotic and chaotic the other characters players are. That checks out.
“So the walls started bleeding, a thousand voices cried out in pain, and a sinkhole into the unseen depths opened in the kitchen.”
“Right.”
“And you, a normal human with no magical powers or special equipment, you jumped into the sinkhole.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“It was there!”
“And then your character died, as one would expect from a hundred foot drop onto stone. And now?”
“I don’t understand. What else was I supposed to do??”
Ok, so, the trick is to make sure the NPC’s are the same way. That’ll really confuse the players.
Person jumps off a roof and splats in front of the party
player: “why did that happen?”
dm: “They had just purchased boots of flying from an untrustworthy source and figured this was the best way of testing them.”