Sometimes a Dungeons & Dragons campaign introduces a character so brilliant, so absurdly overprepared, that even the DM has to sit back and say, “You know what? I’m just gonna let this happen.” Enter Jerry the Alchemist: a player character whose real-life background in mechanical and chemical engineering turned your average fantasy adventure into am awesome blend of science fair and medieval warfare.

Jerry wasn’t just your standard potion-peddling alchemist. Oh no. The player behind him had degrees in both mechanical and chemical engineering, and he wasn’t afraid to use that knowledge to its absolute fullest. The DM made a deal: if Jerry could explain how something would work using in-game materials and logic, he could build it.

That’s when things went off the rails… in the best possible way! Read on!

[Via MC]