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In video games, absolutely. WotC is basically managing this like a digital product.

It's weird that giant children are off limits but dragon children are fair game.

Well, the problem is that there are a lot more Moist von Lipwigs in the worlds than there are Hogfathers. Myths do shape our reality. But that is where the danger lies. And you need to ask "cui bono?" Whenever someone is telling you a myth. Because whenever someone is asking you to believe in...

The myth and tradition of Sinterklaas delivering candies to children only became the contemporary Santa Claus myth by coming to New York City via Dutch colonialism and then being used as a as a part of the distinct local Knickerbocker identity to contrast the Father Christmas of the British...

I love and deeply respect Pterry and his work, but I don't think the belief in Santa Claus is what separates me from a chimp. EDIT: But if I'm wrong, and Sir Terry is right, that is a naughty word terrifying and chilling endorsement of capitalism. I'm only human because I buy things.

I do be dreaming about labor

Dungeons & dragons descends directly from pre-modern mythology. Mythology is just the word we use for sufficiently old propaganda. Propaganda is usually created to legitimize a state or state like actor. States are predicated upon the legitimate and monopolistic usage of violence. You cannot...

The answer, as always with dungeons & dragons, is naughty word magic. Need a workshop, assistance, and a master Craftsman? Okay, cast magnificent mansion, animate objects and conjure up the soul of a long dead armorer and bind him to your service. Problem naughty word solved.

Survive? Absolutely. Live long with good quality of life? No naughty word chance. Something's going to get maimed, either your body or your psyche.

Hey, never met you before. Have no preconceived notions of you and you're being obtuse to an absolutely pathological degree. Get off this forum and get some help.

Take a shot every time I swing into a thread and say "Eberron did it best". Eberron did it best. The "basic" D&D assumption is that magic is a pretty common phenomenon that anyone with aptitude can use and it works in reliable, codifiable ways. That means it's basically just an extra set of the...

... ngl if you went back in time and told me circa 1995 that in 2025 Lego would be releasing a Lady of Pain minifigure I'd have called you crazy

Having a character that's born "half X and half Y" is going to fall back on narratives about mixed-race people from history and culture. That's just called applicability. Doesn't matter if you're like half vampire or half witch. Using Eberron as an example, we do NOT need to retread problematic...

I've said this a few places but I'm mixed-race and I've always identified with half-elves and half-orcs. I particularly love Eberron's interpretation of half-elves, who have a distinctly unique culture. Having distinct mixed-race peoples and ethnicities are not "problematic", we have a word for...

The guardinals never made sense to me. Spend five minutes at a furry con and you'll know there's nothing neutral good going on there.

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In general, East Asian dragons are associated with the emperor of a particular state, and usually just rulership, dynasties and stable government. I would say that by default East Asian dragons have lawful connotations though there are examples of wrathful and evil dragons as well. If we're...

Like a video game company, you staff up to launch a big game then lay everyone off once it's basically gone gold. You keep the basics around and the high level guys, and maybe a few developers on hand to make DLCs (which, by analogy here, would be future adventure books and supplements), and if...

silver lining, at least we know he's a generous lover