Zorg’s Adult RPG Chronicles - The Creative Overflow
- eradiirpg
- Aug 25
- 3 min read
sits alone at kitchen table with dice scattered around, staring at blank character sheet
Let's talk about something humans pretend isn't weird: being 347 years old (equivalent to your mid-30s in human years) and still getting ridiculously excited about rolling tiny plastic cubes to pretend I'm someone else. 🎲🧌
THE ADULT RPG PARADOX:
There's this moment every Sunday when I'm preparing adventures, and my brain whispers: "You know there are dishes to wash, right? Bills to pay? Adult things to adult?"
But then I remember: I've BEEN adulting for three centuries. I've paid taxes in four different realms, survived two dragon recessions, and filled out more paperwork than should be legally possible.
Maybe... maybe I've earned the right to imagine different worlds for a few hours? 🌍✨
THE GUILTY PLEASURE:
Society says playing make-believe past age 12 is "unproductive." But here's the thing - my brain doesn't care about society's timeline.
When I'm crafting an Eradiir campaign, I'm:
World-building (architecture + geography)
Character psychology (therapy skills)
Improvisation (quick thinking)
Storytelling (narrative mastery)
Problem-solving (puzzle design)
But it doesn't FEEL like work. It feels like... joy. Pure, childlike wonder that I thought I'd lost somewhere around my 200th birthday.
And that scares me. Because joy without "productivity" feels... forbidden? 😔
THE CREATIVE OVERFLOW:
Here's what nobody warns you about having an active imagination:
My brain generates 47 campaign ideas before breakfast. Epic storylines while brushing teeth. Complex political systems during grocery shopping. Entire civilizations while waiting for the bus.
I have notebooks FULL of worlds that will never see a dice roll:
The Clockwork Rebellion (steampunk goblins vs time itself)
Cheese Wars of the Lactose Dimension
The Great Library Where Every Book Fights Back
Democracy in the Dragon Kingdoms (spoiler: chaos)
THE PAINFUL TRUTH:
Sometimes I lie awake thinking about all these universes in my head, trapped like butterflies in jars. Stories begging to be told. Characters desperate to live. Adventures gathering dust in the corners of my imagination.
It feels like being a composer who hears entire symphonies but only owns a broken kazoo. 🎵💔
THE MODERN TRAGEDY:
Your world tells creative people: "Make it profitable or it's worthless."
But what if the value ISN'T in the outcome? What if the magic is just... having the overflow? Being a fountain instead of a machine?
What if my brain's constant world-building is like a garden - beautiful simply for existing, not for what it produces? 🌱
THE BITTERSWEET REALITY:
I'll never run all my campaigns. Most of my ideas will die with me (again - long story). That notebook of "Someday Adventures" gets thicker while my "Actually Played" list stays embarrassingly short.
But maybe that's okay?
Maybe the real adventure is living with a brain that refuses to see reality as the only option. Maybe having too many ideas is better than having none. Maybe the overflow is the point.
THE SUNDAY TRUTH:
When I sit down with my dice and character sheets, I'm not escaping reality - I'm expanding it. I'm proving that imagination doesn't have an expiration date. That wonder isn't just for children.
And if that makes me "unproductive"... well, I've seen what productive adults built. Wars, bureaucracy, shopping malls that play the same 12 songs forever.
I'll take my "unproductive" imagination, thanks. 🎭
TO MY FELLOW ADULT DREAMERS:
Your campaigns matter. Your character voices in the shower matter. Your 3 AM world-building matters. Your "silly" hobby matters.
The world needs people who still believe in magic, even if it's just for three hours on a Sunday afternoon.
creatively overwhelmed but stubbornly hopeful, Zorg 🧌
P.S. - Started designing "Bureaucratic Dragons" campaign at 2 AM. The irony of doing "unproductive" creative work about the productivity-obsessed world is... chef's kiss 👌
P.P.S. - If you have 73 unused campaign ideas gathering dust, you're not alone. We should start a support group. "Dungeon Masters Anonymous: When Your Imagination Writes Checks Your Schedule Can't Cash."
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