this whole conversation on liches and soul gems and whatnot probably deserves its own dedicated thread? kinda getting a little afield from orcs and drows
got a link to that thread? search wasn't really pulling up muchI mean that one's kind of settled at this point, at 100 pages in lol
got a link to that thread? search wasn't really pulling up much
Sort of like how you ignored the fact that I said we (i.e. Jews) were aware of that connection, and that the salient point is that we don't actually call it that in any sort of religious or cultural context?
And likewise, your point doesn't impact mine. So that was quite the pointless little tangent on your part, there.I didn't ignore it. It just doesn't impact my position.
And that'd be a very salient point if not for the fact that it has already been stated by several people, including myself, in the last few pages of this thread. No one is "bowing" to anyone (what a weird way of phrasing it), and no one is claiming to speak for their entire group. But by that same token, people who aren't part of that group aren't really in a position to tell a member of said group what's in said group's best interests.There's this unfortunate problem that comes up in discussions like these - minority groups are not monoliths. I accept that you are Jewish, and don't have an issue here. But that doesn't mean I should just bow to your position. You don't speak for Jews in general. No one person does.
And like them, I also find the removal of the word, with its implicit acknowledgment of the premise that "phylactery" as a term is a Jewish reference, to be distasteful and disappointing. So I'm glad we can agree on that much, at least.That some here have no issue does not change that I was informed of this by Jews who didn't use in in any cultural context either, but they still didn't like it much. Not up in arms yowling at the world angry, but they found it distasteful and disappointing.
And when the majority of a minority (or even a different minority of a minority) tells you that your non-sacrifice is to the detriment of their sensibilities, you seem okay with that too.Changing the language is a small thing, a non-sacrifice on my part. I'm okay with my non-sacrifice for the benefit of the sensibilities of even a minority of a minority.
... Oh. We have different settings for posts-per-page then lol, 'cause I only see 51 pages![]()
Its this thread.
I'm kind of late to the conversation, but the Lizardfolk in the MM are explicitly said to be the elemental variants of them. The humanoid Lizardfolk are nowhere to be found in the MM.
He is making a two pronged argument. One that this isn’t even the Jewish term. Two Jewish people by and large are not concerned about it being used with the Lich. I am not Jewish but my family is on my father’s side, and I know a lot of Jewish people. While I am sure you can find someone who objects, I think both @Maxperson and @Alzrius point very much reflects what I see: that this just isn’t something that most Jewish people are concerned about (you will always find exceptions, but this is literally a complaint I have never heard in real life)