Let’s Play D&D on the Infinity Train
Get ready for a vacation to nowhere with lots of character growth, this week we’re hopping on the Infinity Train to play D&D.
You’ve probably noticed by now that Discover and HBO Max seem to be working their absolute hardest to burn their own platform to the ground. It’s been bizarre to watch as fan favorites disappear entirely and even their creators suddenly find themselves unable to access their creations. One of the victims of HBO’s own version of the snap is Infinity Train. One of my favorite animated shows out there, it has one of those worlds that you can never grow bored of exploring with stories that managed to be a home run every season.
Obviously, it’s tragic to see it all but obliterated from the internet and impossible to access through official means. Even the series Owen Dennis creator has joked about the need to pirate Infinity Train in order to watch it.
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— 🧢🐸 Frogs in hats 🐸🧢 (@OweeeeenDennis) August 18, 2022
I tend to be firmly on the side of “support your favorite creators and pay them for their stuff,” over pirating. But the show’s creator tells you what’s up… well, yar har fiddle tee dee.
But while we’re thinking about what a great show and a perfect setting Infinity Train was, let’s take a moment to talk about how perfect it would be in a D&D setting. Today we’re playing D&D on the…
Infinity Train
Unfortunately, making a sheet for the train wouldn’t work. It’s not a being that you can talk with or fight. It’s a place that you can leave if you manage to make some character growth. It would be like making a character sheet for a lake. Sure, the beast living there should have a sheet, but not the lake. Instead, you stack on some lair actions to some other creature. And what creature would it be but from the Infinity Train’s conductor, One-One.
They’re not really a creature meant to be battled. And even if they were, they have the power of the entire train at their command. Instead, One-One is more of a friendly hint giver or guide. In season one they travel the train as one of the main parties, but in later appearances, they act as a maintainer of the grounds and overseers of the whole adventure for everybody.
As such though, they don’t have a lot of attacks or damage dealers. In fact, the only way One-One could cause harm would be by reprogramming a part of the train to act as a weapon or to pinch you in their little tiny legs. I don’t recall this one ever being a move that One-One used but look at those legs. You know they’d pinch real bad if you got a finger stuck in them by accident.
Really though, this monster sheet is just an excuse to let the concept of the Infinity Train shine. All of the cars are something different based on what your characters need to see, hear, and do. And once the DM has decided you’ve had enough character growth you can move on. It’s a perfect excuse for a bottle episode, exposition, or just fun adventures with absolute creativity where some cars look like endless snowy hills.
How would you include the Infinity Train or a similar mechanism into your game? What would the cars on your Infinity Train trip look like? What show, movie, comic, or game would you like to see sheets from next time? Let us know in the comments!
Happy Adventuring!
