"Chess? To compare The Game to chess would be like comparing all civilization to an amoeba. The stakes are far higher than creation itself, and the rules are more intricate and complex than the foundation of the world. Behold!"
"Gasp! It can't be! The Cosmic Game is D&D!?"
"Universes & Unrealities actually. 467 Billionth Edition, because baby wanted her way."
"Oh hush, you agreed to it."
"Okay, sorry, but I don't buy this at all! This is too silly!"
"Ugh, you mortals take everything you see so literally. You can't comprehend things on our level, so you've created a complex metaphor to handle it. These game books represent The Rules. The actual rules wouldn't be able to fit in something so crude sort of like your common chess metaphore but not so stupidly vague."
"What do the battle maps represent?"
"They represent the world, of course, and before you say anything, no, we did not make your world. There are an infinite number of low-order universes, so why make a new one when we can just pick what we like? Similarly, the dice represent fate and chance."
"What do the cans of soda represent?"
"They represent I'm thirsty so shut up!"
***
Fortunately, the DM shows up about then to handle the rules disputes the two cosmic powers are having with each other.
This from the webcomic Housepets! rather than fanfic, the page in question is here: The Truth, the Whole Truth (AKA: Cosmic Horrors play D&D)
But it may be better to start from the beginning so you know what's going on (other than cosmic powers playing with mortal pawns). I scarfed down the archives over several hours and promptly added the
comic to by feed reader upon reaching the then current page. The first page
is here: Housepets, page 1, it starts off looking like just a gag-a-day strip, but then things start happening...
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.
"Gasp! It can't be! The Cosmic Game is D&D!?"
"Universes & Unrealities actually. 467 Billionth Edition, because baby wanted her way."
"Oh hush, you agreed to it."
"Okay, sorry, but I don't buy this at all! This is too silly!"
"Ugh, you mortals take everything you see so literally. You can't comprehend things on our level, so you've created a complex metaphor to handle it. These game books represent The Rules. The actual rules wouldn't be able to fit in something so crude sort of like your common chess metaphore but not so stupidly vague."
"What do the battle maps represent?"
"They represent the world, of course, and before you say anything, no, we did not make your world. There are an infinite number of low-order universes, so why make a new one when we can just pick what we like? Similarly, the dice represent fate and chance."
"What do the cans of soda represent?"
"They represent I'm thirsty so shut up!"
***
Fortunately, the DM shows up about then to handle the rules disputes the two cosmic powers are having with each other.
This from the webcomic Housepets! rather than fanfic, the page in question is here: The Truth, the Whole Truth (AKA: Cosmic Horrors play D&D)
But it may be better to start from the beginning so you know what's going on (other than cosmic powers playing with mortal pawns). I scarfed down the archives over several hours and promptly added the
comic to by feed reader upon reaching the then current page. The first page
is here: Housepets, page 1, it starts off looking like just a gag-a-day strip, but then things start happening...
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.