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Andromeda was the game which handled a trans character so badly they had to have their dialogue altered with in a patch. I’m not gatekeeping because I’m not excluding anyone, I love meeting new players and involving them in a game. What I’m saying is the creative parasites who come in and change a g...

But nothing like Stranger Things and the Big Bang Theory. They made it "cool" to play D&D.

I’ve been playing since I was 14 and came out at the 16, I’ve played with men, women, trans-people, people of colour, disabled people, old people and young people. And they all played because they wanted to, and it’s never stopped them playing because they didn’t see themselves in the books, because...

It’s not stopping able-bodied people playing disabled characters, it’s the “I am so amazing for including this in my game” virtue signalling people were doing whilst simultaneously ignoring and dismissing actual disabled people’s opinions. Agreed there. The dismissing of actual disabled people's op...

I get that an able-bodied players playing a disabled character has some cringe potential, but if we disallow that, where does that end? No one allowed to play a different ethnic group PC? No one allowed to play different gendered PC? It's not the same as whitewashed casting in movies, where there a...

This Reddit post describes the metaplot of 5e Ravenloft.

Worst thing they’ve done? Defined the Dark Powers.

Alanik's being in a wheelchair isn't about encouraging people to play disabled characters. Gonzoron has explained the general point of it very well in an earlier post . It’s not, no. But most people excited about playing wheelchair bound characters are able bodied. I was in a group in Facebook wher...

Found my post from Mangrum’s Tales of Terror thread for H from years ago where I suggested Ray and Arthur were a couple:

http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/foru ... 456#p53456

So, no, I think there's a thought process behind all of them beyond performative wokeness. Even if Victor was changed to Viktra out of a desire to be more gender-equal, she's a much different, and in my opinion much more appealing, character. I do agree with that. A lot of thought went into pumping...

Someone on Reddit has made a list of the confirmed changes here . Victor and Adam -> Viktra and Elise (both female, no mention of Adam and Victor whatsoever, and Labmordia is reskinned as Mad Scientist Land from the sleepy backwater with the lone genius amongst sheep) Harkon Lukas -> depicted differ...

I think it’s becoming clear they don’t care about the setting and are more interested in performative wokeness. They want to look like they care about diversity, whilst doing the bare minimum to actually be diverse.

Wait..WHAT!!!! :shock: From the Adventures in Falkovnia table, on page 103: A knight named Gondegal attacks Talon patrols and claims she can lead common folk to a safe holdfast. None who go with her are seen again. The Talons hire the party to hunt down the knight. And there's plenty of other cases...

I mean, that’s messing with two world’s canon.

I would argue race switching isn’t helpful. Let’s take the twins as an example. In artwork in previous editions they’ve been depicted as white, upper class pseudo-Victorian ladies who are considered outcasts. In the imaginations of established fans, they see white ladles. Now in the new edition they...

Yeah... I gotta admit, if you're going to race swap some characters, maybe the one who's a literal minstrel isn't the right one to choose. :lucas: The art itself is fine, IMHO, but it doesn't say "Affably Evil" like Harkon really ought to. The whole domain has a Germanic theme anyway, so ...