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    GoFundMe for WoD author

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    • Cobalt
      Cobalt Tutorialist last edited by

      I'm pasting the main text from the GFM, cause I never know what to say... But since we've had a lot of WoD Mu* over the years... I thought I would share:


      Nicky Rea and Jackie Cassada have been longtime luminaries of the RPG scene. As authors and designers, they worked on hundreds of titles among over a dozen lines, most notably Changeling: The Dreaming, Mage: The Ascension, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Dungeons & Dragons, and Ravenloft. As a couple, they had been together 57 years, defying many obstacles of gender, race, ageism, industry sexism, and social queerphobia. Despite those impediments, their accomplishments as artists, mentors, and friends have been astonishing.

      In December 2020, both Nicky and Jackie contracted Covid-19. Nicky survived, with lasting complications; Jackie passed away on December 29. Between the medical bills, ongoing health concerns, funeral expenses, and the ongoing cost of housing, Nicky Rea could use all the help she can get.

      Although they've been prolific authors in popular book series, the industry in which they've worked functions on a work-for-hire model. Thus, Nicky and Jackie did not receive royalties for the majority of their work. Now 69 years old, widowed, with major medical and financial concerns, Nicky needs whatever aid fans of their work can spare, as quickly as possible. Without such aid, Nicky, their pets, and their housemate might soon become homeless.

      Thank you for any help you can offer.


      https://gofund.me/0de66efb

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      • Ganymede
        Ganymede Admin @Cobalt last edited by

        @cobaltasaurus

        I am so incredibly sad right now.

        β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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        • Aria
          Aria last edited by Aria

          I literally met my husband playing one of their games and they were both always lovely, intelligent, and kind the few times I interacted with them.

          Donated and shared.

          https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
          There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello

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            • Derp
              Derp Admin last edited by

              Oh my god, and they're two of my favorites, too. 😞

              Definitely going to be giving to this. So sad for her. For both of them.

              Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.

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              • Cobalt
                Cobalt Tutorialist @Ganymede last edited by

                @ganymede said in GoFundMe for WoD author:

                @cobaltasaurus

                I am so incredibly sad right now.

                I'm sorry. 😞

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