Meet the TikToker who lets a D20 decide what goes into his lunchtime sandwiches

polygon.com:

Dungeons & Dragons TikToker Jake Pauwels doesn’t start his videos with rulebooks or character sheets, but instead with paper plates and sandwich ingredients. During many lunchtimes this spring, the high fantasy writer and Dungeon Master has written lists of everything he had in his fridge onto a series of plates and used dice rolls to decide what Frankenstein sandwich he’ll build before eating his creation. He now has more than 800k followers on TikTok, many coming for Roll for Sandwich, which has skyrocketed in popularity.

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Pauwels usually starts by rolling a six-sided die down a magnificent dice tower, which is set beside a plate or paper with a chart noting possible ingredients. Whatever side it lands on first corresponds to a type of bread, with options ranging from naan to croissants, then mains, from corned beef to peanut butter. Next is cheese, “roughage,” and wild magic — which uses a D20 die and adds anything from spice to sprinkles to fire. Finally comes the risky sauce chart, which could alter the entire taste profile with chocolate frosting or spruce tip jam. He then assembles the complete, though maybe questionable, sandwich.Roll for Sandwich has since produced dozens of episodes, from roast beef and marshmallow fluff sammies to a horseradish and hearts of palm pretzel bagel. It’s not all ick factor — many combos are wonderful and teach both Pauwels and the viewer something about flavor.

EP 42 — 6/10/22 — If you don’t know what I am refrencing throughout this video, I probably sound like an absolute crazy person! #rollforsandwich #dndtiktok #foodietok #iamaprofessional #professional

As a stay-at-home dad, Pauwels started the series as a fun way to retool D&D gameplay with components he had around