Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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I've been a D&D forever DM for a year now and for the last few months me and my friends, who've been massive fans of the boderlands video-game series have got the Bunkers and Badasses official content. (A dlc of the second game)
Instead of doing the campaigns in the book they asked me to do my own take on BL4. Which is going well so far. But I'm trying to think of pop culture references to use as characters, quests and weapons. Any ideas you're willing to share?
Oof, that's hard. They like to mock real pop culture figures in BL. Maybe do a caricature of Elon Musk or someone like that?
It completely depends on your group, sense of humour is very subjective. One group might find a caricature of Trump or Musk hilarious another might get up in arms about it. And the references they will get depend hugely on the age of the group, Monty Python have a ton of hilarious characters you could ape but if it is a group of young people they might not get it.
Their ages are 20+, and not the kind of people to get up in arms over making a joke in regards to the likes of Trump or Musk. But the Monty Python collection would be a good idea. Thank you for that idea.
Monty Python and Terry Pratchett are excellent sources for funny characters for NPCs.
Literally anything you can think of. Use Kanye, Kim, and Pete as NPCs. One of the Borderlands games had a side quest where you help a Tommy Wiseau knock off finish his “film” that was an obvious reference to The Room. Any celebrities that have recently passed away can become an homage NPC. With a diverse group of friends I stay away from anything that is remotely political and instead just make fun of individuals for their zany antics. If you really wanted to include a person from the political sphere I would stay away from including any policies, governing decisions & political tactics and just focus on personality traits, mannerisms and vocal quirks. Also, keep the NPC neutral. I wouldn’t want to make any one person look like a hero or a villain lest you appear to be taking sides. That would surely make some players uncomfortable whether they voice it or not.
Hope this helps