Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Ode on Discovering Oriental Adventures in the Used Book Giveaway Shelves at the Local Tesco

 


My life is brilliant

My love is pure

I saw a sourcebook

Of that I'm sure

It was sitting on a bookshelf

It was with some other books

And I didn't lose much money on it

'Cause it was going secondhand


You're overpowered and problematic

You're overpowered and problematic

You're overpowered and problematic, it's true

I saw your cover on an old bookcase

And I knew just what to do

'Cause I only had a copy of you on PDF


Yes it caught my eye

As I walked on by

Anyone could see from my face that I was 

Fucking overcome with the desire to roll some d20s

And I don't think that I will play it again

But I took it with me and put it in my study


You're overpowered and problematic

You're overpowered and problematic

You're overpowered and problematic, it's true

I saw your cover on an old bookcase

And I knew just what to do

'Cause I only had a copy of you on PDF


You're overpowered and problematic

You're overpowered and problematic

You're overpowered and problematic, it's true

Gary Gygax must be up there with a smile on his face

When he thought up your unnecessarily complicated rules

But it's time to face the truth

I will never play with you

14 comments:

  1. That's bloody cold of you
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHHl60l5nko

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    1. Whisper it, but I actually kind of like James Blunt.

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  2. Or as Bashô wrote on his copy:

    "Rain water coming
    from a crack in the ceiling,
    pass my supplement!".

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    1. It's never too late to participate in my D&D clerihew game:

      https://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2017/02/once-you-pop-you-cant-stop.html
      https://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2020/04/once-you-pop-you-really-cant-stop.html

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  3. Why not another one?:

    "Cicadas rolling
    dice for THAC0, search table,
    darn, forgot the page..."

    Ok, I'll stop now.


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  4. I haven't looked at that book for ages. What parts of the rules were unnecessarily complicated? The honor system? The non-weapon proficiency system? Something else?

    The Heretic

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    1. "Oi! You got a loisuns fer that problematic portrayal of Asian culture!"

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  5. I'm writing here since you seem to be a lot more active here than kickstarter. When will the Yoon Suin 2e edition will ship? It's been more than a month since the last update.

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    1. Apologies - you will I hope have seen the latest update!

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  6. There once was a kensi named Dou'atik
    Whose religion was dogmatic
    So katanas he dual wield
    And all the villagers he killed
    Which made him problematic

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  7. The book was clearly never playtested. Some stuff is just broken, but it can be fixed.

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    1. I have a bit of an urge to play it now that I have the physical book, but no time, sadly.

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