The D&D (and OSR) family

Thondor · October 12, 2015, 09:36:32 PM

Quote from: thedungeondelver;859704Hackmaster is the red-headed stepkid that looks a lot like grandpa 1e, adopted a lot of his mannerisms, and yet during family get-togethers does nothing but go on about his collection of Mad Magazines.

Wait . . . what does that make Hackmaster 5e? (I assume you meant 4th which is very close to 1e, while 5e is really quiet different.)

Also loving all the analogies.

thedungeondelver · October 12, 2015, 11:07:35 PM

Quote from: Thondor;859771Wait . . . what does that make Hackmaster 5e? (I assume you meant 4th which is very close to 1e, while 5e is really quiet different.)

Also loving all the analogies.

The same, but Cracked magazine.

Kyle Aaron · October 13, 2015, 02:12:18 AM

RuneQuest is the nephew who did an anthropology degree but never got an academic job.

Cthulhu is the creepy uncle who wants to show you his very, very disturbing etchings.

World of Synnibar is the cousin who popped acid and got stuck there.

Thondor · October 13, 2015, 03:10:09 PM

Quote from: thedungeondelver;859780The same, but Cracked magazine.

Hmmm, I would go with:

Hackmaster 5e is that nerdy cousin who you're pretty sure has a superiority complex (but maybe he's trying to be funny . . .) He has long discussions with grandpa 1e that always end in arguments. The rest of the family leaves him alone a lot because he's OCD about counting everything.
He never talks about his big brother Hackmaster 4e other than to call him a clown.

AsenRG · October 13, 2015, 06:43:59 PM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;859801RuneQuest is the nephew who did an anthropology degree but never got an academic job.

Rather, RuneQuest is someone with an anthropology degree who's doing his best to make his job sound fun at family gatherings. But some people are weirded out at the ease with which the stories of the people he's working on talk about death and dismemberment.
To these people, he tends to give a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card.

King Truffle IV · October 14, 2015, 12:01:32 AM

Great & Small (see my sig) is the crazy cat lady aunt who talks to her pets and is convinced they talk back to her... and can't seem to tell the difference between you and them.

She also harbors simplistic notions about the world, and doesn't think ranking people and animals by their inherent "Strength" or "Intelligence" is terribly fair.

But she does make good pie.

The Butcher · October 14, 2015, 07:42:21 AM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;859801RuneQuest is the nephew who did an anthropology degree but never got an academic job.

Cthulhu is the creepy uncle who wants to show you his very, very disturbing etchings.

The BRP family is a funny lot.

Everybody in the CoC branch looks exactly the same, except that weird 7e kid. Flings with the D&D family have given birth to CoC d20 (with 3e) and Silent Legions (with SWN).

While I think their daughter RQ6 is smokin' hot, I'm on very good terms with Stormbringer, the aging metalhead cousin to the RQ branch. His kids Openquest and Magic World are okay I guess.

There's this rumor 1e and RQ2 had a kid named Palladium, but neither side admits it and the kid's since gone off on his own.

Warthur · October 14, 2015, 08:27:12 AM

Castles and Crusades is a medieval history professor. At first we thought his pedantry might have been an attempt to ingratiate himself to 1E, until at one family gathering 1E finally extricated himself from one of C&C's little lectures, wiped his brow, and said "Whew - and I thought I was a perfectionist!"

tenbones · October 15, 2015, 02:54:14 PM

Fantasy Craft is the mad-scientist uncle. Like Rick from "Rick & Morty".

constantly screwing with the DNA until something happens.

Premier · October 15, 2015, 08:07:07 PM

Other Dust is the kid who wears a leather jacket, worn jeans and makes a yearly ritual out of watching Mad Max: The Road Warrior.

Gamma World is Other Dust's weird dad who makes a yearly ritual out of watching Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, immediately followed by Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! while high and boozed up.

ArrozConLeche · October 19, 2015, 01:58:55 PM

Quote from: The Butcher;859937Stormbringer, the aging metalhead cousin to the RQ branch. His kids Openquest and Magic World are okay I guess.

Is Openquest a direct descendant of Stormbringer rather than RQ? I got Magic World because I couldn't find Stormbringer or Elric.

tenbones · October 19, 2015, 02:25:42 PM

Someone needs to put this on a graphic, stat!

The Butcher · October 19, 2015, 06:41:52 PM

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;860796Is Openquest a direct descendant of Stormbringer rather than RQ? I got Magic World because I couldn't find Stormbringer or Elric.

It's got bits from both SB and RQ2/3. Combat mostly takes after SB (no hit locations, major wounds, etc.) but magic boasts Common, Divine and Sorcery lists (still simpler than most editions of RQ, I think). Anyone looking for a leaner version of BRP for fantasy could do a lot worse than look into it. And of course, it's free.