Est. Year of the Wyvern, Fourth Age

The Crit Gazette


Your Realm's Most Trusted Source of Satirical Intelligence
Dispatches from the Material Plane · Published Whenever the Bard Sobers Up
Breaking Dispatch

High Council Votes to Raise Tariffs on Elven Imports; Dwarven Manufacturing Lobby Celebrates with Ale

The Realm's trade policy took a sharp turn yesterday as the High Council approved a 200% tariff on all elvish goods, citing "unfair magical advantages in production." The Dwarven Smithing Guild hailed the decision as "long overdue," while the Elven Trade Delegation called it "economic war declared by people who can't see in the dark."

Arcane Affairs

Local Wizard's "Detect Misinformation" Spell Fails Peer Review for Third Consecutive Moon

The Academy of Divination has once again rejected the controversial enchantment, noting it "detects everything as misinformation, including the caster's own name."

Commerce & Gold

Tavern Worker Shortage Reaches Crisis as Bards Refuse to Take "Real Jobs"

Tavern owners across the Sword Coast report a 40% staffing shortfall, largely attributed to an entire generation choosing to "follow their passion for lute."

What Manner of Gazette Is This?

Every headline you've read in the real world, rerolled through a D&D lens. Trade wars become guild conflicts. Tech launches become artificer experiments. Political drama becomes throne room intrigue.

We take the news that shapes your world and run it through the most trusted filter known to civilization: a 20-sided die and a questionable narrator.

Regular Dispatches Include

Realm Politics

Elections, scandals, and policy disputes, as told by unreliable town criers and biased guild scribes.

Arcane Technology

Every tech launch is an artificer's latest invention. Every data breach is a failed Ward of Protection.

Commerce & Gold

Market crashes, inflation, and economic policy through the lens of gold pieces, trade routes, and merchant guilds.

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Culture & Tavern Talk

Celebrity gossip, sports, and entertainment as overheard in taverns across the Material Plane.

"In a world drowning in news, the only honest reporting left is the kind that admits it's making everything up."
The Crit Gazette Editorial Board