It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Vex Vex'ahlia, a half-elf ranger . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Lillith Daturai the tiefling wizard (guest Kit Buss), currently magically disguised as a human servant) enters the scene, and Seeker Assum appears out of a wardrobe in the Briarwoods' bedroom before leaping down to Vax and pulling him away from the attacking nobles, but he then succumbs to Silas' charm attack. In her eagle form, Keyleth swoops into the bedroom and grabs Scanlan in her talons with the intention of joining the fight below.
DM: You didn't die. Sorry. My apologies. Vex, you swing around the corner, just getting to the outskirts.
Player: Right as I get outside-- I would whistle, but Vex can whistle, and she whistles for Trinket.
DM: You're not sure where Trinket is.
Player: No, but I whistle for him. He knows to listen for it.
DM: Do you want to get as close as possible to the fray?
Player: Yes.
DM: I'd say as you turn the corner, that will get you about there, and you can see now, there is Seeker Asum and Lord Briarwood both standing over what looks to be a small cluster of cloth, the source of the dread.
Player: I scream. Can I attack?
DM: You can, yeah.
Player: Okay, if I did something that did five feet-- ten feet... I've got to look at this. Yeah, ten feet. If I hit Lady Briarwood, would that hit my brother, or would that just hit Bastard Briarwood?
DM: No, that would just hit her. Oh, within ten feet? It would hit Seeker and Sylas, yeah.
Player: Fuck it, I'm doing it. Lightning Arrow right at her face.
DM: Okay, go for it. Roll for it.
