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I agree 100%. I also agree that there are some very useful topics for such a book to cover, and Seasong's excellent post really drove that point home. However, if the book turns out to be tasteful and useful (which I doubt to be honest -- to many warning signs), I will oppose it just on the ad...

No, I was just trying to say that I think sales won't be all that bad. While the target audience for playing erotic rpgs may be a smaller subset than the target audience for mass combat rules, the potential market for a book that includes pictures of naked elves is quite possibly a bit larger...

I don't think it's immoral according to my own personal criteria. I dislike the printing of this book on different grounds. I think D&D should be kid-friendly. My most fond memories of playing D&D were and always will be those games I played when I was in grade school. A BoVD and a BoEF...

This post is much better. Keep calling it "boycott" instead of "censorship" and I'm pretty sure this whole line of argument will end completely. It's a semantic detail, sure, but an important one. Censorship is a highly inflammatory word in Western culture and it is often mis-used to slander...

Censorship is driven by law, not free market forces. Boycott is part of capitalism. It is the most important power that the consumer has against the tremendous power of the producer in today's world. Just as I am free to boycott, you are free to patronize the same stores. Are you saying that...

Did you read the same press release that I did? If the book is not about fetish, then I will be even more upset at Valar because, in that case, it would appear to me that the press release would have been intentionally designed to garner attention by upsetting people in a calculated manner. I...

Oh yeah, everyone will "buy it for the articles." Sure. Right. I don't think the book will flop miserably like some, because I expect that the majority of the people that buy it will never intend to use it in an RPG context or, if they do, will use at most 5% of it.

Good point. I stopped playing RPGs entirely. D&D 3e brought me back and now I'm starting to look at alternate systems, so there could be some trickle down effect. I suppose it could go either way. Hehehe. Methinks that last sentence comes across not quite how you intended it to. We'll be...

I agree with you Swack-Iron. I think the quality of gaming benefits from more stuff getting out there. This brings up a question though. Small publishers can still put out stuff using the OGL license but without using any of the d20 mechanics or license. You could, for example, put out a new...

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Hello Gwendolyn, Thanks for posting here. To what extent does the book cover topics of fetish and occult sex rites? The press release seems very much slanted toward these topics in a very intentional manner. Are these topics covered in depth or is this a marketing tactic?

Well waddayaknow? Hehe. The address for Valar is really close to where I lived 6 months ago, but I'm probably like 20 blocks away now. Still fairly close. Mmmm....Wallingford Pizza House. Not way out in Renton like WotC is.

Point taken, but are you getting upset over what maybe one or two people said then? I don't think it's a big deal, really. Anyway, I assumed you were talking about me because you referred to the "blood and boobies" people, and I think I was the one who first used that term. I see you meant it...

Many of the arguments were based on personal preference and personal distaste. In fact, I think I'm the person who coined the "blood and boobies" term and I can tell you for a fact that I don't care at all what you do with the book. I've also advocated the right to publication and, as much as...

I forgot to also factor in something to account for the leader's competence. Perhaps knowledge (administration), diplomacy, or something else similar. Have to figure out how to deal with councils and senates though.

Great point. Are they really saying what they mean, or are they just *wink* *wink* covering their butt. If they really mean it, it looks like some interesting political in-fighting may be afoot down at HQ!!! :D

Maybe fleshing out the scope would help. What kind of specifics would it entail? Here are some things that come to mind for me: 1. Price fluctuation ranges on trade commodities so the DM can pick the extreme ends of the range for potential trade routes (i.e. ginger trades for 10gp to 100gp...

Only bards have more potential utility outside of combat than wizards. I think it's a shame that the ability to dish out damage-per-round is the litmus test of how useful a class is. Of course, I suppose it doesn't help that the spells in D&D are heavily biased toward combat...

I certainly can't say. I also don't know if it would sell better if it was based on the standard D&D economy instead of trying to re-shape it like I suggested. Who knows? I think the primary focus would be on a couple of things. First, economics Europe during the dark ages and early...

ooooo! Larry takes the gloves off and lays down some smack! ;) I agree with everything in your post, but I have a question. Are you guys gonna make a book on fantasy economics? That would be great! I would actually love to see a book that re-writes the entire D&D economy from the bottom...