D&D General Nolzur creates inclusive miniatures, people can't handle it.

[Umbran]

I would have thought being blind granted the blinded condition by default.

Well, maybe yes, maybe no. Depends on how you have implemented the disability of blindness in your game. Disadvantage on all things requiring sight is one simple option, but it is a very simple option. In the real world, there's a whole lot of things that can be wrong with your sight that are categorized as "blindness", and not all of them are "it is as if I am in complete darkness".

 

[Autumnal]

I’ve discovered that there’s a little sub genre of zombie stories featuring protagonists in wheelchairs or dealing with other disabilities. (Like diabetes in a world with no more ready supply of insulin! That could get ugly.) Since I love distinctive zombie stories, I need to look into some.

Now to see what I can find in fantasy fiction.

 

[MGibster]

I’ve discovered that there’s a little sub genre of zombie stories featuring protagonists in wheelchairs or dealing with other disabilities. (Like diabetes in a world with no more ready supply of insulin! That could get ugly.) Since I love distinctive zombie stories, I need to look into some.

That's actually pretty interesting as it's something most zombie fiction doesn't really address. The Walking Dead did introduce a deaf character in season 7 (I think), and while she was certainly competent and made meaningful contributions to the group, being deaf sometimes made things more difficult for her. There was also a character that lost his hand, but it they gave him a Hollywood prosthetic and it didn't appear to slow him down any.

 

[Umbran]

I’ve discovered that there’s a little sub genre of zombie stories featuring protagonists in wheelchairs or dealing with other disabilities. (Like diabetes in a world with no more ready supply of insulin! That could get ugly.) Since I love distinctive zombie stories, I need to look into some.

There is a story in World War Z (the book, not the movie, the movie is trash) of a blind man in Japan that is pretty awesome.

 

[Autumnal]

There is a story in World War Z (the book, not the movie, the movie is trash) of a blind man in Japan that is pretty awesome.

And also a guy in a wheelchair, if I’m remembering this right. I should reread World War Z, and once again skip the movie

It turns out that search strings like “fantasy novels with disabled protagonists” turn up a lot. I might have to do a review thread for ones I like.

 

[Alzrius]

I’ve discovered that there’s a little sub genre of zombie stories featuring protagonists in wheelchairs or dealing with other disabilities. (Like diabetes in a world with no more ready supply of insulin! That could get ugly.) Since I love distinctive zombie stories, I need to look into some.

Now to see what I can find in fantasy fiction.

If you like that, you'll love Bubba Ho-Tep:

 

[Gradine]

There is a story in World War Z (the book, not the movie, the movie is trash) of a blind man in Japan that is pretty awesome.

The movie is nothing like the book, which is sad because the book is so good, but it's honestly a fine little zombie movie on its own merits (and the concept of zombie hordes as rushing water and crashing waves was pretty cool).

I would say to everyone that can that they should absolutely listen to the audiobook version of the original book. The cast is ridiculously talented, it's almost more like a radio play. Can't recommend highly enough.

 

[MoonSong]

I'm way too late to this party, so two cents.

One, in principle, all fantasies are correct, none are immoral. Everybody's fantasy is okay. It doesn't matter if your fantasy is just vanilla status-quo preserving and even regressive/exclusionary. This isn't -or at least shouldn't be- a moral failing. And holding these fantasies shouldn't be held against anybody.

However, the moment more people get involved things have to change. When it isn't just about yourself, you need to adapt and be aware of your effect on others. And this compounds the more people are involved. The more public and high profile the bigger the moral imperative to be welcoming and inclusive. And well, resenting the existence of these miniatures is stupid. If anything, there aren't enough of them.

Personally, I can see a place for these in say, public pick up games. Less so in some personal games, because I enjoy a certain architecture style heavily based on basements and staircases and open forested mountain areas as locations. But on the other kind of adventure I enjoy, which is intrigue heavy and more urban based, a PC in a wheelchair would be very welcome and hardly impeded. Even in environments which aren't suitable for a wheelchair, there are alternatives, from the more fantastical (the floating disk thing) to the more mundane (riding a big dog, or being in a basket carried by a big and strong party member)

However, I would prefer a wheelchair style that looked far less modern.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Besides, and more importantly, how does this hurt anyone? How does being inclusive and recognizing how anyone can be a hero in a fantasy game hurt them or their gaming? It's like cruelty is the point.

First they came for the chainmail bikinis and I didn't speak out because all my female characters were casters.

Then they came for alignment restrictions and I didn't speak out because I never rolled a 17 for Charisma.

Then they came for gender attribute maximums and I didn't speak out because I didn't realize that was a rule.

Then they came for the evil orcs and I didn't speak out because at our table it's the gnomes who are deterministically evil.

Then they came for racial ASIs and I didn't speak out because I always play variant humans.

Then they came for my off-turn Sneak Attack...and there was nobody left to speak for me.




Disclaimer: for the record, I actually cheered on all but two of those changes.
Also, in case it's not obvious, this is meant to be a satirical answer to Sacrosanct's question.

 

[Epic Meepo]

...riding a big dog, or being in a basket carried by a big and strong party member...

Speaking of which, am I the only one who sees a mounted mini and doesn't immediately assume the mounted figure is able to walk unassisted?

I've played in so many games where PCs have had to haul around a dead/paralyzed/petrified/unconscious party member, I just sort of assumed seasoned adventuring parties have and make use of contingency plans for assisted mobility. In my experience, it's usually a jury-rigged saddle or a stretcher designed to be hoisted on ropes when the party is climbing, but adding a wheelchair to the mix doesn't fundamentally change the calculus.

(Maybe the game has gotten easier over the years, so "kids these days" don't have the experience of lugging an incapacitated ally through a dungeon to get them to safety.)