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What are some fantasy character concepts based on modern occupations and hobbies?

For example:

And what about locations and services?

For example:

Dentist's office is a tooth cult temple
Cellphone store is a familiar breeder/vendor
ChatGPT is an oracle, possibly a medium for communicating with a demon who gives bad advice

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[-] DerKriegs@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Some ideas:

Postmates/Doordash/Uber Eats: a divination-based courier service - "The crystal ball said I'm supposed to look for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver. Let's see here..."
Software engineer: wizard creating thousands of castings of magic mouth to create a machine as a lab assistant - "One of the mouths keeps repeating 'syntax error' every time i active the first. Well there goes the last month's worth of castings..."
Tech support: warlocks in the employ of a kingdom that gains it power from eldritch beings - "Have you tried turning the ether blood connection off and back on again?"

[-] Zeb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wizard forgot the semicolon glyph

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