D&D 5E In defense of my post....

[dave2008]

Well after reading the comments

To add to what was already said...

(I think Charlaquin and Grimslade did a great job explaining most of it)

When you are making something Lovecraft related, some sensitivity is extra important. Chaosium has been really quite good at addressing the more problematic side of Lovecraft's legacy (the outright racism). The elephant in the room, if you will.

So when a creator shows such a disregard and lack of understanding for topics that may be sensitive, that seems like a bad match with anything relating to Lovecraft to me.

Yep, and having a colorized picture of HPL as one of the "creators" is an odd choice. Even if I really liked the product (which I am mixed about), I couldn't back a project knowing what I now know about the poster.

 

[Imaculata]

Yeah, that bugged me as well. HPL obviously was not one of the creators of this product. The product simply uses HPL's world. So why not simply say the latter?

 

[Bolares]

Yeah same here and even if it was the most glorious must-have materials I've ever seen you wouldn't get a penny from me now.

EDIT TO ADD:
Not only that, but your perspective on what D&D is and is not in these modern times is very askew of my perspective.
I won't support someone who makes comments like

D&D 5E - WotC's Jeremy Crawford on D&D Races Going Forward

On Twitter, Jeremy Crawford discussed the treatment of orcs, Vistani, drow and others in D&D, and how WotC plans to treat the idea of 'race' in D&D going forward. In recent products (Eberron and Wildemount), the mandatory evil alignment was dropped from orcs, as was the Intelligence penalty...

www.enworld.org

and

D&D 5E - WotC's Jeremy Crawford on D&D Races Going Forward

On Twitter, Jeremy Crawford discussed the treatment of orcs, Vistani, drow and others in D&D, and how WotC plans to treat the idea of 'race' in D&D going forward. In recent products (Eberron and Wildemount), the mandatory evil alignment was dropped from orcs, as was the Intelligence penalty...

www.enworld.org

You're either outdated or a troll, either way not worthy of my backing.

Yikes. That kind of behaviour is never gonna get my money

 

[Morrus]

You can't put the D&D logo on your book or make it looks like it's made by WotC.

 

[CubicsRube]

All I have to say is you really want this kickstarter to fail otherwise you might get some unexpected attention from WotC and the Lovecraft estate...

 

[HawaiiSteveO]

I think the OP got the point, question asked and answered.

 

[Bill Zebub]

I think the OP got the point, question asked and answered.

Maybe, but he hasn’t played his Safe Card so it’s hard to be sure….

 

[Marc Radle]

You can't put the D&D logo on your book or make it looks like it's made by WotC.

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I wonder if WOTC even knows about this?

Someone would need to … shoot them a quick e-mail and bring it to their attention … should they be so inclined …

 

[TheAlkaizer]

Without your support, this wonderful Kickstarter just dies.

I thought the community came together to support each other.

It looks like I was wrong....

I'm absolutely not going to support this campaign because of the manipulative title and call to action.

However, the TTRPG communities are very active and tend to support alot of projects. That doesn't mean we support any project that's put up on Kickstarter.

 

[Bill Zebub]

This thread is delivering, in terms of pure entertainment value.