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Oh, i agree with this. My whole point is that there should be more minority characters in the foreground. Things like demographics and racial population breakdown... those are background details, they're really utterly insignificant in most cases. We can assume, if we like, that even though the...

Actually, it was originally a barbie-doll sized WW2 hero doll that debuted in 1964. The first comic came with the 1980's revival. The WW2 era comics were Sgt Rock and Sgt Fury.

Yeah, I was a little off the mark there now that I look into him again. But I don't think I'll reconsider my stance. His presence in the myth means that black characters wouldn't be anachronistic. Perhaps not common, but certainly not uncalled for. Which really means there's not much need to say...

Considering one of the knights of the round table, Sir Morien, is a black man... yes, yes it is.

That's really not the topic, though. I contend the artwork in the books should have people of all different skin colors. What the GMs do in their own game isn't the issue. I also contend mainstream television should have more bisexual characters. But I wouldn't say everyone who watches Torchwood...

I see this in some places in 4E, one of the things I didn't like. Things like "daily, encounter, and at-will" and "healing surge" seem like placeholder names that someone forgot to change. But as for the races being too far out, the topic at hand... the most popular role-playing video game...

I just did a little experiement... Eddie Izzard: http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/84/33/0000038433_20070313144158.jpg Kenneth Branagh: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/226872~Kenneth-Branagh-Posters.jpg Has anyone ever seen them in the same place at the same...

You know, it occurs to me that I never really answered the question in the topic, even though everyone basically knows how I feel about it. So I won't buy a book because it has racial diversity. But I might *not* buy a book I might have been interested in if it lacks any sort of diversity. It...

I worded that wrong because i changed the wording a few times to get it right, but what I meant to say was smarter than orcs, and stronger and more evil than orcs or men.

You know, this is something that always bugged me. Half-Orcs in D&D were weaker, a little smarter, and nicer than Orcs, right? But Tolkien's half man, half orc creatures, the Uruk-Hai, were far smarter, stronger, and far more ruthless than either orcs or men, and towered over them. Where did...

Especially if one had seen Sukiyaki Western Django.

By all means, that would be awesome.

I don't think that being racially diverse means you need to have every government be a liberal democracy. And what I mean by reflecting our current values, for the sake of this conversation, doesn't extend past racial attitudes. And more specifically, it doesn't really extend past the artwork in...

Actually, judging from what WoTC seemed to focus on as marketable IP in D20 Modern, I think it'll be a lot like 4E. My guess is there's not going to be a D20 Modern 2E, but there will be an Urban Arcana 2E.

I think in practice, the elves as the nobility and orcs as the proletariat works in the context of the story. After all, all that makes Aragorn worthy of being the king of men is that he's half-elf and comes from a long line of human nobility. A human nobility, which, by the way, caused this...

I think I can bottom line this. Today, in 2008, we, in the western world, live in a multi-ethnic world. Our popular culture should reflect this. If it doesn't, then there's a problem. I really don't care if the setting is pseudo-european or not. It's being written in 2008, and it should reflect...

There is already a D&D MMORPG. My ex-girlfriend used to play it... she might still, I don't know. What I do know is that it launched with 12 servers, it now has 5. My battlegroup in WoW has more than 12 servers, and I think there's more than 12 battlegroups. The problem D&D is going to have...

In Japanese RPGs, the ease of introduction seems geared at getting people playing right out of the gate. I think both of them fall short in this respect. Since you're just introducing them to the game, instead of stripping out a lot of rules, maybe you want to strip out some options at character...

This isn't exactly true. Sharing a physical book is a right you have under the doctrine of first sale, a specific exception to copyright law in some countries. In Japan, for example, it's illegal to sell used video games, it's considered copyright infringement. Depending on the influence of...

This comes up a lot in comic books, too. There aren't a lot of non-white comic book characters in starring roles, and then people tend to wonder why fans are mostly white. Of course, most of these comic book characters are from the 40's (DC) or the 60's (Marvel), but it's time add some more...