When Wizards of the Coast announced their plans to “evolve” Dungeons & Dragons, fans speculated wildly about the changes in store for the game. But the game itself is quickly becoming irrelevant. WotC, like the rest of Hasbro, is now in the movie business.
Jeremy Crawford, D&D’s Lead Rules Designer…
“You have joined the Ministry of Our Hidden Mistress, a paramilitary cult that worships a forbidden goddess, and sworn in blood to avenge the wrongs placed upon you and your people. You have made an oath to fight the high elves, to subvert and capture their resources, and to take…
“Final report, the commercial star-ship Nostromo. Third officer reporting. The other members of the crew — Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas — are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier within six weeks. With a little luck the network will pick me up. …
Conners is a fairly typical Teamster. He’s not a combat monster, but he’s not a pushover. His skill set is broad. He’s kitted out to both work and survive (maybe). Everyone can rely on him to pull his weight when everything…
Tags: Driver • Car Enthusiast • Poser • Cynical • Shallow
Shiny likes cars. They go fast and they make him look good because he has nice one. Anyone who doesn’t have a car is a loser in his eyes.
Shiny comes from a…
“The Azurites have devoted their lives to buying and selling. Clad in their trademark blue robes (and adorned with blue scarves, hats, buckles, flowers and jewelry) they make a habit of buying low and selling high, maintaining an awareness of the markets, and knowing precisely who to sell what to.”
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“Some of the least skilled, least useful people on this planet have corner offices.”
“The goal of [Business Wizards] is to tell an absurd, self-
aggrandizing story of magic and capitalism while
trying to accomplish an over-scoped, convoluted
project goal.”— Business Wizards, page 66
Business Wizards…
Rick: I hate every country in the universe, brother! They’re job placement programs for the politicians that invent them.
President: Okay, fight club. I get paid to protect the sidelines you sit on!
Rick: You get paid to make sports metaphors!
President: I clean your litterbox! So your little nerd…
“Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. We can now revise that and witness the attempt to imagine capitalism by way of imagining the end of the world.”
- Fredric Jameson
