Funny Stuff: If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

Raithe · May 15, 2023

Gfted1 · May 15, 2023

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Raithe · May 16, 2023

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"Nobody move, or the Kender starts telling a story...."

Raithe · May 19, 2023

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Gfted1 · May 20, 2023

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Raithe · May 20, 2023

In the first film all the characters start off at level one— boosting VCRs, simple quarter mile street races, and the biggest villain was just the police. Nothing fancier than NOS under the hood and the adventuring party is only a handful of people.

If this was a DnD campaign, at the very start the DM is taking this incredibly seriously. By the players handbook only. No breaking the laws of physics and no rule of cool— a straight to the point dungeon crawl. These are tough street racers who take themselves seriously! 1/?

Smash cut to 2023 and the DM has decided f**k it— the players love the rule of cool and we are having WAY more fun just doing the most wild **** ever. All the PCs have plot armor, and hell some of the NPCs do too! A beloved NPC or two died? Not for long. 2/?

The players are now level 15– they’ve recruited precious villains into the party, they’ve driven cars out of planes, punched missiles, their subclasses are maxed out at this point and they have every legendary item their bags of holding can carry, right? What’s a DM to do? 3/?

In comes ‘Fast X’ to introduce the BBEG of this long running 22 year campaign: honestly the best most flamboyant, over the top, psychopathic villain the franchise has ever seen. He’s over-leveled, over-powered, and he’s here to make these level 15 players feel like hell. 4/?

During the whole of this film we-- the audience-- know that the players will be fine. The DM has proven the PCs have plot armor, but we are on the edge of our seat anyway! Every stunt, every explosion, every minute of nonstop near laughable action has us hooked. 5/?

And Fast X ended on a cliffhanger! Just how a good DM does it! Honestly the @TheFastSagais the greatest example of going from level 1 antiheroes, leveling up through fights, looting, and found family, and ending up champions of the realm against all odds. 6/?
Somehow-- SOMEHOW--the DM surprises us (and the players? I've lost this metaphor...) every session and keeps us wanting more. Thank god this campaign isn't over. Holy hell I just love this franchise with my whole heart. Unironically. The end. 7/7