Brian Kurtz squandered fizz! Yes!

Gotchas are pretty awful. I had a very good friend who pulled that with me a few times. I could never quite drill down to why he thought that was a good idea. Maybe hoping that catching me by surprise might, I dunno, short-circuit my ability to screw with him? That’s uncharitable but totally possible. 

“Spontaneous and fun” can also kill a campaign, though. Sometimes it illustrates where the players would rather be playing, which then reveals a lack of enthusiasm for the current setup, which then feeds my insecurities and pow, done.