The Culture: Gamers, Don't Fear The Memer

"Hey, what's this I heard about memeing shit up?"

Let's say that you're playing a Magic-User. You decided that you want to get into the racket of creating your own monsters because you hit 7th level and learned Polymorph Other. Then you read up on Potion Creation in the Dungeon Master's Guide and realize that your Magic-User can now create potions.

And then you realize that potions also include spell effects delivered by liquid means other than drinking it, like magic oils, and you get an idea. You pop open your Discord app and drop the Referee a Direct Message.

"I want to make potions of Polymorph Other to turn victims into nigh-brainless flesh-eating giants, only I want to make it something I inject."

The Referee, a few hours later, says "Show me the clip you're thinking about" and--being exposed--you do.

"I figured" the Referee says, "Go for it."

Thousands of gold and a few months of real and game-time later, your man has his Titan Serum ready to go.

That same time, the Referee gets a message from another player running a Cleric that casts Commune and ends up asking about things that include the MU's Titan Fluid.

Unfortunately for the MU, that Cleric worships and serves the Fear Owl.

And the Cleric has a Thief as a Henchman. Hijinx ensue!

The result? The Titan Serum is stolen and successfully reverse-engineered by a friendly MU.

Things go from bad to worse when the MU takes a slave he bought off a Hobgoblin tribe, offers him the power for revenge and turns the slave into a Titan. Then, mid-transformation, the MU turns invisible and thus the Titan can only see the Hobgoblins. Chaos ensues.

The Cleric uses the Serum in a similar manner to create fire-and-forget bioweapons upon strongholds of the Fear Owl's enemies.

During which time the Referee is in DMs with another player playing an Elf Fighter/Magic-User able to make magic items. After a stiff drink and some emails to a guy used to write for TSR, he debuts his anti-giant weapon just in time for all the Titans spawning.

Man, that Assassin's going to have his work cut out for him.