James Hickson: A fun thing about running TTRPGs for “strangers”: When you create a puzzle in Latin expecting them to have to roll for a translation, but instead two of the players just start actually translating it.

A fun thing about running TTRPGs for “strangers”: When you create a puzzle in Latin expecting them to have to roll for a translation, but instead two of the players just start actually translating it.

It’ll surprise no one though to learn that one of these people was @tlawson.bsky.social.

Love wild moments like this. Guessing their pcs would know the language as well hopefully

I hand-waved it as the King of Wakanda would have had the best education.

Nah that's fair. If it's reasonable for someone to know something in character intend to not worry about it too much. It's more like "hey why does your elementary school Kid know quantum entanglement theory" type of stuff lol

I think maybe she's up to something...

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