There’s too many of these “that happened” posts featuring a child playing a tabletop. They would just be unfunny nonsense if it weren’t framed as something a child actually said.
I get the sentiment generally, but that’s exactly how my five year old nephew talks (if I were to edit for brevity, which I appreciate in the relaying of anecdotes about five year olds, lol)
Well, if it sounds like a legit monster, the fact that a 5yo said it wouldn’t be relevant, and without it being absurd the post kinda loses all substance.
It is held up by the implication that this odd exchange actually happened, which it didn’t.
“Imagine if there was a spider dragon with a breath attack of breathing thousands of tiny spiders” just doesn’t have the same hook as this exposition.
Huh? You said it would be unfunny nonsense if it wasn’t a child that said it. I’m saying the child has nothing to do with it, it’s a cool monster anyway, it isn’t nonsense.
Now you’re saying that it’s not about being unfunny or nonsense, it’s that it doesn’t “have the same hook”. Which is it? Is it nonsense? Or do you just not like the method of delivery?
Have you actually played a ttrpg? Or really heard any jokes at all? The way a line is delivered matters. Saying “i beat the goblin” is completely different than saying “i sliced through the goblin, cutting it in half, its body flying through the air where i punt it between the masts of the sailboat like a field goal”. They might be the same exact outcome, the same exact scenario, but the delivery makes one more fun than the other.
The spider dragon sounds like a dope-ass monster to fight, and the kid sounds like an awesome GM. You can have the cool monster with your GM. The delivery here allows you to imagine the fun you can have.
Put it another way: ‘“imagine there was a small short green goblin that fights” just doesn’t have the same hook as this expression’. No shit sherlock.
There’s too many of these “that happened” posts featuring a child playing a tabletop. They would just be unfunny nonsense if it weren’t framed as something a child actually said.
I get the sentiment generally, but that’s exactly how my five year old nephew talks (if I were to edit for brevity, which I appreciate in the relaying of anecdotes about five year olds, lol)
In what way is it unfunny nonsense? Seems like a legit monster to me.
Well, if it sounds like a legit monster, the fact that a 5yo said it wouldn’t be relevant, and without it being absurd the post kinda loses all substance. It is held up by the implication that this odd exchange actually happened, which it didn’t.
“Imagine if there was a spider dragon with a breath attack of breathing thousands of tiny spiders” just doesn’t have the same hook as this exposition.
Huh? You said it would be unfunny nonsense if it wasn’t a child that said it. I’m saying the child has nothing to do with it, it’s a cool monster anyway, it isn’t nonsense.
Now you’re saying that it’s not about being unfunny or nonsense, it’s that it doesn’t “have the same hook”. Which is it? Is it nonsense? Or do you just not like the method of delivery?
Have you actually played a ttrpg? Or really heard any jokes at all? The way a line is delivered matters. Saying “i beat the goblin” is completely different than saying “i sliced through the goblin, cutting it in half, its body flying through the air where i punt it between the masts of the sailboat like a field goal”. They might be the same exact outcome, the same exact scenario, but the delivery makes one more fun than the other.
The spider dragon sounds like a dope-ass monster to fight, and the kid sounds like an awesome GM. You can have the cool monster with your GM. The delivery here allows you to imagine the fun you can have.
Put it another way: ‘“imagine there was a small short green goblin that fights” just doesn’t have the same hook as this expression’. No shit sherlock.
Hebegeebees, +7
RedWyrm is especially notorious for that. Their child also doesn’t age correctly.