Embrace it
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If that’s it then I did get it, but it still feels like I’m missing something.
Maybe this one just doesn’t hit for me
It’s because in America, the word for autumn is fall.
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The season changes to autumn, also known as fall. The bard prevented them from taking “fall” damage
Ugh, thank you!
From the land of autumn.
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Guess you had to be there.
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It’s because in America, the word for autumn is fall.
Also know that, as I live there
I think this wordplay just doesn’t hit for me. That’s fine.
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I feel like I’m missing something. I get the wordplay, but I’m confused about the damage roll aspect.
The part you’re missing is that it’s the Feywild, often known for trickery and being literal with language. I.E. The classic “can I have your name?” being a Fey asking to steal your identity.
In the Feywild specifically, the DM’s pun could have literal power in that the characters would take a literal fall, and players in the Feywild should be prepared for such shenanigans.
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But… damage is applied at the end of the fall, not the beginning.
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But why the focus on the bard?
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But why the focus on the bard?
Because they are the player that can do something about the Fall damage. Could also be a sorcerer or wizard.
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Also know that, as I live there
I think this wordplay just doesn’t hit for me. That’s fine.
You’re not alone, it’s a pretty bad pun.
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Because they are the player that can do something about the Fall damage. Could also be a sorcerer or wizard.
The bard might also be the one expected to catch puns
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Guess you had to be there.
The joke being that autumn is called fall and the feywild is a hyper literal world so they were probably going to take fall damage.
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But… damage is applied at the end of the fall, not the beginning.
It was instantaneous, as it’s Fall damage, not fall damage.
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The joke being that autumn is called fall and the feywild is a hyper literal world so they were probably going to take fall damage.
Yeah, I got that.
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“You cast feather fall, and now instead of falling leaves, multicolored feathers fall from the trees and litter the ground. You each take 1d8 psychic damage from this unexpected turn of events”
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Yeah, I got that.
If you don’t want explanations don’t post things that make it sound like you didn’t understand the joke.
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It was instantaneous, as it’s Fall damage, not fall damage.
And fall damage is instantaneous unless you use that optional rule where falling far enough takes time.
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The part you’re missing is that it’s the Feywild, often known for trickery and being literal with language. I.E. The classic “can I have your name?” being a Fey asking to steal your identity.
In the Feywild specifically, the DM’s pun could have literal power in that the characters would take a literal fall, and players in the Feywild should be prepared for such shenanigans.
The classic “can I have your name?” being a Fey asking to steal your identity.
Which always annoys me. I’m just giving them my name, not my identity. And definitely not any sort of power over me.
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Also know that, as I live there
I think this wordplay just doesn’t hit for me. That’s fine.
Maybe it would help to know that the Fey are known to delight in wordplay based magical trickery (e.g. the old “Can I have your name?” bit). It’s not just that the pun exists, but that it’s not the DM just making them roll for “fall” damage because he thinks it’s funny, it’s the sort of thing that canonically happens in the Feywild.
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The joke being that autumn is called fall and the feywild is a hyper literal world so they were probably going to take fall damage.
I thanks for the explanation. Very good summery of the joke. Didn’t get it until you explained it.
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Puns should be graded on a circular scale. The worst puns are the best puns
