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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9572292" data-attributes="member: 7635">Yes yes, everything is problematic if you look at it hard enough, but my point is Birthright itself is prone to bad light. First, I think the whole &quot;PCs have the blood of God's&quot; thing is ok but not great, but when the next line is &quot;and therefore gives you divine right to rule&quot;, it gets icky. If the setting was about domain management, it would be fine. If it was about exploring magical connections to divine or other supernatural entities, that would be fine. But the core premise of &quot;my divine blood gives me the right to rule over people&quot; really starts cutting close to a wide variety of fascist ideologies, past and present. And I don't think that fits with the more egalitarian vibes WotC's going for. I'm not one to yuck anyonea yum; I love Mystara but admit it's not a good candidate for revival either. And for reasons I am not fully privileged to, WotC has exceptionally taken steps to memory hole Birthright. I can help but feel they don't feel there is enough demand for it to be worth any firestorm regarding the core premise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9572292, member: 7635"] Yes yes, everything is problematic if you look at it hard enough, but my point is Birthright itself is prone to bad light. First, I think the whole "PCs have the blood of God's" thing is ok but not great, but when the next line is "and therefore gives you divine right to rule", it gets icky. If the setting was about domain management, it would be fine. If it was about exploring magical connections to divine or other supernatural entities, that would be fine. But the core premise of "my divine blood gives me the right to rule over people" really starts cutting close to a wide variety of fascist ideologies, past and present. And I don't think that fits with the more egalitarian vibes WotC's going for. I'm not one to yuck anyonea yum; I love Mystara but admit it's not a good candidate for revival either. And for reasons I am not fully privileged to, WotC has exceptionally taken steps to memory hole Birthright. I can help but feel they don't feel there is enough demand for it to be worth any firestorm regarding the core premise. [/QUOTE]

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