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Interesting point. I hadn't considered phrasing the issue using those terms, since I tend not to use them much. Depending on what you're interested in simulating, of course. Again, I think that depends on what you're choosing to narrate and how. My games regularly feature people in distress...

Seconded, thirded, and fourthed. You just explained a lot of the preconceptions I'm working with, far more succinctly and articulately than I could. Thank you. P.S. Experience points sent your way.

By the way, I should mention that I'm really glad that this conversation has been so civil thus far, especially since it's such a strongly polarizing topic. Thanks, everyone, whether we agree or not. I may be critiquing ENWorld in the opening post, but there's no denying that I really like this...

Having seen the real world, I would say that's a problem. But then I'm a cynic, albeit an optimistic one. I don't deny at all that things have changed a lot for the better. While I appreciate that, I'm just suggesting that more needs to change. I've always found that to be a really hollow...

Sad, but unfortunately, not surprising. BTW, I gave a shoutout to your game on the thread I started here about sexism in D&D and catering to a wider audience.

And ... thank you for making my point about what sometimes goes on at ENWorld.

Woah! There's an update coming?

That's basically my take on it, though I'm probably less keen on gender segregated groups in general. :D I've been studying and teaching humanities at college level for decades now. I feel your pain! Too. Much. Agreement. I think D&D's doing a lot better in this regard than it's ever...

Sigh! This is why I shouldn't nap after I start a thread... True. I generally tend to be wary of seeing sexism where it doesn't exist, but I'm also aware of the fact that what I define as sexism isn't necessarily what someone else would define as such. I should also note that what I'm...

I'm certainly interested. This thread has been very interesting for me, not just because I might be inspired by (or steal from) it but because I enjoy seeing how you're tweaking things as far as both flavor and mechanics are concerned.

My girlfriend and I have recently been discussing the issue of sexism in D&D. I’ve been playing D&D since 1999, coming in at the end of 2e and playing through 3e (and 3.5e) into 4e now. Almost all my groups have included women in them, ranging from a single woman in an otherwise all-male group...

And here's a short update, since I figure more regular (even if shorter) updates would be a good thing: * * * * * Honar explains that he has obtained information about three potential targets for the Angels’ dragon-hunting expedition into the Vast. The first is Kallionaxis, a young adult...

Seconded. I've gamed (mostly D&D, with some M&M) with a lot of women but I'm very aware of the fact that they're playing the game despite the fact that its marketing and much of the gaming community is (admittedly sometimes unthinkingly) exclusionary to them. So anything which works against that...

Agreed. Except I thought Wolverine was tripe and Star Trek was mediocre.

Hah! Nice description. I just found this movie much higher on the dumb. I think that's basically it for me. A lot of that stuff isn't what I liked about Star Trek, plus what I liked about Star Trek watching it in the 80s wouldn't do it for me in 2009. I think it's viable but it didn't do...

I was waiting for you to say that :) True, but I don't think it's asking too much to ask the movie to be at least a little thoughtful, which I really didn't find it to be at all. And that's something I'd ask of it anyway, irrespective of the original series, because I really don't expect or...

The new Star Trek movie is ... mediocre. I saw it yesterday and while I'm pleased that the franchise is getting a decent reboot and hoping that it will produce better movies soon, this one was just average for me. I was entertained, but at least half the entertainment came from the movie's...

2 stars (out of 4). It was just an average entertainer for me, with much of its quality not coming from the movie itself but from the way it referenced what we already know of Star Trek.

Thank you. I see my error now, and it shall speedily be rectified.

The warlord I'm currently playing is a failed motivational speaker, author of pamphlets such as “The Seven Habits of Highly Lethal People” and “How to Win Friends and Crush Your Enemies, See them Driven Before You, and Hear the Lamentation of their Women”. So he inspires his allies with a...