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Again, no one is trying to stitch a scarlet letter to his corpse. We’re simply pushing back on the idea that “he wasn’t that bad…it was complicated…everyone was sexist…I’m sure he loved puppies…if he lived another 20 years, surely he would have changed…”. When pushed to include women, he...

It’s been said here before, but the whole “Gary was sexist” thing isn’t meant to besmirch him, drag his memory through the mud, or rewrite history. It’s simply to push back on the people denying what he flat out wrote himself. He didn’t deny being sexist, he wore it like a badge of honour. I...

Actually, it seemed to be supposition based on actual direct quotes leading up to when he died. We obviously don't know what he would have thought about 4e or 5e. But since it seems pretty clear he was consistent in his views throughout his life, up until his death (and he was active here...

Well, to be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve looked at the 1e DMG. :). That does mitigate it somewhat. I still question the need for a specialized sub-table though…

Random tables can be a godsend for GM inspiration. But we’re not talking a random table of city folk they might meet, of which harlot is one entry. It’s an entire random table of different names for sex workers. Maybe it’s my limited imagination, but I just can’t see a scenario where that...

Sesame Street too :).

Let’s not blow this out of proportion. No one took a highlighter and called out every instance of sexism. It was a brief content warning in the introduction. A content warning. Practically boilerplate at this point when dealing with older bits of history. Movies have them. TV shows have...

Is there some magical “get out of being called sexist free” card for being old? It may be harder for old people to learn new tricks, but it’s not impossible. Lots of them have done so.

But like I said, how does it matter if they were a product of their times (which, they clearly weren’t, but that’s beside the point)? He could have been seen as a perfectly reasonable, non-sexist individual and it wouldn’t change the fact that by today’s standards, his writings were sexist. It...

But isn’t this whole kerfuffle about people being upset about the disclaimer? Or more specifically, people being upset that someone defended the disclaimer. If that isn’t the issue, what is this whole thread all about?

But isn’t whether or not Gygax was a product of his time irrelevant to the matter at hand? Whether or not he was extra sexist, or just normal sexist for the 70’s, he was sexist by current standards. Is that in question? Considering he self-described as sexist back then? So, considering he...

Yeah, mostly just laughing at the thought. It's definitely a nice piece of art though! Of course, I've pretty much loved most of what they've shown, so no surprise there.

Isn't Abjuration all about defense? Based on his face, he maybe should have studied harder in school...:)

Wow, you must have really hated the TSR 2e era then. All those books constantly coming out with kits galore. And we had to pay for them! Nothing but dlc after dlc...

None of which have a mythology of magic built around them. No secret North Pole facilities. No central figure as a target who is key to the whole holiday. Other than maybe Halloween, I can’t think of a holiday more ripe for building an action movie around. Besides, is anyone going to care if...

Ok, I was skeptical going in. But by god, that won me over.

Edit: never mind :)

Um...the posts I replied to (@TwoSix and @Remathilis ) both specifically used the term grimdark. It's the only reason I did. So don't put this on me. Edit to add: Also, how is grimdark any more perjorative than twee?

Has D&D ever had grimdark art? Outside of maybe Darksun, which was intentionally more so than baseline? Even the art in Ravenloft back in the day was more gothic fairytale than grimdark.

To each their own, obviously. But I’m not sure what you were expecting from a game marketed for ages 12+. And since there was notable examples of peaceful scenes from the earliest editions posted here, I really don’t see how it has changed dramatically. Anyway, I hope you find a game with the...