None of us ever realized that our Dungeons and Dragons obsession would hit us harder in the bank account than in our social lives. Inundated since grade school to believe that the nerds in D&D club would all become rich programmers with no social skills was a total lie. In reality, most D&D enthusiasts, like myself, are working-class professionals who spend whatever's left of their meager paychecks to buy expensive figurines, dice, and fantasy role-play books. So instead of being rich and antisocial, we're poor and have the best role-play friends imaginable.
Indeed, Dungeon adventures are not so affordable after all, yet for many clerics, rogues, and wizards, the price is totally worth the long hours of fun and unbreakable friendships.
However, when this teacher got all of his D&D stuff stolen out of the back of his car, not only was he devastated for his own personal collection (likely worth $1000s), but he was sad for the kids. After years of hosting the school's after-school D&D club, something had to be done. So the teacher's coworker stepped in to see what generosity and advice could come of the Internet.
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