The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 19: Creative Writing

July 17, 2020 2:14 PM

It's a very special episode for week one of MaxFunDrive 2020. The Thundermen are shown what could be. We learn about crimes, both past and future. We find out more about the boys and they find out more about themselves. Much is revealed and makes things even less clear.
posted by The corpse in the library (5 comments total)

I posted this for selfish reasons: if you've listened to this episode, can you tell me if I'll miss anything from the story if I skip it?
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:16 PM on July 17, 2020 [1 favorite]

The events of the episode are Chaos trying to... tempt, I guess? ... the Thundermen by showing them possible futures. It's character work, for the most part.
posted by entity447b at 3:07 AM on July 18, 2020 [2 favorites]

OK, that sounds better than what I thought it was going to be from the first few minutes. Thanks!
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:13 AM on July 18, 2020

Yeah, it's a skippable side story, but at the same time it's a pretty listenable episode. There's hardly any gaming, just roleplay, and it provides a different perspective on the players' insights into their characters. I'm usually not a fan of these interludes (regardless of who's DMing them) but this worked well (even if Chaos personified doesn't really seem to be all that, uh, driven by chaos).
posted by ardgedee at 6:09 PM on July 19, 2020 [1 favorite]

What, you think you can generate a lot of high-quality chaos without a solid plan? Go right ahead!
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:07 PM on July 20, 2020