tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post4944898352779372529..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: The Van Dyke Papers, Part 1: D&D Only Allows You to Play White PeopleDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-30648512786471070622015-09-29T18:53:15.832-04:002015-09-29T18:53:15.832-04:00Where the fuck is my "High Five" button ...Where the fuck is my "High Five" button on this shit?Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-15268365827684151672015-09-29T18:52:36.392-04:002015-09-29T18:52:36.392-04:00Yeah, it's a weird claim to make and I think t...Yeah, it's a weird claim to make and I think that's why it captured my imagination enough to actually write this response to it.Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-20606397059209095532015-09-29T14:09:56.074-04:002015-09-29T14:09:56.074-04:00Not in WoG (1980,1983), but in a later product, Pl...Not in <b>WoG</b> (1980,1983), but in a later product, <b>Player's Guide to Greyhawk</b> (1998), that was supposed to supersede it they do:<br /><br />"OPTIONAL RACIAL ABILITY ADJUSTMENTS<br />A campaign’s DM may choose to make optional adjustments to the abilities of<br />individuals based on racial background. Adjustments may raise a score to 18, but never higher. An adjustment that tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-26987986945331985992015-09-29T13:19:02.362-04:002015-09-29T13:19:02.362-04:00"I'm wondering how you would tailor a D&a..."I'm wondering how you would tailor a D&D ad campaign to an Asian (specifically Korean) audience." I don't know about Korea, but for Japan, one need only look at Record of Lodoss War (which started as a collection of session summaries in a game mag). Sweet sweet occidentalism!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-88280750862102490772015-09-29T12:37:55.587-04:002015-09-29T12:37:55.587-04:00You are correct sir, I have not read the Greyhawk ...You are correct sir, I have not read the Greyhawk boxed set. No offense taken.<br />Out of curiosity do any of those racial descriptions for humans carry any mechanical bonuses or penalties?<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793781986788315513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-47272733154762650002015-09-28T22:18:58.383-04:002015-09-28T22:18:58.383-04:00Dude must have skipped over the Basic versions of ...Dude must have skipped over the Basic versions of the game from way back in the 70s. Playing the Moldvay RAW you couldn't play a white dwarf if you wanted to. Moldvay explicitly says about dwarves that, "Their skin is earth-colored and their hair is dark brown, gray, or black." (Moldvay, B9). <br /><br />The first rule of Social Justice Warriors strikes again.Warren Aboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671897478928823164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-33854022626100744972015-09-28T19:49:36.940-04:002015-09-28T19:49:36.940-04:00I assume you have references for this, Dan?
From ...I assume you have references for this, Dan?<br /><br />From the beginning, the base setting was explicitly stated to be a fantasy world drawn from your imagination and Gary Gygax's. I suppose that if one is so lacking in imagination that all they can come up with is Europe and their education so deficient that they have never heard of Moors, Huns, Mongols, Levites, ... then they might be abletomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-37977466486347069362015-09-28T15:05:49.942-04:002015-09-28T15:05:49.942-04:00"Race as we view it in the real world is not ..."Race as we view it in the real world is not implied in the text of any D&D product I have ever read."<br /><br />No offense meant, but I guess you have not read the Greyhawk boxed set, where Gary goes into great detail about the human "races" of the Flanaess and the combinations thereof. The Baklunish are described as basically a blend of Asian and Middle Eastern types.TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86702339811203128762015-09-28T10:59:54.712-04:002015-09-28T10:59:54.712-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-84057109886832329782015-09-28T10:03:24.405-04:002015-09-28T10:03:24.405-04:00And now I'm wondering how you would tailor a D...And now I'm wondering how you would tailor a D&D ad campaign to an Asian (specifically Korean) audience. It doesn't take a lot of effort to imagine the game's basic appeals--statistics-based storytelling--succeeding overseas. Danno E. Cabezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514343832663815418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-74726616086229921962015-09-28T09:58:37.662-04:002015-09-28T09:58:37.662-04:00I think it's implied that the base setting for...I think it's implied that the base setting for D&D is Europe, be it in the Forgotten Realms or the Nentir Vale. I see no reason why this is negative given the (obvious) source material and will add that "European" culture is hardly monolithic. This is one of the better aspects of the Realms, actually. Its basically Europe, but in several varieties. <br /><br />As you note, Danno E. Cabezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514343832663815418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-17541950405482263832015-09-28T06:02:33.654-04:002015-09-28T06:02:33.654-04:00Race as we view it in the real world is not implie...Race as we view it in the real world is not implied in the text of any D&D product I have ever read. A fantasy character can be any description the player likes. <br />This kind of "D&D is Anglo" logic just speaks of a dreadful lack of imagination.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793781986788315513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-17623132068520528062015-09-28T03:46:25.151-04:002015-09-28T03:46:25.151-04:00It's not the first time I've seen guff lik...It's not the first time I've seen guff like Van Dyke's, although it is the first time I've seen it attempted in the form of an academic thesis. More often I see people complaining about -- for example -- black characters in fantasy settings as being ahistorical, which is nonsense on all sorts of levels, and wastes everyone's time.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-12781602126158973312015-09-28T02:49:08.564-04:002015-09-28T02:49:08.564-04:00Of course it's bullshit. This shit is beneath...Of course it's bullshit. This shit is beneath us. It's the chick tracts of the present. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-17506262131193000782015-09-28T01:10:05.950-04:002015-09-28T01:10:05.950-04:00I must have been doing something wrong those times...I must have been doing something wrong those times I played an Aztec, Eskimo, Indian (from the subcontinent of), Arab, Egyptian, or Bushman (not to mention a whole host of Chinese and Japanese characters). JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.com