Roll for laughs with this parody sourcebook filled with mundane encounters, new feats, and even more bills to pay! Perfect for PPCs--Parent Player Characters--and the people who love them!
Debts & Diplomas: Cyclopedia of Loans, Milestones, and Terrifying Emails from Myth and Legend!
We're back with another volume of the Your Basic Parody series, a hilarious look at life through the lens of classic tabletop roleplaying games! Presenting...
Debts & Diplomas: Cyclopedia of Loans, Milestones, and Terrifying Emails from Myth and Legend!
Potty-training? Check. Reading, writing? No problem. Cleaning up after themselves? A work in progress.
Your PPC (Parent Player Character) knows the ropes. You faced The Temple of Elementary People and escaped. The kids are growing up, graduating, spreading their wings...
It's time to level up!
Debts & Diplomas provides your PPC with everything they need for the roleplaying experience of a lifetime: raising a kid and launching them into the world! It picks up where Diapers & Daycares--the basic edition for new parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and concerned bystanders--left off: with lots of stuff, expenses, and unexpected challenges!
Ah, the Temple of Higher Education...We cast FAFSA!
New Adversaries, Obstacles, Headaches, and Ulcers! (Hooray!?)
Face new foes inspired by classic TTRPG creatures and daily life, featuring hilarious new illustrations from Jeff Witty and Lance Hodge! For example, prepare to face the Growlarger!
The more time a student spends in school, the bigger the Growlarger gets!
GROWLARGER: TUITION INCREASE/TEXTBOOKS AND FEES
FREQUENCY: Common. One might also say Depressingly Regular. Growlargers are like clockwork–very expensive clockwork.
Just as Parent Player Characters (PPCs) can always expect “reminder emails” about their child’s educational expenses, they can also always count on those expenses to increase. Even institutions that boast of “tuition freezes” may raise the price of room, board, or activity fees. And, if by some incredible stroke of luck all expenses owed to a school remain the same–ok, I’m really indulging in the imaginative quality of RPGs here–the textbook industry continues to roll along, producing new editions with shiny new introductions, web interfaces, you name it. And don’t get me started on the pace of technology. Everything changes so quickly.
And your PPC or their progeny will pay for it.
Of course, it’s possible this may not apply to your PPC. Perhaps their child is covered by scholarships. If so, please don’t gloat. This game is hard enough already.
Oh, and If your PPC’s child goes right into the workforce, don’t think you’re somehow in the clear. They’ll still face numerous headaches and challenges that include the PPC, many of them pricey. That’s the magic of parenthood!
So prepare yourself for an epic face-off between heroes and, well, everything that comes up in life!
Players have so, so many ways to spend money in Debts & Diplomas. But don't worry: it's not all bad news. Their PPCs also have a host of new skills and feats to face the challenges. I mean, sure, you might subscribe to a streaming service or six:
You thought you could save $ by cutting the cord? I see subscriptions in your future!
But maybe you can save money on your internet/phone service with the Flexible Family Plan feat (FFPt!)!
Ah, a touching family scene--as long as they're all on one plan!
Imagine you have, oh, I don't know, a cellular telephone. (Hard to believe, I know, but do your best. TTRPGs are games of the imagination.)
Next, consider the possibility that your spouse or partner also has one.
If you're still with me, then you'll also be able to imagine the accompanying phone bill growing larger.
But wait! There's more. Now consider the oh-so-slight possibility that your Parent Player Character's child, or even better, their children, ALSO would like to possess a cellular telephone. What happens now?
With the Flexible Family Plan skill, you can easily add a phone or line to your existing plan for only… oh, let's say 30% more than you're already paying!
We've even included a short sample adventure to show these new skills and monsters in action! Can your Parent Player Character survive a trip with their teen to...a BIG BOX STORE?
Check out this amazing drawing from Matt Morrow! You can feel the terror!
The text and artwork is complete, and this campaign primarily funds printing costs. We plan to ship by early December so you can give Debts & Diplomas as a gift to the gamers in your life! (Or as a gift to yourself!)
I guarantee it will be different from any other gift your friends and family gets this year--and also strangely familiar...
We ship via USPS first-class mail or UPS (whichever is cheaper for your address) in a sturdy cardboard mailer. Shipping costs vary depending upon add-ons, and will be calculated after the campaign is over. Depending on your location, shipping a single copy of Debts & Diplomas should be around $7.00.
Unfortunately, we currently only ship physical products in the United States. Our distribution hub is a dining room.
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