D&D is so METAL

[Asmor]

Drowbane, Isn't this the song Rabelais was singing during Sven's attempted escape from prison?

It's the song that Jay's cousin (or whatever) sings in Clerks.

 

[Griffith Dragonlake]

Not to single you out but....
Where are the umlauts?

Yes, I use a blackletter font (Old English Text MT) for the Grymwurld™ logo and headers. And I used to use an umlaut, i.e. Grýmwürld but when a German-speaking friend of my pronounced it, I decided to drop the umlaut. Although if I ever publish for profit, I may bring back the umlaut-u and accented-y to bring in the Metalheads….

 

[Teflon Billy]

As far as me being an appologist, nope. I am a realist who grew up on the southside of Chicago with family members who were Folks and Stones (Chicago gangs in case you didn't know).

No, lowlifes don't hold that allure for me that they do for most of the rap "culture".

...I've seen people die from gunshot wounds, heroin overdoses, and beatings. I've also seen the lives my cousins had through these gangs and they didn't live in mansions with ferraris. didn't travel the world with briefcases full of cash, and sure didn't end up triumphant over "the man"...

So...no money, no mansions, no toys...

...You know you're actually talking about the lifestyle of most gangbangers, not rappers (and badly stereotyped movie gangbangers at that). In fact for all those points except 2, I'd say it was definitely the gangbanging culture you are trying to describe as opposed to the rapper culture.

...but also no violence, drive-bys, or drugs.

Makes me wonder what exactly you are talking about when you describe your rap-fueled games as you did above...

...My D&D games are inspired by the gray morally ambiguous heroes/anti-heroes, money, fame & bling (treasure), and violence of rap...

Measured by your yardstick, rap has none of that. No money, no fame and--startlingly--no violence.

So, you are literally making no sense now.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Yes, I use a blackletter font (Old English Text MT) for the Grymwurld™ logo and headers. And I used to use an umlaut, i.e. Grýmwürld but when a German-speaking friend of my pronounced it, I decided to drop the umlaut. Although if I ever publish for profit, I may bring back the umlaut-u and accented-y to bring in the Metalheads….

Let me know when you are looking for playtesters

 

[Slife]

Measured by your yardstick, rap has none of that. No money, no fame and--startlingly--no violence.

So, you are literally making no cents now.

I wouldn't go quite that far...

 

[Thurbane]

So, have we finished dissecting thug life? Can we get back to the metal?

 

[Drowbane]

Drowbane, Isn't this the song Rabelais was singing during Sven's attempted escape from prison?

hahaha, yeah... just before Sven got "arrowhawked".

 

[Imaro]

No, lowlifes don't hold that allure for me that they do for most of the rap "culture".

Good for you...what is the point of this as far as what I said?

So...no money, no mansions, no toys...

Okay first off my name isn't Gold chain and Jogging suit, Hardknock Life or Chicago Badass...I'm asking that if you quote me you use my name...apparently you couldn't think of any witty pseudo-name for me with the first quote...so why don't you keep it that way with everything else I post that you quote. I'm addressing you in a respectful manner and I expect the same.

As far as the above quote...read it again, I'm talking about real gangbangers/drug dealers/whatever. And yeah the vast majority of them aren't living in mansions, and don't have exspensive toys. Where's the dissconnect here?

...but also no violence, drive-bys, or drugs.

Now keep up because here I'm talking about rappers you know like 50 cent., Jay-Z, etc. When was the last time one of them was convicted of committing a drive-by? Or sent to prison for distribution of illegal substances? Is there violence in the life of a rapper? Yep, there's violence in everyones life, but when you live in a mansion, have hired bodyguards, are doing corny commercials and make the type of money most of them do, it's hard to believe the level of violence they interact with on a daily basis is anywhere near what their music makes it seem.

Makes me wonder what exactly you are talking about when you describe your rap-fueled games as you did above...

*sigh*, let me try and answer this, as I hope you are really looking for discussion of this and not just trying to goad me into an argument (which is where I really feel you want this whole discussion to go). The same way James Bond =/= "the exploits of a real secret agent", yet you could base a "secret agent" game off the impropable events that take place in the Bond movies and even throw it a more realistic curve if you want with a little research. Thus I can take the impropable depiction of street-life alot of gangsta rappers project and toss in my own experiences to make it, IMHO, more realistic in my eyes.

Measured by your yardstick, rap has none of that. No money, no fame and--startlingly--no violence.

So, you are literally making no sense now.

This quote made no sense as nowhere did I claim that rap has no violence, no money and no fame. Where did I say this?

 

[Kae'Yoss]

That's exactly what I think of 4e. 4e is Manowar: Some of the mechanics (rules mechanics/ instromental part of the music) might be okay, but the fluff (flavour material/ lyrics) I just can't take seriously.

You can play M4now4r, I'll stick to my old M3tallica albums and stuff like that.

 

[Asmor]

M3tallica

Metallica makes baby napster cry.