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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 370008" data-attributes="member: 2486">Hah.  This reminds me of when the PCs once burst in on my evil priest, and instead of raining down fire, he asked them why they had the right to kill him.  That stumped them.  I mean, they had killed far more people in their career than he had...Furn: But, as Monte said, he resisted them.  So what's the concern with BoVD?  If Hasbro release a later book 'Book of Very Vile Darkness' or equivalent, then perhaps this is a legitimate concern.I understand the rest of your concerns, but realistically, is this the trend?  I don't get Dragon, but for the most part, I am not witnessing this trend.  Obviously, from what I've gathered, the recent Dragon was slightly more edgy, but that is because it was themed that way to 'celebrate' the launch of BoVD.  Aside from BoVD, there is no real rush for evil content.   Well, aside from contradicting your above argument (i.e. DnD is getting more evil) then I would dispute this point.  It may be true that a lot of the splatbooks have been hero/villain neutral: I freely concede that.  What I meant what that there have been some which are hero/villain neutral, and some which are hero-orientated.  There is a paucity of the villain-orientated books.  I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear in the first place. Go up to the average person in the street and ask him what he thinks of Dungeons and Dragons.  Count how many people say 'evil', even after the 80s furore.  Try a public awareness test with any of the following names: BADD, Jack Chick, Mazes and Monsters, Dark Dungeons, Pat Pulling.  Observe results.  Draw conclusions.</blockquote>

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