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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6389380" data-attributes="member: 6779310">WotC allows portrayal of Slavery in their published modules. As an evil to be thwarted, mind you, but HotDQ Episode 2 shows that slaves are in fact part of the booty.And if you're taking the &quot;Never just a game&quot; view, may I suggest finding a different hobby? Because D&amp;D has always had a large subcurrent of &quot;Kill them all and take their stuff.&quot; Which, by the way, is the modus operandi of several of the protagonists of the inspiring fiction... Conan, Kull, Cugel the Clever, Fafhrd, the Grey Mouser, John Carter of Mars....Several have. Many publishers have made it clear that the evil races in their setting are in fact not creatures with full free will. In other words, they're talking animals, and are inherently prone to killing and/or eating people.As for real world...Me, I like dead baby cow... it's called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veal" target="_blank">veal</a>. (Link to the wikipedia entry on veal.) I like calfskin jackets, gloves, and hats, too. If a farmer winds up with too many calves to feed, it's time to make veal and calfskin.I also love lamb and kid. Which is, by definition, the pre-yearling sheep or goat. They're common holiday meat choices, and common cuisine.I see more reason to see a threat species killed in it's pre-reproductive age than a food beast, and I have no problem eating juvenile food beasts. Someone would have a formula on the web within 36 hours of publication of an edition lacking any juvenile forms. And 3rd Party publishers would publish them, with or without license from WotC. Unlicensed, label it &quot;For use with all major FRPGs&quot;, and then include 5E, PF, GURPS, and BRP stats...Pretty much like happened when AD&amp;D 2E &quot;deleted&quot; the Demons and Devils... 6 or 7 companies produced unlicensed monster books of demons and/or devils. And that wasn't even removing them, just renaming them.And WotC would get ridiculed publicly for caving to a vocal and tiny minority. And rightfully so. Just like they were over the &quot;Tanari &amp; Ba'atezu&quot; relabel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 6389380, member: 6779310"] WotC allows portrayal of Slavery in their published modules. As an evil to be thwarted, mind you, but HotDQ Episode 2 shows that slaves are in fact part of the booty. And if you're taking the "Never just a game" view, may I suggest finding a different hobby? Because D&D has always had a large subcurrent of "Kill them all and take their stuff." Which, by the way, is the modus operandi of several of the protagonists of the inspiring fiction... Conan, Kull, Cugel the Clever, Fafhrd, the Grey Mouser, John Carter of Mars.... Several have. Many publishers have made it clear that the evil races in their setting are in fact not creatures with full free will. In other words, they're talking animals, and are inherently prone to killing and/or eating people. As for real world... Me, I like dead baby cow... it's called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veal]veal[/url]. (Link to the wikipedia entry on veal.) I like calfskin jackets, gloves, and hats, too. If a farmer winds up with too many calves to feed, it's time to make veal and calfskin. I also love lamb and kid. Which is, by definition, the pre-yearling sheep or goat. They're common holiday meat choices, and common cuisine. I see more reason to see a threat species killed in it's pre-reproductive age than a food beast, and I have no problem eating juvenile food beasts. Someone would have a formula on the web within 36 hours of publication of an edition lacking any juvenile forms. And 3rd Party publishers would publish them, with or without license from WotC. Unlicensed, label it "For use with all major FRPGs", and then include 5E, PF, GURPS, and BRP stats... Pretty much like happened when AD&D 2E "deleted" the Demons and Devils... 6 or 7 companies produced unlicensed monster books of demons and/or devils. And that wasn't even removing them, just renaming them. And WotC would get ridiculed publicly for caving to a vocal and tiny minority. And rightfully so. Just like they were over the "Tanari & Ba'atezu" relabel [/QUOTE]

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