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OK, fair enough. I did a bit of that yesterday. But just to be clear, do you really find players who want real world differences between men and women to be reflected in the rules "creepy"? If you want to go with "wrong", we see eye to eye. At the level of abstraction D&D works at, as I...

Interesting note: in doing research for the previous post, I noticed that the world record for men in clean and jerk (closest to D&D's weight lifted over head number) is 266 kg (585 lb), and for women it's 187 kg (411 lb). According to the Pathfinder Encumbrance chart (I can't bring up d20's...

I guess in this case we have different standards. I don't expect perfection. I don't think it's possible to completely eradicate all negative attitudes from any large group, so the presence of a tiny group, even a vocal one, does not necessarily indicate that there is a problem with the group...

That's a very unfair characterization of the argument. No one, not even the most ardent fan of strength limitations, is arguing against physically strong women. They argue, that physically strong women are not as strong as physically strong men, and the game should reflect that. I don't...

Billd91, I imagine you're right, but I'm mostly thinking of major properties. I'm sure somebody out there is still producing FATAL, after all. But it seems to me that judging gaming and gamers by the standards of a few creeps, (and every group of people will have creeps) is the same category...

EDIT: apologies, this post asked a question of Mythago that she answered in her comment, that I missed. Crud...that was the last post of Morrus'. I'm confused. It doesn't matter. Play games! Have fun.

To be fair to those advocates, they usually are willing to do so. It's just that what those areas are is often notional, and subject to argument. Back in the 80's there was a fairly popular nerd t-shirt for ladies that read "-1 Strength/+1 Charisma". Most games I saw that went hardcore for...

No, it didn't. But we weren't talking about being approving of actual rapes either, but games where such a crime could occur fictionally.

Morrus, I think we're getting a bit far afield. To an extent I think we basically agree, except you're more generous to the intent of the original poster than I am. I do think she's talking about stopping people from playing games that offend her. I agree with you that elementary politeness...

Actually, I do have something to say about Convention behavior and environments. There is something I like to call, implied consent. For instance, if I show up at an anime convention (I spend a lot of time at anime conventions), I'm pretty much signalling by my presence that I think anime is...

It feels like you're putting words in my mouth. Do I think that someone asserting sexism or misogyny or misandry, etc. should be looked at with extra scrutiny...sure? I would prefer before people resort to such words they start with "I think this is bad, because..." and then explain why. I...

Hard to discuss this without bringing in some real world stuff that's not really gaming related, but labeling something "sexist" isn't about debating the issues. It's about putting someone outside the bounds of civilized discourse. In some cases and places, it can lead to legal repercussions...

Morrus, Agreed, backing off a little. To your last question...Yes and no. If your intention is to create a game with broad, mass market appeal, it makes sense to avoid sensitive subjects. It's the reason movie companies try so hard for a PG-13 rating. One of the reasons (aside from time)...

The statement you're quoting here was me clearly explaining where I'm coming from. I can't stand that pseudo Socratic dialog tactic where one hides ones core principles while attacking someone else's. The sentence you quoted and responded to was a prefatory statement. Well, I guess I should...

That's not a valid difference. Each party has voluntarily chosen to participate. The fact that something is available in the marketplace doesn't affect you at all, unless you choose to participate. And knowing something exists isn't participation.

I have not seen the material either. But I object to the idea that engaging in fantasy role play has a negative effect on anyone except, possibly, the group participating. The very essence of freedom is to be free in your own mind. And the only way that freedom can exist is for others to let...

OK. That's not the sense I get from your piece. I get no sense that you have aesthetic objections to depictions of rape in media, only moral ones. Perhaps you should consider taking that part out and not calling it "sexist" then, since that term is a profoundly moral attack and amounts, in...

As a general principle, I'm inclined to agree with the original poster. I hope we see more spell scaling when cast at higher levels. Agreed with other posters that Find Familiar being one of them would be problematic. In general I don't thing spells are quite "done". That's not a criticism...

I did.

I've also got to say, the stats as written don't lend themselves to comic either. Kobolds, with their pack attack ability are brutal. Because of their individual weakness, you can really pack them into an encounter, and if you don't have the ability to take the out in one bunch, they can...