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, Trying again, Scanlan casts Bigby's Hand to grapple the giant. you and Vax begin to attack it while the rest of the party run up from the beach to join them.
DM: That was just to see how much hit points it would affect if it was going to put him to sleep. But a nice try.
Player: All right.
DM: All right, so that ends your turn. That brings us back to the top of the round between you guys. So we'll wait for the rest to arrive before we do full initiative. We're just running off of the sequence of events here. Did you want to move at all or are you going to stay right here?
Player: I want to run as far away as possible from him.
DM: Okay. So, as you start running backward, we'll say to about there, he has a very long reach with a club and he gets to swing at you as a reaction. So as you go bolting, he just takes the giant club around (whoosh).
Player: You're not groggy at all, you little--
DM: Streaks it across the ground.
