The secret to great art is the obscurity of your source material. If no one knows it’s stolen, then you look like a genius. And if anyone catches on to a reference you’re making, it doesn’t necessarily ruin the illusion for them, rather, it can make them feel like they’ve solved a puzzle, and a good DM can spin it so it feels like that player is in on the joke
My Sunday DM, all his NPCs are all from different references( video games, movies, music, etc). We get inspiration if we can figure out at least five of them.
A player of mine pointed out how similar a character of mine was to the beast clergyman from Elden ring - I made a wereshark who was the appointed chosen priest of umberlee in a settlement along the coast. He dressed in ragged blue green rags that obscured his face, and hid himself away to contain his violent urges. So yeah, basically the same character
Well, not if you rip off Disney. Trust me, those Mouse Ears are not for looking cute. They are to hear others taking ideas that they have already taken.
The secret to great art is the obscurity of your source material. If no one knows it’s stolen, then you look like a genius. And if anyone catches on to a reference you’re making, it doesn’t necessarily ruin the illusion for them, rather, it can make them feel like they’ve solved a puzzle, and a good DM can spin it so it feels like that player is in on the joke
As a wise man once said:
"Hippity Hoppity your product is now my property!"
My Sunday DM, all his NPCs are all from different references( video games, movies, music, etc). We get inspiration if we can figure out at least five of them.
A player of mine pointed out how similar a character of mine was to the beast clergyman from Elden ring -
I made a wereshark who was the appointed chosen priest of umberlee in a settlement along the coast. He dressed in ragged blue green rags that obscured his face, and hid himself away to contain his violent urges. So yeah, basically the same character
The Austin Powers reference ahahaha
I'm doing this rn lol
Well, not if you rip off Disney. Trust me, those Mouse Ears are not for looking cute. They are to hear others taking ideas that they have already taken.
I mean he’s right. Who’s gonna stop me? My players? They don’t know half the stuff I’m stealing from
There is no such thing as original art. Only original executions.
I feel called out