D&D General Boomer/GenX 5e? (+)

[ECMO3]

And our point is that there really aren't. Particularly because the "Karen" archetype has been a thing for, at the very least, about a decade or so. Which would make all those alleged Millennial Karens far too young for when the thing started.

But plenty old now and that assumes there are no 30-something Karens and I would argue that today there are more Karens in their 30s than there are Karens in their 50s.

Also if we want to move beyond the stereotypes and look at the actual facts, there was a surge in people named Karen born in the mid 90s.

 

[Seramus]

And our point is that there really aren't. Particularly because the "Karen" archetype has been a thing for, at the very least, about a decade or so. Which would make all those alleged Millennial Karens far too young for when the thing started.

It's a Gen X thing, and maybe the first few years of Millennials because, as stated, these are artificial boundaries and the ending of one generation dovetails with the beginning of the next.

The VAST majority of Millennials are below age 40. The starting year is usually given as 1981. That was 43 years ago. The ending year is usually given as 1996. That was 28 years ago, giving a spread of ~15 years. Hence, even if there are "Millennial Karens," they make up less than 25% of that generation, and that's with generous rounding. By comparison, Gen X is entirely within that age range (1965-1980 means the oldest Gen Xers are 59 and the youngest are 44.)

The vast majority of "Karens" are Gen Xers. Period.

Karen is a category of behavior that dates back far longer than the term Karen, and used different terms in the past. Sometimes those terms were steeped in the culture of the time, sometimes what was within the category of behavior differed a bit, and sometimes they had no specific term at all beyond a few unpleasant words.

Also, this whole Karen thing should probably be taken to DMs.

 

[Stormonu]

The algorithm listened to us. (Although I'd say that for a true Gen X sourcebook, it needs to include at least the first half of the 1990s, maybe up through Kurt Cobain's death, in terms of pop culture.)
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Close ... it would have had to been a campaign setting and not a couple adventures to have hooked me. Set in San Dimas, complete with High School and the Game/Prom happening next week, The 10-Story Mall, The Weekend Theme Park, The Vast Baseball/Football Fields, The Hilly Woods Out Back and the Dungeon of the Arcade. And, of course, stay away from the damn vampires in The Old Graveyard. And it's not too far of a drive to the Sunny Beaches of Miami and get mixed up in the local Drug Wars while you drive with top down in your Lambercool.

 

[jmartkdr2]

Close ... it would have had to been a campaign setting and not a couple adventures to have hooked me. Set in San Dimas, complete with High School and the Game/Prom happening next week, The 10-Story Mall, The Weekend Theme Park, The Vast Baseball/Football Fields, The Hilly Woods Out Back and the Dungeon of the Arcade. And, of course, stay away from the damn vampires in The Old Graveyard. And it's not too far of a drive to the Sunny Beaches of Miami and get mixed up in the local Drug Wars while you drive with top down in your Lambercool.

Just add in close proximity to a ski resort and a summer camp with a lake and we're cooking with gas!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

But plenty old now and that assumes there are no 30-something Karens and I would argue that today there are more Karens in their 30s than there are Karens in their 50s.

Also if we want to move beyond the stereotypes and look at the actual facts, there was a surge in people named Karen born in the mid 90s.

Mod Note:

Another Mod literally asked this thread’s participants to step back from the Karen discussion earlier the same day you posted this. In red text much like this post.

To clarify further: anyone wishing to continue this line of discussion should take it to DMs.

 

[Larnievc]

The algorithm listened to us. (Although I'd say that for a true Gen X sourcebook, it needs to include at least the first half of the 1990s, maybe up through Kurt Cobain's death, in terms of pop culture.)
Coming to Kickstarter later this year.

80s Adventures - a Dungeons & Dragons 5e Supplement by Dice Dungeons

Dice Dungeons offers the best traditional and metal dice for RPGs. Find dice to fit your characters style and theme. Exclusive game dice are hand selected.

dicedungeons.com

It should have background music from Tech Noir on Pico.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not normally into decades-based nostalgia, but reading through what 80s Adventures has to offer, it might be fun to use it to flesh out the Radiant Citadel, which is a bit under-detailed, compared to the Concord Worlds. A neon-soaked outpost in the Ethereal Plane seems like a fun vibe.

 

[Stormonu]

I'm not normally into decades-based nostalgia, but reading through what 80s Adventures has to offer, it might be fun to use it to flesh out the Radiant Citadel, which is a bit under-detailed, compared to the Concord Worlds. A neon-soaked outpost in the Ethereal Plane seems like a fun vibe.

I suspect you're looking for a Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty sort of setup?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I suspect you're looking for a Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty sort of setup?

Maybe. It was just a stray thought. I ran my first Radiant Citadel game with a homebrew adventure created for the citadel and I had to create a lot to flesh out the "ordinary" parts of the citadel.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Also, the algorithm/universe really likes the Gen X D&D idea:

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Great parody art on this. Shots fired with the t-shirts the dorcs are wearing.