by Egg With Legs » Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:25 pm
So, after seeing a few Martin Scorsese movies and remembering the existence of an old rp that was about people getting randomly transformed into monsters (including some from dnd), my lizard brain came up with the idea for Wiseguys and Wizard's. Basically, somewhere during when America was going full 'Manifest Destiny', people started randomly transforming into a wide, wide variety of monsters (all from Dungeons and Dragons). The change seemed completely random, some changing into things that were close to being human (elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins), while others transformed into much more monstrous forms (dragons, giants, werebeasts), and some creatures that were just downright weird (the beaked brains called Grells, the shelled, avian Hooked Horrors, and all the variety of demons that popped into existence). Somehow, history continued on normally from that point, only with a lot more government regulation of magic.
Or, for the long story short of their rather excessive setup; the story of the Basilisk Hotel and Casino in 1975, and the life and times of the people who run it, the people from The Outfit (AKA: The Mob) who really run it, those who've come to enjoy their time there, and those that'd like to see The Outfit out of Vegas. And also the people there are sometimes beasts from DnD, and the changes to things that that'd bring.
Or, or a long story cut excessively short, the movie Casino with some DnD liberally slathered on top.