It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Fjord, a half-orc warlock . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Beau moves by Caleb to try and catch them. Jester summons her spectral weapon (a huge pink/purple lollipop) and whacks Trevor into the sky where he is burned to ash in midair.
DM: The last thing you watch is the leader, who'd been talking with you, gets slammed up in the air about two feet with an uppercut from a mystical lollipop, and then all the rays incinerate him into ash in midair. He is scattered to ash. One of the other guys gets hit with his own bolt. Another guy goes blind. What are you doing?
Player: I was Eldritch Blasting him.
DM: Against which guy?
Player: Just any of them.
DM: All right.
Player: 19 to hit.
DM: 19 to hit works. Go ahead and roll damage.
Player: That is 12 points of damage.
DM: He gets a blast to the side of the face and goes down unconscious onto the ground. His crossbow fires wide into the air, and disappears into the night sky. As soon as this happens, as you fall unconscious, all these hits happen like this Mexican standoff that just suddenly-- All this action happens at once. Caleb goes down! Two other guys double over! Two of them go, "Wait, wait! Hold on! Hold on!"
