So D&D is apparently heavily inspired by Tolkien but iirc the hobbits didn't drop everything and try to fight the ringwraiths immediately so like I don't see it
GANDALF (illuminating the entrance to Moria with his staff): Well... I suppose we should all do PERCEPTION checks now, hmm?
@signalstation honestly
like, why didn't the party want to go fight the spiders? every party I've ever run apparently wants a dungeon crawl but you put one balrog on a bridge and everyone's whining about how unfair it is and the wizard's making death saves
DM: Can't help but notice how much your new character-- Gandalf the WHITE, is it?-- resembles your LAST character, GARY. You didn't even change the name!
GARY: Yeah, well how he died was BULLSHIT.
@signalstation (said wizard being Mordenkainen who is bullshit)
@signalstation @maenad
Please,Gandalf is clearly a GMPC
@signalstation he didn't even do what we all do which is just change one letter. He could've been Gandalf's brother Gandalg but NOOOOOOOOO.
Although I mean Gary made the one wizard people still argue about so.