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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 509867" data-attributes="member: 508">AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT AT MY GAMING STOREWhen I head over to our game,My DM (quite a bore)Asks me if I have yet been inEN World's online store.But when I tell him I preferMy local gaming shop,He asks me why I settle forTheir tattered, picked-through slop."I'm telling you, give it a try.EN World's the place to buy."Now, what can I sayWhen I go there today?Last time I was in myLocal gaming store,There was nothing thereThat wasn't there before.A couple of Core Rulebooks,A module or two,A few scant six-siders,Not much else to view.That's nothing to tell of,That won't do, no way...I'll just have to come upWith something to say.I can't tell the truth.  I'll have to embellish.I'll add a selection to make him all jealous!And I'll tell a story that he can't ignore,When I say that I saw it at my gaming store.I'll start with the basics,With the Player's Handbook.I'll take that simple tomeAnd make it a grand book.The story could really be easier toldIf I said that their Handbooks were all trimmed in gold.A special collector's edition, why yes!And only on sale at my FLGS!But that can't be all...My story's too small.I'll add many titlesLike never beforeAnd say that I saw themAt my gaming store.Where to begin?I'll just plunge in.I'll tell him sitting on the shelvesAre many handbooks about elves.Moon Elves!  Dark Elves!  Any flavor!Quintessential!  Of High Favor!And not just elves: there's many tomesOf dwarves, and halflings--even gnomes!I'll tell my DM to just name me a raceAnd there's sourcebooks about them all over the place!And why should I stop with the same standard six?I'll tell him my game store's got tons of new tricks.Roleplay a mimic?  Or maybe a wererat?My game store sells sourcebooks that deal with all that!Say!  That makes a story that really will floorMy DM, when he hears about my gaming store.But now I don't know...It's still not enough.I guess I'll just tack on some other new stuff.(And hope that I put enough ranks into Bluff!)Now, what else can I add?My selection's still sad.I'll tack on some modules!  Why, that's just the thing!When it comes to modules, my game store's the king!Necropolis!  In the Belly of the Beast!Rappan Athuk, 12 sublevels at least!There's so much there to look through, but look and you will findIf Thoughts Could Kill, the Freeport set, and even Of Sound Mind.There's City of the Spider Queen, The Banewarrens and moreJust sitting on the shelves there at my local gaming store.And if that's not enough...Why, I'll just add some other stuff!Dungeon mags and Dragon Annuals,And a whole slew of monster manuals!Monsternomicon, yes that one's in,And monster books from Green Ronin.Jade Dragons and Hungry Ghosts,Abyssal armies and devil hosts!There's Mongoose stuff thereOn shelves on both sidesThe Seas of Blood lineAnd umpteen Slayer's Guides.There's Malhavoc stuffAs plain as can beEldritch Might booksNumbered I, II, and III.I'll tell my DM there are rulebooks galoreAnd I'll tell him I saw them at my gaming store!Some gaming accessories might do the trick,Like T-Shirts that read "Holy Crap on a Stick!"And that makes a story that's really not bad!But it still could be better.  Suppose that I add......d20 logos embossed on pink tights...A dice set that's been forged from meteorites...Some Vile Darkness that's better left unsaid...And look, there's my DM's house, just up ahead.I walked up his drivewayAnd rang the doorbell.I stood waiting thereAnd I felt simply SWELL!FOR I HAD A STORY NO ONE COULD IGNORE!AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT AT MY GAMING STORE!The front door was answered,I was ushered inside.The whole group was thereAnd my resolve just died.I had such a great tale, BUT I COULDN'T BEGIN!And my DM just looked at me, grinning a grin."So tell me," he said, "Have you given a thoughtAbout dumping that game store where nothing gets bought,And checking EN World, as I've often taught?""I have," I replied, and it sank in just then."Do you think you could give me that link once again?"- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - And, just to follow my own advice, the link to EN World's online RPG store is: <a href="http://www.enworld.rpgshop.com/" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.rpgshop.com/</a> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Johnathan</blockquote>

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