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<blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 504595" data-attributes="member: 426">And this would be a bad thing?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I only remember skimming through a novel or two and not caring for the writing or the portrayal of women.&nbsp; I know a few women who are gamers.&nbsp; If you suggested to them that they play in a setting where they should regard themselves as property, they would likely leave. Also, I find the thought of an entire group of people being viewed as property and every&nbsp; one of them seeing themselves as property to be offensive.&nbsp; (To avoid shutting down this thread, I will not throw in rather obvious historical analogues.&nbsp; Out of respect to the people on this board, especially the moderators, I will try not to get this forced into Nutkinland.)&nbsp; At least in the Conan stories, there were a few women who were the equal of&nbsp; the sandal clad destroyer of thrones.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are a LOT better authors out there than John Norman.&nbsp; I say give some of them a chance for D20 settings.Here are a few with a publishing history:Lord Dunsany.Stephen R. Donaldson&nbsp; (While I do not like the character of Thomas Covenant much, the Land has so many possibilities for adventure.)Terry Goodkind (Yes, there are dark elements but women can have a place in society beyond a door mat or a foot stool.)Poul AndersonC.J. CherryhHarry Turtledove (World War against invading aliens, anyone?)Morgan LlewellynTerry BrooksDavid EddingsDennis McKiernanGeorge MartinFritz LeiberKatherine KurtzGlen Cook&nbsp; (Ah, what Lady or Soulcatcher would do to good old Tarl.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> )... plus any number of traditional tales and myths.&nbsp; So, to me, the only use of buying a Gor setting would be to have an intelligent party of heroes and heroines to over throw a corrupt social order.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William Ronald, post: 504595, member: 426"] And this would be a bad thing?:rolleyes: :D I only remember skimming through a novel or two and not caring for the writing or the portrayal of women. I know a few women who are gamers. If you suggested to them that they play in a setting where they should regard themselves as property, they would likely leave. Also, I find the thought of an entire group of people being viewed as property and every one of them seeing themselves as property to be offensive. (To avoid shutting down this thread, I will not throw in rather obvious historical analogues. Out of respect to the people on this board, especially the moderators, I will try not to get this forced into Nutkinland.) At least in the Conan stories, there were a few women who were the equal of the sandal clad destroyer of thrones. There are a LOT better authors out there than John Norman. I say give some of them a chance for D20 settings. Here are a few with a publishing history: Lord Dunsany. Stephen R. Donaldson (While I do not like the character of Thomas Covenant much, the Land has so many possibilities for adventure.) Terry Goodkind (Yes, there are dark elements but women can have a place in society beyond a door mat or a foot stool.) Poul Anderson C.J. Cherryh Harry Turtledove (World War against invading aliens, anyone?) Morgan Llewellyn Terry Brooks David Eddings Dennis McKiernan George Martin Fritz Leiber Katherine Kurtz Glen Cook (Ah, what Lady or Soulcatcher would do to good old Tarl.:D ) ... plus any number of traditional tales and myths. So, to me, the only use of buying a Gor setting would be to have an intelligent party of heroes and heroines to over throw a corrupt social order. [/QUOTE]

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