Mishihari Lord
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This makes the book a definite no-buy for me.
This makes the book a definite no-buy for me.
Sounds like you've made your choice. I think it's the wrong one, but go you.
BTW, there is no such thing as being "inclusive".
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-Does not look very good. The perspective is all off, it's not very well drawn as a woman, and the pose is very poor. I don't mean to bash on the hard work of the artist, but this is not up to professional quality. If you compare this to the sort of artwork you'd see in a Pathfinder Bestiary, or even just from amateurs on Deviant Art, it looks inferior. This is not a good drawing. Plus, for something called a Carnal Demon, I think even I can come up with something a little bit more menacing and unique than this. It doesn't look like the artist can draw women very well. Plus she is sitting on her own tail, and seems to have gotten her tongue stuck behind her knee (a tongue I might add, that seems to be made of black flypaper). This is not a good advertisement for your project. By the way, I have no idea how that tail is supposed to work. And is that a pentagram she is sitting on?
Hey, it's not often I get to see something completely false on the internet.
Oh, wait, no I see it all the time.
Yeah actually there is such a thing as being inclusive, because being inclusive doesn't mean "everyone gets a share"
it means attempting to appealing to a wider and more modern audience than the traditional audience. Including people of color, women, people of different builds, less stereotypical NPCs and more diverse backgrounds is typically what this means. Yes, some people will get a bug up their butt about that but including these elements will typically bring in far more people than you lose.
Especially in a hobby that has traditionally catered to an extremely niche group it is not particularly difficult to create material that appeals to a wider audience without losing much of anything.
Actually, that's exactly what it means-though it would be more accurate to say "everyone's included". In business though, it often makes sense to decide on an audience, and work to appeal to their tastes. This has the unfortunate effect of often turning off those with different tastes, but if you can find a group willing to support your efforts, you can do quite well without pleasing everyone.
"wider and more modern"...I wasn't aware men were somehow less modern than women. You appear to have the idea that certain groups have more moral worth than other groups based on sex, skin color, and choice of sex partners. Well, that's on you, but I don't roll that way. All persons have equal moral value; no one's time or life is worth less than another.