#xuarram

And what that usually means is I get to be amused as my players look around at my clues and throw ideas back and forth for hours of a session and while I’m sitting there quietly I often think about that dnd meme of your players not being able to solve puzzles designed for kindergartners. And what I've found when you make puzzle solving a more regular part of your game is that its more like:

Merciful God people just look at the clue i keep mentioning over and over! Of course its potentially dangerous! That's your whole job!

Am I describing this right? I’ve never had to explain [insert party hyperfixation here] in this much detail. (Wikipedia in another tab)

Wait you’re going to do WHAT with a corpse?

Wow I can’t believe they aren’t getting this. I put it right in front of them, this is going to be such a reveal in like 10 sessions.

Hold up what the fuck, they guessed it like 95% correctly. That was sudden but let’s let them know—oop they’re still talking. Wait, wait, did one of them just guess the whole ass plot of the campaign and the major villain’s plan??? Keep an even face! Oh thank god, they just disregarded it. They’re going to forget in like two weeks

What do you mean you don’t remember that plot clue from 4 months ago?

Oh shit they remembered that plot clue from session 1 that I forgot to make into a story thread