WotC Responds!!!

[Piratecat]

He's going to be on the book's cover!

 

[The Sigil]

Cut from the WotC press release...

We find the subject matter distasteful and inappropriate

as opposed to, say, the necrophilia and impregnation by demon sperm we depict in our product, the Book of Vile Darkness (on sale for $29.95 at your local bookstore), as these are clearly the very pinnacle of sexual decorum subject matter

and do not endorse, condone, or approve of its {EDITOR'S NOTE: Presumably the antecedent of "it" is "sexually graphic subject matter"} use with the Dungeons & Dragons game

as you should instead buy the Book of Vile Darkness (on sale for $29.95 at your local bookstore) for all your d20 sex and fetish needs.

Sheesh. Talk about your "Kettle, this is pot - you're black."

--The Sigil

 

[Liquid Snake]

Erotic Book

Who's making this book?

 

[Olive]

Re: Cut from the WotC press release...

as opposed to, say, the necrophilia and impregnation by demon sperm we depict in our product, the Book of Vile Darkness (on sale for $29.95 at your local bookstore), as these are clearly the very pinnacle of sexual decorum subject matter as you should instead buy the Book of Vile Darkness (on sale for $29.95 at your local bookstore) for all your d20 sex and fetish needs.

Sheesh. Talk about your "Kettle, this is pot - you're black."

--The Sigil

Piratecat already said it better <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49333&perpage=40&pagenumber=4">here</a>:

have you actually read the BoVD? I was surprised how non-vile most of it was; with the exception of rolling my eyes at a few items and one spell, it didn't bother me in the least. More importantly, it provided me with a plethora of good gaming rules and plot hooks. As a result, I have to think that your comparison - however pithy - is flawed.

Will the Book of Erotic Fantasy match the BoVD is fun, usable game rules? I have trouble seeing how. Thus, I'll be surprised if I purchase it. Mostly, I just find the concept sort of embarrassing for our industry.

Apart from 1 feat and 2 spells (and the spells are really pretty low key) there's no mention of sex in the BoVD. As you really should know the searing seed spell was from Dragon, not the BoVD, and no where in the BoVD does it show depictions of sex acts, or include rules for them.
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[Angcuru]

So is this thing like a G.U.C.K. or something along those lines, or is it like the Encyclopedia Arcane : Nymphology?

The GUCK has actual usefulness, if you can stop thinking of sexuality as automatically being immature. I found the book to be rather useful, since it has rules for spellcasting effecting the caster's pregnancy, as well as guidelines for statting out 2 character's offpsring. Something like this is very useful.

HOWEVER, if this 'Book of Erotic Fantasy' is just a pornoholic's guide to D&D, I'll steer clear of it.

 

[Henry]

The way I see it, WOTC has three ways of responding to this...

Actually, there is option 4 - exactly what they did, which is to distance themselves from the product. This statement does not imply in any way that Anthony is in trouble, blacklisted, or bought out. It implies that management wants to be associated with this in now way, shape or form.

My reply: So what? Some people seem to be looking at this product like it's WotC's "fault" - if there is anything to be faulted. The OGL has many consequences, good and bad, Whether you think it is one or the other is up to the individual.

 

[The Sigil]

Re: Re: Cut from the WotC press release...

Apart from 1 feat and 2 spells (and the spells are really pretty low key) there's no mention of sex in the BoVD. As you really should know the searing seed spell was from Dragon, not the BoVD, and no where in the BoVD does it show depictions of sex acts, or include rules for them.

You missed the point... I was trying to turn the press release into a parody commercial for the BoVD. I guess I'm not very funny today.



--The Sigil

 

[Dareoon Dalandrove]

I wonder if someone's job might be in danger

 

[mkarol]

Personally, I have a problem with WOTC's response. I have no problem with them distancing themselves from the product, but to do so with such (ignorant) virulence is quite disturbing. They have placed themselves as the moral judges of what people can play. And they have no right to say anything is inappropriate now that they have opened the OGL to _all_ products.

They could have put the restriction in the OGL before it was published, but they did not. No use crying over spilt milk.

 

[The Sigil]

Actually, there is option 4 - exactly what they did, which is to distance themselves from the product. This statement does not imply in any way that Anthony is in trouble, blacklisted, or bought out. It implies that management wants to be associated with this in now way, shape or form.

My reply: So what? Some people seem to be looking at this product like it's WotC's "fault" - if there is anything to be faulted. The OGL has many consequences, good and bad, Whether you think it is one or the other is up to the individual.

The only thing that I will say is "WotC's fault" will be favoritism towards individuals that work for the company if AV doesn't get reamed for referencing D&D in his ad copy.

By the OGL, he's certainly allowed to do this (EDIT: by which I mean "put out a product of this nature", not "reference the D&D brand"). And it's not WotC's fault - however, allowing him to associate his product with D&D by explicit reference to the D&D brand name is a form of endorsment if he doesn't get his wrist slapped.

--The Sigil