Lord of the Rings explained as a game of Dungeons and Dragons is a nerdy delight
10.
10) DM and Steve work out an awesome death scene, other PCs escape. Very sad, ends up making a great plot moment. Steve ceremonially burns Gandalf’s character sheet. Lots of hugs and tears at the end of the session.
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
11.
11) Steve’s death ends up being a great turning point, snaps everyone into character, RP heightens dramatically. Gimli’s player Jess makes a WILD choice to fall in love with Galadriel?? Totally out of left field, but everyone is VERY INTO IT.
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
12.
12) IRL, Summer is drawing to a close, people’s class/work schedules are not lining up. Tensions manifest in weird character choices. Kevin has Boromir go full-blown evil, tries to steal the ring. (Fuckin’ Kevin)
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
13.
13) However, right afterwards intense combat breaks out, and Kevin makes an awesome character choice. For the 1st time since Weathertop a PC is making death saves. DM lets Boromir retain consciousness to run an awesome scene with Aragorn. Kevin rolls 3rd failure. Boromir is dead.
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
14.
14) Game has gotten SO INTENSE. Group agrees that 8 PCs is too hard to schedule during the school year, so Thursday nights will be a side quest in Rohan, while the main plot will continue just with the DM, their roommates, + Kevin.
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
15.
15) Kevin asks if he can roll up an ACTUALLY evil character this time. DM is not really into it, offers to let Kevin play the NPC Gollum, thinking he’ll turn it down. Kevin is BEYOND stoked, enthusiastically agrees. DM is STUNNED. Fuckin’ Kevin.
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
16.
16) DM now needs to do twice as much prep work per week, but running sessions is twice as easy. Gets a text on their phone from Steve. “Hey, gig fell through, moving back!… Did we take a photo of my character sheet? I don’t remember ANY of my stats, lol.”
— Brennan Lee Mulligan (@BrennanLM) January 28, 2019
And how much did people love it? This much.
I’ve read everything Tolkien wrote multiple times, and taken university courses on his literature. Nothing I ever read or wrote about the series made half as much sense as these tweets. This should be the definitive take on the trilogy.
— Blind Warlock (@Blind_Warlock) January 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/thomdunn/status/1090273687947730945
https://twitter.com/oculisquaerunt/status/1090275390579298304
We’re with this person.
If there’s not a part 17-107 I’m gonna be really sad
— John Marovich (@NamedDanger) January 29, 2019