>90% of the party's problems are caused by the wizard
>>98839074Sounds like a great time.
>>98839074They are also more often than not, SOLVED by the wizard.
>>98839339ahh, wizards, the cause and solution to all your fantasy world's problems.
>>98839366I know you're joking but is there actually a setting this isn't true for?
>>98839384yeah, like 99% of the ones that aren't dnd
>>98839384no because even in a low magic setting the author/gm still wants their Level 20 Wizard GMPC. They just can't help themselves.
>>98839074Mod protected spam thread.
>>98839074The overwhelming majority of RPG lore boils down to "Everything was going great until a wizard did X".If the game is Sci-fi, replace wizard with alien/AI.If it's horror, replace with. Actually wizard comes up a lot there too. Especially if consider cults as wizard adjacent.If it's based on modern events. Well, Wizard was the old term for terminally online losers, so that still kinda fits.Fuckers got more reach than I even realized.
>>98839387Listen, Nogames, wizards fucking up the world state is a common occurrence in any RPG that contains magic. In science settings, mad scientist types borrow a lot of wizard mannerisms as well.
>>98844207the sci-fi equivalent is scientists without regard for consequences
>>98844209See >>98844208Loners in isolated areas pushing the envelope of science with zero regards to whether they should or not but simply because they want to see what happens is peak wizard and mad science bullshit and I love that nonsense.
>>98844219there's a massive difference in that amoral scientists need to be part of some amoral corporation or government while the amoral wizard is usually completely independent
>>98844209Science requires sacrifice.
>>98844207>Well, Wizard was the old term for terminally online losershow new r u
>>98844225>Evil scientists need government or agency supportDr. moreauVictor FrankensteinDr. jekyllThat's just off the top of my head. You also have Dr Song (guy who created Data and Lore in Star Trek). Then again Star Trek also has its own irresponsible wizard type with Q.
>>98845561How new are you to not remember that staying a virgin until you reach 30 as a man granting you fearsome wizard powers was a running joke for years to the point people called themselves and others wizards. Shit, I think wizchan is still active (although barely).
>>98839366>manufacture a problem>sell a solutionKill all castoids
>>98846354lurk moar
>>98844225>amoral scientists need to be part of some amoral corporation or governmentthose are all bitchmadeReal geniuses do all of that shit by themselves and just do contracts and/or steal from the government to get their funding
>>98846381I will always be reminded of Doc Brown from Back to Future basically convincing terrorists he would build a nuclear bomb for them to get plutonium for his time machine and gunned down like a dog when the terrorists realized he screwed them over.
Tends to be the case
