Recent content by Wishbone

Yeah, it was deeply ironic—likely intentionally so—that a massively intelligent and predatory monster like the mind flayers were subject to a massive grift by their leaders.

I have seen Logan's Run—never read the book—and read The Lottery way back in high school. I meant the concept of ritual sacrifice as an analogue not the entire society.

A benevolent mind flayer society where members of a certain age are ritually sacrificed like Logan's Run or The Lottery to feed the few mind flayers would be a trippy way to combine the two concepts you described. Rather than things like cancer or the ravages of old age taking out members of the...

Oh the silthilar, what a cool concept that didn't last through the edition changes.

Fair point, if you dig deep into some of the ideas about Lilith vs. Eve influencing portrayals of succubi in popular culture...

Assuming you mean misogyny and not the hatred of marriage?

Have you seen the movie Under the Skin with Scarlett Johansson? There's plenty you can do to tell a human story with a succubus/alien type creature at the center even if they are a foe or have a negative influence on those around them (such as transporting victims into a void dimension where...

No one is disputing that fighting enemy combatants in a recognized war is acceptable in this thread. I hope no one is advocating for mass murder of orc civilians or not accepting that murdering surrendering foes in cold blood is acceptable in any games—seems like war crimes might fall into the...

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consequentialism/

Consequentialism would say removing antisemitism, racism, and gender inequality is a net good regardless of specific intentions though. (Not that I subscribe to that philosophical school but to make a point.)

Money, fun, fame, glory, nostalgia... Riddick is partially based on his D&D character after all.

From a strictly self-interested perspective for WotC think of it this way: Hypothesis: People are communicating through various means that the product you sell contains negative stereotypes. Hypothesis: As a company WotC wants a player base that will last and continue to drive revenue through...

Obviously the smokestack is for the oven in the kitchen car!

Yeah this was a 4e thing that appeared earlier in a Demonomicon of Iggwilv artilce on Graz'zt from 3.5e on Wizards.com when Dragon 360 was published on the website.

Because the show felt like it was becoming reliant on narrative shorthand that required pointing to external sources to appreciate the character, which I thought showed a disturbing lack of faith in the ability of The Mandalorian to stand as its own thing. Every named character introduced this...