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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9097745" data-attributes="member: 4534">This past summer I went to see the D&amp;D movie.&nbsp; It was a lighthearted movie appropriate for the whole family with no bad language, the cutest fattest dragon I've ever seen, bloodless violence, and comedy.&nbsp; In contrast, I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 and there's a party member who frequently drops F-bombs, you can bone a bear (apparently), and I interrupted a bugbear as he was about to rawdog an ogress from behind.&nbsp; I'm suffering from tonal whiplash here.&nbsp; And the table top RPG material is different still as it's not usually a lighthearted comedy though ther's at least some sexually related shenanigans in Ravenloft.&nbsp; Who the hell is D&amp;D for?&nbsp; Or, as Drax might say, &quot;I'll do you one better, 'What is D&amp;D?'&quot;&nbsp; Because the movie, the computer game, and TTRPG seem to be aimed at different audiences.&nbsp; Don't they have some sort of IP manager who figures out what kidn of tone a D&amp;D product should have?&nbsp; I'd be mightly confused if my introduction to D&amp;D came from the movie and I went into Baldur's Gate expecting a similar experience.&nbsp; It's not that I'm offended by the content of BG3, it's a good game and I'm enjoying it, but I can't help but think if WotC published an adventure where you interrupted some hot bugbear on ogress action it'd be pretty devisive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9097745, member: 4534"] This past summer I went to see the D&D movie. It was a lighthearted movie appropriate for the whole family with no bad language, the cutest fattest dragon I've ever seen, bloodless violence, and comedy. In contrast, I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 and there's a party member who frequently drops F-bombs, you can bone a bear (apparently), and I interrupted a bugbear as he was about to rawdog an ogress from behind. I'm suffering from tonal whiplash here. And the table top RPG material is different still as it's not usually a lighthearted comedy though ther's at least some sexually related shenanigans in Ravenloft. Who the hell is D&D for? Or, as Drax might say, "I'll do you one better, 'What is D&D?'" Because the movie, the computer game, and TTRPG seem to be aimed at different audiences. Don't they have some sort of IP manager who figures out what kidn of tone a D&D product should have? I'd be mightly confused if my introduction to D&D came from the movie and I went into Baldur's Gate expecting a similar experience. It's not that I'm offended by the content of BG3, it's a good game and I'm enjoying it, but I can't help but think if WotC published an adventure where you interrupted some hot bugbear on ogress action it'd be pretty devisive. [/QUOTE]

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