No one:
Absolutely no one:
My brain for some reason:
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF TTRPG
Absolutely no one:
My brain for some reason:
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF TTRPG
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Strahd or Vecna? 🤔
VERSUS!!!
De 'n Dee Five E
Go!
Yo, it’s me, 4E, I'm the tactical king,
Grid-based combat, let the miniatures sing!
I’m balanced, refined, let no class be left behind,
Martial or magic, I’m one of a kind.
You want strategy? I’m the game for you,
Powers for days, and the rules are tight too.
Step back, 4E, you’re a board game in disguise,
I’m the people’s champ, and I’m on the rise!
You got lost in the math, forgot the roleplay,
I brought back the soul, now I’m leading the way.
You were all combat, no room to explore,
I’m the edition that opened the door!
Riding on 3’s coattails, what a lame gimmick!
I brought evolution, you brought only regression,
Your “bounded accuracy” is a bad concession.
I gave DMs tools, you left ‘em to guess,
Your “rulings, not rules” is a hot [bleep]in' mess.
You turned D&D into a video game hack.
I’m the essence of fantasy, pure and true,
The OSR loves me, and the new school too.
You had your shot, but you missed the mark,
I’m the edition that reignited the spark.
I’m the edition that made combat feel nice.
You’re stuck in the past, afraid to advance,
I was the future of gaming, but no one gave me a chance!
You’re the casual choice, I’m the pro’s pick,
Step aside, 5E, you’re just a cheap trick!
VERSUS
Shadowrun!!!
BEGIN!!!
https://youtu.be/qdDNyuS5Zy0
It was on the bird site, but me and @redwyrm.bsky.social had an indie vs. dragon game battle.
I won’t say who won … but it was me. 😜
Like an indie game that stole from the name brand
I brought the fire from the dragon itself
Not rhymes about games that just sit on your shelf
If that’s your best shot man you must have it tough
Like the argument that nobody has the time to learn new games
As if people who play RPGs are somehow brain drained
As if the underthought overbuilt dragon ain’t to blame
Ain’t nothing more tired than the ampersand
Pretending you got stories when you playing a war game
Your corpo brands the reason ain’t more people playin
But there are stories to tell and games to play
To be honest I don't care what system we run
But we'll call it D&D when we talk to everyone
But still here's me looking around for anybody that asked
Bangin' on about your toolbox with antique tools
How bout you quit yappin and actually read your rules.
Love you, Wyrm.
Change a few things up - you think you're innovating
But slamming the OG is old and irritating
This overcompensating is humiliating
The game is 50 years old and still dominating
Putting up subscription walls to keep folks out?
I love a game that brings a community in
So I’ll celebrate the people but not the corporate sin
This is always fun (and much love!)
Change a few things up, man, we deleted half the table
You still need the GM to dance or it all falls apart
You're lickin' corporate boot while we out here makin' art.
You can get rid of the GM and follow a flow chart
You're an upstart trying to upset the applecart
Go on and start running, we'll give you a head start
(I love a good diss rap song... but you know what else I truly love? PbtA - it is such a fun system)
Although, on the bird site they told me that D&D won the last one against Blades in the Dark.
VERSUS
F.A.T.A.L.
Begin.
1) Games, not characters/NPCs/settings/etc
2) No match-ups that are just D&D punching itself
3) No games I don't play/haven't played enough to do justice to
4) No F.A.T.A.L./Myfarog/associated hate-coded fash bullshit.
But I can respect that.
Anyway, yall can probably imagine how that fight'd go anyway. Everyone out how disgusting and bad F.A.T.A.L. is and then that rancid wet fart of a ruleset turns to the camera, takes a deep breath and goes, "dur."
Only for GURPS to go, "That, didn't even rhyme. Can't you even RAP?"
MYFAROG
vs
F.A.T.A.L
(begin)
https://youtu.be/DL0seMu43eE?si=ptQQyBKdE67k39wq
My first one was D&D5e vs Blades in the Dark back on Twitter almost two years back, but I hear this request pretty often.
I don't know much about Pathfinder, so I'm glad someone could take that hill for me.
I'll probably repost the original later.
VERSUS!
GRUUUUUUUUMSH....
BEGIN!!!
TIA-MAT vs. VEEEEC-NAAAAR.
Be-gin!
:p
Old School Revi...Old School Renaiss...Oh esS Arrrr BEGIN!!!
Know what let's have the Conversation about Genre Emulation
Cause while you were on vacation in the Elf or Dwarven Nation
Hard at work I was making works of mass imagination
AND rather than imitation I was unlocking iteration!
Boring like a damn blank page
Trying to get players to re-engage
In learning to play a basic mage
We've seen all these tricks it's old hat
Even when you bolt on a flashback
Or usage dice or drop maps
Don't matter it's falling down flat
No sad flat five%, we bell curve instead
I'm +2 to Hot and you're +5 to Dead.
Cairn I take a second here to teach you how to behave or are you gonna insist on acting like a scurrilous Knave?
I'm Essential not Basic and I passed my save. Expert around the table and I'm rising from the Grave
Cos I know a guy...