There's so many Star Trek episodes that you can steal extensively from there, too.

That's okay, their characters are thinly-veiled copies of Alucard, Donatello the turtle, Yusuke Urameshi, and Dug from Up, so it balances out.

If you mash up enough old stuff, you get something new. I had a one off that used Eboshi and the lepers from Princess Mononoke, a nutty scientist who was basically Jack from the genetically engineered team on DS9, and the big boss was the Shrike from Hyperion. Plus a bit where a kid found a big pod in the forest, got really excited, brought it back to the village, and rolled it down a hill against another kid's pod while shouting "Now this is pod racing!" One player gave me two middle fingers for that. I regret nothing. Point is making all those fit together into a coherent story isn't a simple task. It's also basically how Tarantino makes his movies.

> Plus a bit where a kid found a big pod in the forest, got really excited, brought it back to the village, and rolled it down a hill against another kid's pod while shouting "Now this is pod racing!" > > One player gave me two middle fingers for that. I regret nothing. Four hours wasted on a side story just to deliver a terrible joke is how you win D&D.

I'm in this photo and I don't like it.

Does the Alucard at least say "Bitches love cannons"?

"How can you say my elves aren't original? Have you *seen* how pointy their ears are in my sketches?"

For an RP heavy session, do "Measure of a Man" with a warforged as Data. PCs are their advocate. See how long it takes someone to notice.

https://natethesnake.com/ Sit back and enjoy an evening of fine literature.

Plot twist! My favorite book series, The Expanse, is based on a TTRPG that one of the writers came up with.

I fucking loved the genetically engineered humans. such wacky guys, and amazing when Bashir starts as the straight-man only to quickly succumb to their unhinged schemes and megalomania. peak Trek.

the joke equivalent of a filibuster.

Was it a TTRPG? I thought the writers were developing for an MMO that got cancelled.

Table Top RPG. I think the idea started as an MMO then Franck switched to table top. When Abraham played the table top, he was impressed so they partnered up to write the books.

It was actually Donatello the Renaissance painter, not the ninja turtle.

Goddamn, the truth is harsh.

No, but he does yell, "In the name of my Mother, I will defeat you again!" Seemingly randomly in combat.

This has been true since 1989, when Technotronic's hit, Pump up the Jam, peaked British sales charts.

Oh, right, that makes more sense.