#RPGaDay2023 The most memorable character dismiss happened in my absence. In an early game of #Degenesis the GM trusted my character with a heavy, heavy machine gun with very, very limited ammunition. Of course, the character carried around the heavy thing all the time, but never used it. Then I decided to go on holidays and one of my friends took over the character for one session. - When I came back, I learned that my character caused a #tpk . How? 1/2

#rpgaday2023 13) Most memorable character DEMISE
Only one character? Ridiculous. Our epic #VampireTheMasquerade campaign ended with a battle against the surviving Dancers for the Golden Calf. Yes, those in the Abrahamic books. After a good year of building up these antagonists, we didn't even roll the dice, they just went to battle unprepared. #TPK
20 years later I met a player, after greeting him, his first question was why did it end like that. It’s memorable enough for the rest of our lives!

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Das älteste #PnP das ich je gespielt habe dürfte wohl #DSA1 gewesen sein.
Die Runde war echt legendär, wir haben an einem der Aufbautage vom #ConquestOfMythodea gespeilt und hatten vor beginn des eigentlichen Abenteuers nen #TPK

#pnpde #RPGaDAY2023

#RPGaDay2023 
8) Favorite CHARACTER
Gisla, the necromancer I played in the #TombOfAnnihilation campaign a few years ago. She was eaten by a monster during an epic #TPK was a likeable person, supportive to her friends, fun, but also neutral evil and she had very unique ideas of how to approach what was going on in Chuult. RIP Gisla ☺️
Honorable mention: Tengel, human fighter (#Midgard2E), my first character PC in the late 1980s who took my hand in his mailed fist, opened the door to the hobby

Not only is this a new year for me in premade modules, but I had another first yesterday with Lost Mine: a #TPK Cragmaw Caverns ended up being too much when the party sprung a solo attack on Klarg (and his goblins and wolf!) while the others "circled around for a pincer attack" without scouting. Triggering the two floods and 4 more goblins. We wrapped up the adventure with the party waking up captured in the Caverns. #DM #DND

Just finished setting everything up, when the #SchedulingBeast struck for a #TPK. No #DnD tonight!

Cuando me eché a matar PJ con la OSR... Ehm, perdón, ¿puede borrar eso? Sí, sí, que no salga publicado, ¿eh? Gracias, gracias.

Decía que, cuando me eché a jugar a la OSR aprendí mucho sobre cuándo quería ir a degüello con los PJ y cuándo no. Entonces llevaba hasta un tablón con los nombres de los personajes y el número de sesiones que llevaban con vida. Nos reíamos bastante.

Que todo el mundo en mesa aceptara eventos como un #TPK era tan refrescante como liberador. Pasado el tiempo comprendí que la cuestión era el tipo de historia que quería contar.

Después de eso ya no hubo más problemas, resultó ser una cuestión de contrato social. También de ojo a la hora de escoger el sistema, no volví a tirar detrás de una pantalla nunca más.

Si dirigía #OSR, los jugadores aceptaban los resultados fatales.

Si dirigía Heroquest, se entendía que la historia primaba y que nadie iba a morir en una tirada aleatoria.

De hecho, HQ y ahora #Questworlds hablan de acordar este tipo de resultados con los jugadores, ya sea antes de la escena o en el momento si fuera dramáticamente apropiado.

De ahí que piense que hacer trampas con las tiradas (sea del lado que sea de la pantalla) es más una cuestión de falta de confianza, ya sea en los jugadores, en la persona que dirige o en el sistema.

Aunque luego os sorprendería ver la cantidad de jugadores que ADORAN que les mates el PJ en un momento clave.

@TSindelar I’ve been listening to you for years on #TPK. You have justifiable hang-ups about rope. You are at least very seasoned if not an expert.

You are awesome. Your choice but know that you are qualified.

@elminuto die anderen sind oft sehr lieb auch zu bösen mächtigen Wesen..... dabei hätte ich doch auch gern mal einen #tpk ;-)

Come Monday morning, i log in to see dozens and dozens of gifs, all basically reflecting death and disaster. It looks like a #tpk

I start asking what happened, and people are like, "It was bad." And the GM promises to get the session notes posted ASAP. It takes him all day.

Finally he posts them, and they tell a horrible story of bad dice rolls and poor decisions and everything was 100% on brand for the group and the characters...

Und mein erster #TPK heute in #Hexxen1733.

Wow.

Ja, eine Spielerin hat gefehlt. Aber das reguliert ja eigentlich auch die Stärke der Gegner nach unten. Nur war das bei genau der Endgegnerin kaum spürbar. Und eine wichtige Rolle hat der Gruppe halt gefehlt.

Mal schauen, was jetzt passiert. Eventuell kann die Spielerin alle noch cineastisch retten - die Endgegnerin war auch fast tot. Wir werden sehen. :D

#pnpDE #Rollenspielabend

#BasicDnD & #ExpertDnD were my first #ttrpgs in ‘81. I still have my earliest hand written adventures, including the first homebrew dungeon I #TPK ‘d my friends in 😂👍

#dnd #5e #osr #ttrpg #maps #map #oldschool #cartography #gaming #DnD5e #tabletopRolePlayingGame #tabletop #fantasy #handdrawn #RolePlayingGame #RPG #DungeonMaster #OldSchoolEssentials #ose #DungeonsAndDragons #ADnD #AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons

@UnconventionalEmma @HollyGoDarkly edited #TPK and I loved that! Also the rest of the players contributed a lot.

Wenn ihr in #HeXXen1733 einem Alb namens Grendel begegnet und eine Jägergruppe nur aus drei Charakteren bestehen, dann LAUFT!!!!einself. Außer eure HeXXenmeisterin hat ihn auf die Gruppengröße angepasst. Die Anpassungen im Abenteuer selbst reichen nicht. Der ist absolut unschaffbar für ne ne normale Gruppe mit drei Jägern (zumindest auf Stufe 2, aber ich vermute auch höher). Zweiter #TPK in drei Spielabenden 😭 #pnpde

Almost #TPK one player remains. The other is in the river dousing Flames off his body.

@Morgunin Hast Du mal das Original #Ravenloft gespielt/geleitet? Ein Killer - mehrere Gruppen... #TPK.

Viva #LevelDrain...

This week, a public service announcement on the dangers of swarms.

https://solorunstudio.com/2023/02/25/starfinder-a-public-service-announcement-about-swarms/

#Starfinder #TTRPG #Swarm #Swarms #TPK #SciFantasy #LowLevelPartyKiller

Inspired by a conversation with @auguryignored and @e_eric about an essay worthy of Knock! titled, The Guilt-Free Total Party Kill.

https://githyankidiaspora.com/2023/02/13/the-guilt-free-total-party-kill/

#TTRPG #TotalPartyKill #TPK #DungeonsAndDragons

New blog post up, inspired by an exchange with @Judd and @eric. The theme is "The Guilt-Free TPK". Nothing revolutionary, just musings to collect my thoughts on the subject and hopefully give some pointers to others.

https://auguryignored.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/the-guilt-free-tpk/

#rpg #ttrpg #osr #totalpartykill #tpk #gamemastering

IT'S TIME
- for -
THE DOG & PONY SHOW

#TPK #DungeonsAndDragons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD4Y6mm0vmo