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Just had an image of one of the novices walking around the city & close environs in armor typical of the Guild, but with advertising painted on the (possibly tower) shield.

I just imagined someone playing a “healbot” PC like Dr. House… “I require aid! Use your divine gifts to mend this sword-slash to my forearm!” “Mmmmmm…nah. Too boring. Use a tourniquet. Anyone have something more interesting?” “Ah. Ah. Ch’harr still suffers from the acid that giant...

On a Venn diagram, classism and racism* should properly be distinct circles, but the overlap would be very large. * or more accurately, bigotry. Classism can and does exist in cultures that are more racially homogeneous than in places like the USA.

I fully agree that unintentional racism in the form of disparate impact is real. However, I disagree with you- as I did with my mentors- that the power imbalance is key to defining “racism”. Race-based inequity or animus is sufficient. Power imbalances merely affect the consequences of acting...

It does, but I still see some quirks in my community’s discussions of racism that indicate a drive to frame it as a distinct and therefore somehow worse form of bigotry than the others. For instance, several of my mentors over the years have insisted that racism requires a power imbalance in...

There ARE a lot of oddities in the discussion about the nature of racism, no question.

While I agree with that analysis, I’ll point out that such things exist with other forms of bigotry as well. A classic example would be lingering wage gaps between men & women for the same jobs. Or the disperate effects of last hired, first fired policies. Or legacy points in school...

FWIW, I put myself at 8, since I believe that’s where HERO would land.

That’s on a school-by-school basis. Some private school teachers are very well compensated indeed.

Ahhhh, state schools! Did you know that in most states, the highest-paid state employees was a coach or athletic director? https://deadspin.com/infographic-is-your-states-highest-paid-employee-a-co-489635228/

Like most editions of D&D- even my preferred 3.5Ed.

My main issue with 4Ed combat was the ephemeral modifiers. That created its own kind of complexity. Nearly every round, you had to recalculate your bonuses & penalties because they had such short durations. I watched players- usually the more casual gamers- struggle to track plusses and...

I don’t have a complexity preference, I have a preference against unnecessary complexity. And IME, unnecessary complexity usually manifests itself in overly wordy explanations, confusing jargon and verbal imprecision, not mechanics. It can show up in mechanics, too, though. I’ve seen games...

Keeping the politics to a minimum, here’s some key factors I’ve seen in the different levels of the American education system: 1) Public schools’ curriculums and funding are controlled at the state and local levels, and the funding side is often driven by property values. For a long time, that...

Mod Note: 1) You’re new here, so you might want to take a closer reading of the rules. Responding to moderation text in thread is against them; but you’re getting a pass this time. 2) FWIW, ENWorld has had LOTS of discussions about racism & bigotry in RPGs in general, in D&D in particular...

Made one, but never got to play him.🤷🏾‍♂️

I wish I could, but I’m the one who has to get Mom’s wheelchair in & out of the SUV…which is probably how I got the bruise I the first place.🤦🏾‍♂️

Complicating matters is that my left arm is mostly useless at the moment. I’ve had a nasty deep bruise on my left palm for a few weeks now that causes pain & lack of grip strength in my middle & ring fingers. And today, I pulled a muscle at the bottom of my left shoulder blade. IOW, I’m...

Slightly more than that, but not much. The problem is that so much of the precipitation was icy. Not a lot of people here with chains (even we don’t have ours anymore). Looking out my back door, most of the stuff on our porch and driveway has melted, but the downhill alley we’d immediately...