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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 841917" data-attributes="member: 463">Hi Monte - thanks for your clarification about the intent of the BoVD.  I wasn't addressing it in the thread title, I was thinking of the thread about 'should there be a separate product line for mature product', which banned discussion of what 'mature' might be, making discussion difficult.  I don't think WoTC has been helpful in deliberately obfuscating 'mature themes', 'about evil NPCs' and 'depraved content' in its marketing, presumably as a device to stir up controversy and maximise sales.  Thanks for making clear that you were not responsible for this deliberate confusion.IMO they would have been better and more truthful never to draw a distinction between the likes of BoVD and regular D&D product in the first place - I haven't read BoVD, but from what you say it's well within the D&D mainstream.Personally I think:1.  Stuff about regular D&D-evil like BoVD should be published but does not need to be distinguished with a 'mature' label, indeed it's a misleading label.2.  More stuff dealing with mature themes in the Rilstonian sense in D&D would be welcome.  The Kalamar stuff mentioned above sounds interesting, I may well check it out as a source for ideas.3.  As for depraved stuff in the hentai-tentacle or let's-play-serial-killers (eg Kult) sense, if WoTC or others want to market this it should be clearly labelled as such with an age-appropriate label like the NC-17 movie rating.  Probably WotC would be better not publishing such.</blockquote>

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