Friday the thirteenth doesn't usually get this whacky

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Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
When: NOVEMBER 13TH TO 15TH
Summary: GET IN HERE AND MINGLE
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[shiro2hero]

... TPK?

[fingersandteeth]

Total party kill.

[shiro2hero]

[The blankest of blank stares.]

[Total what.]

was shiro even there for the voltron dnd episode?

[fingersandteeth]

[Steven sighs.]

When you play D&D--which is like pretend but with dice and more math, to introduce some controlled randomness into everything--if one of the challenges the DM who is running the game puts forward for the players to solve ends up getting their pretend selves all killed instead, that's known as a Total Party Kill or a TPK. At which point everyone rolls up a new character--that is, creates the stats for the next person they're going to pretend to be--and we start all over again.

I'm... kind of infamous for provoking TPKs when I run things. It's what gets me called a 'killer DM' and why I'm usually not the best person to have in that position.

Not... really no, unfortunately

[shiro2hero]

Ahh, got it. A game over, pretty much? With no extra lives. That sound about right?

Is that even any fun, though? Killing everyone off.

oh dear

[fingersandteeth]

... it can be? There's that moment of semi-sadistic satisfaction when you realize they fell into your trap, mwahahaha. [He pronounces the syllables of the laugh outloud, deadpan.]

But yeah. That's about right.

[shiro2hero]

Pfff - [He snorts, totally dignified. And starts laughing for real. Good one there, bud.] Okay, okay. I see what you mean.

If you ever get a group together, maybe I'll look into it.

[fingersandteeth]

Sure. I might see if Armin would want to try to run again... he was doing the other game, but then half his players disappeared, so. [Steven shrugs.] But yeah, yeah. If we do end up doing the thing, I'll let you know.