tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post164130298377708019..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: Hold Up, Someone Is Playing the Game Wrong and They Must Be Stopped!Dyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-34611579431757015512015-04-23T03:56:09.580-04:002015-04-23T03:56:09.580-04:00Well said, Charles, well said. Sometimes an orc i...Well said, Charles, well said. Sometimes an orc is just an orc. The best part is that those who see an orc and think "that's clearly a (insert real human culture here)" assume everyone thinks that way, and then get off on railing against their own biases that they've just projected onto the non-bigots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-92198370990242611082015-04-22T20:57:45.623-04:002015-04-22T20:57:45.623-04:00GYGAX SAID: "In general, the skin color of a ...GYGAX SAID: "In general, the skin color of a particular individual is of no particular importance."<br />--Dragon #55, page 19.<br /><br />Yeah. Now that I've gotten more sleep, this is kinda fun. Stelios V. Perdioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466676702515521939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-55783573299460075082015-04-22T19:50:07.478-04:002015-04-22T19:50:07.478-04:00My condolences that you ran out of wine. I avoid f...My condolences that you ran out of wine. I avoid forums like the plague. They are generally toxic and cliquish like high school. I'd rather sit outside & get eaten alive by the mosquitoes. Mphs.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823146612703544448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-11725101567964825822015-04-22T14:37:09.902-04:002015-04-22T14:37:09.902-04:00I wish I could have done it without the typos but ...I wish I could have done it without the typos but it was I was on my darn phone.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-802949227325236862015-04-22T14:23:26.999-04:002015-04-22T14:23:26.999-04:00The middle ground is (understandably) bored with t...The middle ground is (understandably) bored with talking about this. These two groups are supporting eachother with a strong (angry!) meme pair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc&ab_channel=CGPGreyJoel Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00815178879443407507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-90663281561601282015-04-22T13:54:19.833-04:002015-04-22T13:54:19.833-04:00No, no, no. This is pure brilliance in its simplic...No, no, no. This is pure brilliance in its simplicity and satire of the entire line of thinking. Never change it! Also, I'm totally stealing this idea. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-71423310261241313222015-04-22T13:28:18.560-04:002015-04-22T13:28:18.560-04:00GYGAX SAID: "No matter if it was Demogorgon, ...GYGAX SAID: "No matter if it was Demogorgon, Orcus, or some other who strove against Graz'zt; which ever of the demons eventually floated to the top, Infestix would himself enthrall." --Come Endless Darkness, page 159.<br /><br />I selected the page and random. My eyes saw "orcus." I think if anybody says GYGAX SAID for any argument I'll just randomly open a book he Stelios V. Perdioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466676702515521939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-46323901769081032015-04-22T12:30:46.934-04:002015-04-22T12:30:46.934-04:00"I have marhced lead armies across tabletop b..."I have marhced lead armies across tabletop battlefields, plastic hordes have swept the world at my command, and cardboard legions have slaughtered cardboard foes to a cardbaord man. But no legeless lead soldeirs had to struggle on for the remainder of their days, no plastic widows cried for their slain love, and no cardboard orphans have starved." <br /><br />I love the way you wrote Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-54291680757704071622015-04-22T11:45:47.095-04:002015-04-22T11:45:47.095-04:00I don't preted to kill pretend orcs because I&...I don't preted to kill pretend orcs because I'm a racist. I'll just as gladly pretend kill a pretend white anglo saxon inn-keeper if it is in the nature of the pretend character i am pretending to be.<br />Sometimes I play a pretend character that would be a really horrible real person, just like some actors play the bad guys on stage and in film.<br /><br />I have marhced lead armiesJDsivrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674833512849495283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-50410185991158060662015-04-22T11:35:16.983-04:002015-04-22T11:35:16.983-04:00War is not always about racism. The U.S. revolutio...War is not always about racism. The U.S. revolutionary war was not about racism. JDsivrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674833512849495283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-23373213111345038672015-04-22T09:40:31.639-04:002015-04-22T09:40:31.639-04:00This, a thousand times over. This, a thousand times over. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-65031519016107208102015-04-22T09:16:18.323-04:002015-04-22T09:16:18.323-04:00There is a third side to this coin.
There are peop...There is a third side to this coin.<br />There are people out there (myself for one, but I doubt I'm the only one.) who do not try to shoe horn social issues into my rpg's and at the same time does not care at all what Gary Gygax may have said or written forty one years ago.<br /><br />This ongoing howling over social issues in gaming and old school acceptance where does that leave us?<Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793781986788315513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-9206983813034357352015-04-22T08:27:49.260-04:002015-04-22T08:27:49.260-04:00"we don't have to tolerate this [in]equal..."we don't have to tolerate this [in]equality"Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-6141281317443884702015-04-22T08:27:01.000-04:002015-04-22T08:27:01.000-04:00The Korean War is surely a terrible example. I'...The Korean War is surely a terrible example. I'd always understood it that you (the USA, I guess) were fighting on the side of [to be South] Koreans? <br /><br />Also, FRPGs are 'divorced from reality'. So, regardless of average female strength, a player at my table can roll up a STR 18(100) female Fighter. If that player is lucky enough to roll that with 3d6 in order ;-)<br /><br />Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-90681268927621821792015-04-22T07:45:15.578-04:002015-04-22T07:45:15.578-04:00Just to be clear, that is Gygax's rather cruel...Just to be clear, that is Gygax's rather cruel paraphrase of his original position, leaving out the clear language that suggests that AD&D is NOT to be played "with the official rules, as written."ravencrowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315630554847698555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-23818903952606899692015-04-22T07:41:48.501-04:002015-04-22T07:41:48.501-04:00Of course, that's not what the 1e DMG actually...Of course, that's not what the 1e DMG actually says, but a rather cruel paraphrase that ignores all of the language that suggests that you DO change it. AD&D was meant to provide a framework where the rules of each DM's campaigns were different, but there were enough similarities that you could port characters from one game to another. The rules in common between each individual ravencrowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315630554847698555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86735763049977785772015-04-22T05:43:44.121-04:002015-04-22T05:43:44.121-04:00I remember back when 3e was first released, and pe...I remember back when 3e was first released, and people were claiming that "lizard men" becoming "lizard folk" was a sign of out-of-control Political Correctness and the "Girdle of Giant Strength" becoming the "Belt of Giant Strength" showed that the game was being dumbed-down for the benefit of ignorant, illiterate kids who didn't know classical Armitagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-30352804769917245662015-04-22T04:02:03.073-04:002015-04-22T04:02:03.073-04:00"War is always racist."
Always? Even th...<i>"War is always racist."</i><br /><br />Always? Even the English Civil War?faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-70384457494361421772015-04-22T01:50:47.068-04:002015-04-22T01:50:47.068-04:00D&D is a war game. War is always racist. In ...D&D is a war game. War is always racist. In the Koren war for example, we killed us a big fuckin' pile of Koreans. <br />Women are smaller and weaker then men. The average strength is lower and the peak (record holding) strength is lower. <br /><br />Social justice is so divorced from reality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com