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It doesn't have to be everybody. If, say, your company puts out a press release and the overwhelming response is pretty negative, it's probably time to rethink the language you're using to sell the concept. Depends on what you think a 'range' is. If the issue is women feeling discriminated...

Probably, but I was all out of patience for being told by guys that I was wrong or mistaken about sexism in the hobby, oversensitive, etc. I just didn't see any point in arguing, so I left. Given it was actually part of the display, I'm guessing it was the manager or owner who put it there in...

Somebody critted their spot check there, yepyep. I do miss gaming, and there are times I miss it enough to poke my nose back in somewhere like ENWorld to chat with other gamers. Or pick up some cool new stuff on Free RPG Day while checking out the local gaming store that I had some positive...

Good point. In my way of thinking, if you're talking to a whole group of people and one or two of them say you're an ass, you can probably laugh that off, because there will always be some extremists who are hyper-sensitive. It is not possible to please all of the people all of the time. If...

Once again, the standards for what I would consider gratuitous sexualization have nothing to do with modest versus immodest, or with people who are naked or being sexual because it makes actual sense in context for them to be doing this. Is that the impression that the average person, male or...

Depends on the group you're targeting. I don't think that telling stories about elf on Orc violence is likely to push many people's hot buttons, but how about a historically accurate Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer based RPG where one of the fun adventures your PC's could participate in was hunting...

You know what is really discouraging? When multiple women say, "These are the things I have personally seen and experienced and felt. They discouraged me from gaming. I felt discriminated against." And guys who are absolutely sure that they aren't part of the problem, the ones who are...

If you choose, you can certainly make a Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer RPG, complete with authentically liberal use of the n-word. What you can't do if you make that choice is complain that more African-Americans aren't buying or playing your system. Because, duuuh. It's not likely to be much...

If I throw a rock straight up in the air with the intent of looking up to watch it fall, it's still going to impact my face. I don't think the intent makes the impact hurt any less. I don't read women's fashion magazines because I already know what's in them and I have no interest in being...

Sorry, I was directly addressing FableStreams, not you. I should have made that more clear. My apologies. Like I said, if the character is at a fancy ball in a city, a pretty dress is totally sensible. In the swamp while fighting dire goldfish or whatever, not so much. Because, oy, the...

Depends on the demographic. Approach random women at the mall, or the library, or your school, and ask them about gaming, and you will tend to get the following responses. "What's Pathfinder? Is it an outdoor sport like geocaching?" "Cthu who? Do you need a Kleenex?" Or maybe even, "D&D...

I'm gonna cross reference over here, and quote/repost myself a little, cuz it's relevant. On Free RPG Day, I went and got a swag bag of modules, maps and gaming supplements from my local gaming store. It was also a good chance to check out the place, since I recently moved and hadn't had a...

@Loonook and others who were asking for examples: On Free RPG Day, I went and got a swag bag of modules, maps and gaming supplements from my local gaming store. I just took the bag provided; I did not add or subtract anything based on personal choice. I think we can call this a good...

In the actual campaign material source images, where you are depicting female PC's and NPC's in order to flesh out character and world background, and they are fighting monsters and adventuring in hostile environments and otherwise doing the same exact stuff as the male adventurers? They should...

No. I've seen similar incidents, and walked away from a few gaming tables at conventions because of them. Not all guys who game are that creepy, but a nontrivial percentage of them, enough to affect public perception of our hobby, really are. Age is definitely a factor, though some of the...

The question isn't one of "tame" vs "explicit". The question is, "How stupid do you have to be go into battle with half your torso completely bare and lots of skin showing?" As a female SCA fighter I gotta say, the answer is "pretty damn stupid". Do you want your character to be portrayed...

Like a lot of my female friends, when I play on an MMO, I don't actually fess up to being female. There's no point in it when all it gets you is harassment. You might actually be surprised who in your party is female IRL, even if they're playing the big tank dude. Yes, this can still work if...

I think that every time I browse RPG source material, I'm going to be forcibly reminded by a nontrivial percentage of what I see that I am not its intended market. And that women are supposed to prioritize looking hot over minor details like not dying, because lingerie has a really sucky armor...

If the guys in these books were wearing nothing but dangly tassles on their wing-wongs while fighting monsters, this would be a believable argument. That wasn't what was happening, though. With the exception of the one male drow image, the men were in normal clothes for the environment or in...

I agree completely. For the most part, sexual 'morality' is stupid, and hateful, and all about limiting the rights of consenting adults to do what they choose with their bodies. I think that is quite horrible. Absolutely none of what I have been saying is about sexual morality. None of it...