Black Omega
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Why don't we wait and see how things are actually handled. THEN complain about it. As opposed to assuming it's retreads, politically correct, or anything else.
Book of Vile Darkness: Where D&D hasn't gone before?
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Arani Korden
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Tonguez said:
The Romans considered Caligula a monster of moral depravity, so he's probably not the best example. There was plenty of slavery and prostitution in Rome, though.
Black Omega said:Why don't we wait and see how things are actually handled. THEN complain about it. As opposed to assuming it's retreads, politically correct, or anything else.
I was talking about WoTC's ethics code in general, not BOVD in particular. EGG's 1e AD&D abided by most traditional sword & sorcery norms, so prostitution was routine, slavery present but bad, lots of demons and such, and some sexism (by 2002 standards, maybe not by '70s standards). In 2e's "angry mothers from heck" code not only was there certainly no prostitution or slavery, demons or devils were right out. Indeed the official TSR ethics code included a ban on such things as agents of authority taking bribes! 3e's post-PC neo-hippy code brought back demons and devils, has no problem with corrupt city guards in modules, but any whiff of sexism is right out - including the existence of prostitution, or even hinting that average human female STR scores might be a bit lower than male.
All IMHO.
Lady Dragon
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Monte didn't actually say there will be no mention of prostitution he only implies that theres not enough to warrant using it as an advertising tool.
My personal impression of it is no your not going to see an entire chapter on prostitution but I imagine there will be a slight mention of them in a paragraph or two.
If your really interested they are mentioned briefly in the Canting Crew book as part of the crimanal underworld.And I imagine that is the way they will be mentioned in BoVD.
I really can't understand the fasination with the subject They are not going to say any thing more than yes they exist and blank is what they charge for their basic services.
They could have entire chapters on human sacrifice and the most violent,gory brutal evil you can think of and nobody bats an eye but the remote possibility of a possible sexual content involving prostitutes has everyone up in arms.Go figure.
My personal impression of it is no your not going to see an entire chapter on prostitution but I imagine there will be a slight mention of them in a paragraph or two.
If your really interested they are mentioned briefly in the Canting Crew book as part of the crimanal underworld.And I imagine that is the way they will be mentioned in BoVD.
I really can't understand the fasination with the subject They are not going to say any thing more than yes they exist and blank is what they charge for their basic services.
They could have entire chapters on human sacrifice and the most violent,gory brutal evil you can think of and nobody bats an eye but the remote possibility of a possible sexual content involving prostitutes has everyone up in arms.Go figure.
Shadowdancer
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I would think prostitution would be less offensive than slavery.
I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
BAH! I say!
It's one thing to not like something and see it as a depravity. It's quite another to make everyone see it that way and do wacky things with it (like outlaw it).
IMHO, this stuff should have been covered a while ago....in the DMG....under "Plots & Villains." (an entire DMG, with very little thought given to some basic advice on weaving your own stories and tales and having them work in D&D...yeesh.)
Of course, this is just me. I'm the dude who (*gasp*) lets his players play evil characters 'cuz they have fun with it. I'm sure *they're* gonna LOVE this book.
It's one thing to not like something and see it as a depravity. It's quite another to make everyone see it that way and do wacky things with it (like outlaw it).
IMHO, this stuff should have been covered a while ago....in the DMG....under "Plots & Villains." (an entire DMG, with very little thought given to some basic advice on weaving your own stories and tales and having them work in D&D...yeesh.
)Of course, this is just me. I'm the dude who (*gasp*) lets his players play evil characters 'cuz they have fun with it. I'm sure *they're* gonna LOVE this book.
