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

For example:

  • phlebotomist is a vampire
  • hobbyist maker is an artificer
  • arborist is a druid
  • dog trainer is a beast master
  • Bartender is a poisoner

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
  • @DerKriegs@lemmy.ml
    2•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
      2•11 months ago

      Wizard forgot the semicolon glyph