Today I learned the word Picaresque!
adjective: picaresque
relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
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The context was “If you run multiple sessions do it picaresquely, where each session is a self-contained episode.”, talking about running a TTRPG campaign for young children.
If I was not in to Tabletop RPGs I do not think I would ever have an excuse to use this word. That said, I am and I run them for my kids semi-regularly so I will for sure be using this word whenever anybody asks me about my hobbies from now on.
I’m not entirely sure the example sentence is accurate, much less the conjugation.
I’m not certain but I’m pretty sure it is not technically wrong, just awkwardly constructed. Sort of like how saying somebody did something stupidly sounds silly, but is not incorrect.
I could probably reword the sentence to something like “If you run multiple sessions you should make them picaresque, where each session is a self-contained episode”. That said, I’m not sure if I want to start altering the context in which I found them unless the word was used in a way which blatantly goes against the definition.
Awkwardly constructed and only relevant to the first half of the definition you listed directly above it. Maybe, stick with “episodic” unless your kids are running “rough and dishonest but likable” characters
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