TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

Wofano Wotanto said:

Madness! If it was a side we could order it with our entree, and you clearly cannot order the roof of Hell as though it were a tiny bowl of cole slaw or a serving of Freedom fries. Just try it, I dare you! The waitress will laugh right in your face. Or call the police about your restraining order again.

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Or, she'll bring you a plate of hot wings that will make you truly sorry for your arrogance.

Wizard Tower Games said:

Sorry for the length, but the review needed to address things like drinking pee, and prostitution and slavery. Yes, you read that right.

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This is two for two Justin LaNasa games that he's released as RPGs for your family that involve pee stuff, specifically drinking it.
Makes you wonder if there's something Justin wants to share with the class.

I guess at least this time its consensual... so that's improvement... kind of.

I really don't understand why he doesn't just play F.A.T.A.L. instead.

I'm not sure which is worse - the "Prophet" in that photo or the "slaver" right above it.

Good family fun I suppose.

Wincenworks said:

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This is two for two Justin LaNasa games that he's released as RPGs for your family that involve pee stuff, specifically drinking it.
Makes you wonder if there's something Justin wants to share with the class.

I guess at least this time its consensual... so that's improvement... kind of.

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Now to be fair, there is a long history of diagnosing e.g. diabetes because the patient's urine is sweet in the pre-modern era.

the Jester said:

Now to be fair, there is a long history of diagnosing e.g. diabetes because the patient's urine is sweet in the pre-modern era.

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Sometimes diabetes is diagnosed by exterminators. If someone's bathroom has an ant infestation, they're probably peeing off sugar.

Steampunkette said:

I await the upcoming supplement:

"Those Righteous Elvez"

Where good gods-fearing high elves with blonde hair and blue eyes are -embattled- by the evil disgusting hateful dark-skinned elves and their orc petz. Also the high elves are stronger, smarter, faster, and better than the dark elves but must constantly be afraid of and vigilant for their horrid ancient foes who seek to steal the high elf women for profane acts.

(Yes, this is satire. Yes this is extreme satire. That is the only way to make satire of someone who is so thoroughly self-flanderized as Justin Lanasa. I also anticipate we'll see something this patently racist in the coming years out of him, regardless, because some people find themselves in a hole and dig their way out)

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I dunno; I get the impression that Lanasa's the type to see elves as too "gay" for him. Except for drow, who just need a good man to show them the ropes.

the Jester said:

Now to be fair, there is a long history of diagnosing e.g. diabetes because the patient's urine is sweet in the pre-modern era.

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In my youth I was told of an alternate method: peeing outside and seeing if ants are attracted to it.

ETA: I see someone already beat me to that...

Not an excuse to include either one in a kid's RPG, though.

the Jester said:

Now to be fair, there is a long history of diagnosing e.g. diabetes because the patient's urine is sweet in the pre-modern era

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And like... to be fair, Justin doesn't address this with any of the respect it actually deserves or as evidence of respect, etc. It's just in there as a generic disease detection and someone it also enables you to cure disease once a week.

Pee actually has a pretty fascinating history of utility in human history. Hippocrates used it to diagnose diabetes, countless cultures used it for dying and/or cleaning cloth (as well as other industrial applications), and it was even believed that it was incorporated into doing shrooms in a religious way in Siberia. It also has a history of being used to whiten teeth.

But nothing in Justin's work indicates he knows or cares about any of that, it just comes up in Goblinz because he wants to retroactively vandalize the room of pool from In search of the Unknown by Mike Carr, and in Orcz it just seems to be there 'cause well - it shows that there are orcs who drink pee... right after a weird "introduction" that also tells you they make terrible anti-perfume scents... "much like wild bears, to show dominance."

With just about any kind of work, there's a potential do the work for them in establishing a valid connection in there, but its really up to the author to put that connection in there in the first place. I am extremely confident there is not revelation later in the book, not just because of how poorly executed the pee gimmick in Goblinz was but because he's already set up a weird idea where orcz don't do academic learning (except for engineering...) and don't care about understanding nature.

As an extra side note, can we appreciate how Justin gives tattoo artists super powers?

Hussar said:

I'm not sure which is worse - the "Prophet" in that photo or the "slaver" right above it.

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That bit gets even worse when you remember that he once again collaborated on this with Dave Johnson of "slavery by custom" Star Frontiers: New Genesis infamy.

Wincenworks said:

That bit gets even worse when you remember that he once again collaborated on this with Dave Johnson of "slavery by custom" Star Frontiers: New Genesis infamy.

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There's no indication that DJ is involved with these products, is there?