Page 1332 — Info Chump

Author: GreatDinn

Guest Author's Note: "It's always funny to me what you can tell by a DM's response. You either get the intrinsic hint that this is something important or something to disregard; or you gain insight into their proclivities, hobbies, and prep-work based on how they answer.

I feel like players have an absolute mastery of the latter insight, and a complete disregard for the former. It's amazing how they can one-shot nail the thing you are least prepared for and immediately make that priority number one.

Who trained you? And why are you using it to hurt me, specifically?

Story Time Prompt: Any good stories about managing to identify the DM's weak point during a game?"

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Twilight Sparkle: I guess Twilight will be sticking to books.
MD: I think I can let you take 20 on that. What do you want to know?
Twilight Sparkle: I’ll stat with anything about the Fall Formal or the school itself. After that I guess I’ll look for info on the girls or Sunset Shimmer.
MD: Well, there’s nothing terribly interesting about the Fall Formal. It’s a dance with an especially nice hat, basically. The school itself is fairly normal. The building plans are even publicly available. As for the girls, they first met-
Twilight Sparkle: Is this their backstory?
MD: Yes?
Twilight Sparkle: Then I’d love to hear it from them.
MD: …oh! Right! Girls?
PP: Does anyone else feel like they missed an entire conversation?
AJ: More than-
PP: More than usual, yes!