D&D 5E Spelljammer Errata

[dave2008]

I was just worried about their LOOK.

I much prefer the old Starfrontiers look and think if they had used it there would be less of an issue.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

Interestingly they chose to create an adventure that conclude with the players

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either choosing to destroy the bad emperor's STAR, a catastrophic event that quickly destroy most of his innocent people, save a few who could spelljammer away quickly enough, but letting billions to die, or dropping the ball on the mission altogether and letting their homeworld being slowly (at an unspecified rate) destroyed by the roots the bad emperor sent out. So, either the players are condoning genocide because "they are the subjects of the bad leader, their loss, may they all pay for the crimes of one of Them" or they become accomplice of the genocide of their own people. I'd have liked other ending being discussed.

If this ending got past a sensitivity reader, he wasn't very sensitive in the first place.

 

[Stormonu]

Why can't evolution and faith and gods coexist? Did I miss that memo? Or am I not understanding your argument?

Because the evolution statement offends me?

If WotC is going to be removing content because it offends individuals, then they can do the same for someone who is buying their product.

<EDIT> And the statement as is in the book, doesn't give a choice on the Hadozee origin. It is a statement of "this is the way it is", rather than allowing the DM/player choose how the Hadozee came to be.

 

[Weiley31]

Why can't evolution and faith and gods coexist? Did I miss that memo? Or am I not understanding your argument?

It's a whole can of worms when it comes to the subject matter of evolution/faith.

 

[Weiley31]

I much prefer the old Starfrontiers look and think if they had used it there would be less of an issue.
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I prefer their Stormwreck art more, since I feel like their wing flaps look a bit more natural. Plus, I like the Gorilla look they have.

 

[dave2008]

Because the evolution statement offends me?

If WotC is going to be removing content because it offends individuals, then they can do the same for someone who is buying their product.

They can't remove everything that someone finds offensive. And in this case I really think you are comparing apples to watermelons.

If you truly believe the racial insensitivity being address is similar to the inclusion of evolution then I all I can do is shake my head.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

It's a whole can of worms when it comes to the subject matter of evolution/faith.

One for which they must pick a side. If having races naturally evolving is forbidden by sensitivity readers, then it stands to reason for them to forbid the presence of gods creating races in their image as well. Which would leave a some kind of a hole to explain why there are sentient species in the fiction in the first place.

 

[dave2008]

I prefer their Stormwreck art more, since I feel like their wing flaps look a bit more natural. Plus, I like the Gorilla look they have.
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Not for me, to ape-like. That is what get's them into trouble. Make then less human, not more human. That being said I have no issue with this version of the wing flaps

 

[Stormonu]

They can't remove everything that someone finds offensive. And in this case I really think you are comparing apples to watermelons.

If you truly believe the racial insensitive being address is similar to the inclusion of evolution then I all I can do is shake my head.

So, the typical "shut up and go sit in the corner" because my beliefs aren't relevant?

 

[dave2008]

One for which they must pick a side.

I disagree. It is not for WotC to pick a side. Why not have some creatures evolve and some be the creation of gods. I see no need for that to be a conflict in a fantasy world or game. It could also be fine for some worlds in the Multiverse to have risen from evolution and others to be the complete creation of deities. I really see no reasonable reason for this to be a conflict.