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Incenjucar said:
Fairly amusing how much people complain about something that isn't even out yet.

Who and what, exactly, are you referring to with your pluralization and your quantification of "how much"? So far I have only noticed one person in this thread who has taken this stance, and that is Nathanael. Maybe I missed someone else though. Are you referring to the previous thread as well? There weren't really many detractors of the nature you describe in that thread either, just a couple of vocal ones.

Monte At Home said:
I'm pretty used to the heat of the flames on this board regarding a book no one here has yet read, but could someone please explain why being a member of Bothered About Disposable Dragons is now also a crime?

Likewise, Monte, I would like to point out that the majority of this discussion is regarding the Dragon Magazine article. So please do not be overly concerned. I'm looking forward to taking a look at your book so I can judge it on it's own merits. Thanks!
 

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kenjib said:
So far I have only noticed one person in this thread who has taken this stance, and that is Nathanael. Maybe I missed someone else though. Are you referring to the previous thread as well? There weren't really many detractors of the nature you describe in that thread either, just a couple of vocal ones.

well hellbender seems pretty anti as well...
 

Darkness said:
(Emphasis is mine.)

White Wolf does it "constantly?"


A number of their non-adult books have frontal nudity. Relatively tame, admittedly, but 'boobies' are generally a no-no (They managed to sneak them into the Monster Manual, oddly enough, but I think we can thank the notion of DMs being the 'older, more mature' players in a group... buuut.. it's also required..

And for "extremely important races?"

I think it was the Formorii or something like that.. the first Black Dog book I ever saw (Only seen one other, actually, namely because I don't actually play the game, and don't run around looking for RPorn.). If I recall, they're the group derivied from the Wyrm. That makes them -pretty fricking important-. At no point should a company railroad 'completists' (Read: People who like to have all the info, which in WW games, is quite a bit) into purchasing really really creepy picture-filled texts. Bad enough one of the novels had some guy leak every body fluid you can imagine to make a spell (And even had to use some human woman to get some WEREWOLF's fluids for him.. don't ask how she transported it, or got ahold of it for that matter... BLECH).

What scares me, the same book suggested there was -worse- stuff, which I really can't comprehend, used in that potion.


I don't think so. Over the last 11 or so years that WW has been publishing their Storyteller System games, how many Black Dog books have been there? Not too many - and most of these weren't too important (although most were quite cool, like the Giovanni Chronicles).
The only exception (and apparently also your example - e.g., "flies and maggots") - that is, the only really "important" Black Dog book that I can think of - was Clanbook: Baali, for Vampire: The Dark Ages. And it was hardly the only book to have Baali info: The V: DA core rulebook itself contained the basics of the Baali bloodline, complete with powers for levels 1-5, as well as a sample level 6 power, of their signature discipline. Also, the Dark Ages Companion had quite some stuff on them, too (more discipline powers, info on the infernal, etc.). So you really didn't have to have Clanbook: Baali. (It was, however, a quite good book nonetheless - one of my favorite Clanbooks, actually. I hope that Dark Ages: Vampire will get one that's at least as cool... :))

PS - I'm really looking forward to next year's Black Dog book for Exalted, which will detail the Guild, a more detailed economy system, etc. :cool:

...Wait.. they're putting extremely useful info that could help the game in general into a Black Dog book? Is there an alternative source for this detailed economy system?

See my point yet?

Nothing in the ToVD is all that especially useful -except- for making really really evil stuff. There will likely be no 'generally' useful info that underagers will be missing out on. Personally, as far as working the Adult market, I've got more respect for how WotC is doing it.

Can you blame me?
 
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kenjib said:


Who and what, exactly, are you referring to with your pluralization and your quantification of "how much"? So far I have only noticed one person in this thread who has taken this stance, and that is Nathanael. Maybe I missed someone else though. Are you referring to the previous thread as well? There weren't really many detractors of the nature you describe in that thread either, just a couple of vocal ones.

I'm a man of many boards: This has been discussed at length elsewhere as well, with some good, and some outright silly points being made on both sides.

More or less, it's the same knee-jerk reaction people had with my 'swimsuit edition' thread. Some people have been so taken in by the 'that's bad!' notions of society, that they try to remove all such from their surroundings. Personally, there's a lot of stuff I don't like around me (You should hear me speak about the horror of the increasing BDSM fetish, and its growing acceptance), but I put deeper thought into them rather than 'but that's immoral!' or 'people might think I'm a bad person!' kind of thing.

In the end, it's your choice.
 

The answer's easy... Vote with your wallet people. Buy it or don't buy it... Barring incredible positive reviews of BoVD I'm taking a miss on it. Not because I'm offended, or want to make a statement, but rather, because I don't see my game needing this kind of material.

I do kind of regret paying for this issue of the Dragon, albeit indirectly, but no more than I regret paying for anything else they publish that I can't/won't use.
 

Incenjucar said:
I think it was the Formorii or something like that.. the first Black Dog book I ever saw (Only seen one other, actually, namely because I don't actually play the game, and don't run around looking for RPorn.).
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What you're also forgetting the Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah, written for Wraith was also published under Black Dog. This book is truly adult. It tackles an adult, complex view of the holocaust, and does an incredible job of it. Not a single picture, paragraphy, or dot of ink of it is puerile.

Unfortunately it's so well written that I don't think I could ever do the setting justice.

Most Black Dog books are too tawdry for their own good, but none are required for the setting. Freak Legion details the foot soldiers of the wyrm, but there half a dozen other books covering Pentext, the Black Spiral Dancers, and the Wyrm itself.

Completists will buy everything and a company shouldn't worry about that at all. They should worry about creating great product.
 

Incenjucar said:


A number of their non-adult books have frontal nudity. Relatively tame, admittedly, but 'boobies' are generally a no-no (They managed to sneak them into the Monster Manual, oddly enough, but I think we can thank the notion of DMs being the 'older, more mature' players in a group... buuut.. it's also required..
Huh? Sorry, you lost me there... Why do you mention the MM now? I was talking about White Wolf! :p And they have boobies in a few of their books...

I think it was the Formorii or something like that.. the first Black Dog book I ever saw (Only seen one other, actually, namely because I don't actually play the game, and don't run around looking for RPorn.). If I recall, they're the group derivied from the Wyrm. That makes them -pretty fricking important-. At no point should a company railroad 'completists' (Read: People who like to have all the info, which in WW games, is quite a bit) into purchasing really really creepy picture-filled texts.
*nods* Right... Freak Legion, it was called. It doesn't have much to do with "RPorn," though; actually, it's rather disgusting! :eek:
Anyway, between the Book of the Wyrm and the Werewolf core rulebook, you have more than enough material to use for fomori. Unless you want to make them player characters - which I wouldn't even recommend with Freak Legion! :eek:

Bad enough one of the novels had some guy leak every body fluid you can imagine to make a spell (And even had to use some human woman to get some WEREWOLF's fluids for him.. don't ask how she transported it, or got ahold of it for that matter... BLECH).

What scares me, the same book suggested there was -worse- stuff, which I really can't comprehend, used in that potion.
I don't know that novel; sorry... :) Sounds icky, though! :eek:

...Wait.. they're putting extremely useful info that could help the game in general into a Black Dog book? Is there an alternative source for this detailed economy system?
Yeah, in an Exalted book that will come out sometime next year - and putting "extremely useful info" into a Black Dog book is a first for them in, like, 12 years come next year (trust me, I know - I have about all Black Dog books ever published ;)).
Also, not too many people will bother with using this detailed system anyway, I guess (I will probably use it, though, and I would have preferred it to be published earlier).

See my point yet?
Actually, no. ;)
Sorry; there's not much WW stuff out there that I don't own (except for Wraith, Changeling and Trinity) - and I just don't see it. :) (Maybe I misunderstood just what your point is, though... :o)
 

Benben said:


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Most Black Dog books are too tawdry for their own good ...
Yeah... But not because of the boobies (like Incenjuncar might think...?), neh? :p Instead, they are often quite icky (gore, insects, etc.)... :eek:
 

Darkness said:
Huh? Sorry, you lost me there... Why do you mention the MM now? I was talking about White Wolf! :p And they have boobies in a few of their books...

*nods* Right... Freak Legion, it was called. It doesn't have much to do with "RPorn," though; actually, it's rather disgusting! :eek:
Anyway, between the Book of the Wyrm and the Werewolf core rulebook, you have more than enough material to use for fomori. Unless you want to make them player characters - which I wouldn't even recommend with Freak Legion! :eek:

I don't know that novel; sorry... :) Sounds icky, though! :eek:

Yeah, in an Exalted book that will come out sometime next year - and putting "extremely useful info" into a Black Dog book is a first for them in, like, 12 years come next year (trust me, I know - I have about all Black Dog books ever published ;)).
Also, not too many people will bother with using this detailed system anyway, I guess (I will probably use it, though, and I would have preferred it to be published earlier).

Actually, no. ;)
Sorry; there's not much WW stuff out there that I don't own (except for Wraith, Changeling and Trinity) - and I just don't see it. :) (Maybe I misunderstood just what your point is, though... :o)

My point was that D&D already has 'boobies', and it's not a big deal. It already has freaky-deaky reproductive habits, and its not a big deal. It already has gore, and its not a big deal, why should combining these and saying 'no kids allowed' be a big deal? And with Freak Legion, yes, it was disgusting, so is BDSM, so is Beastiality, so is disembowelment, so are walking dead people that eat you alive, frogs that pop out of you after using you as a womb, evil old ladies who take over your body, dragons fornicating with anything that walks, etc etc etc. Big flipping deal. Sure, you have more than enough info, you have more than enough info with the core book, that's not really the point. It's the equivalant of shoving sex scenes into 'Elves Handbook, 3rd edition' or something. Its there for shock value, hence, why its for big people only, even though otherwise, the book would be useful for -most- people. But not everyone wants to see the pics, and not everyone is old enough to purchase it. While the Tome of Vile Darkness is specifically for -vile- and -dark- things. Most that's in there (Though the stats for the demons should have been for everyone.. that isn't fair either...) is only really useful to people who -do this stuff anyway-. You need to have the followers of the Wyrm for White Wolf games, you need elves for D&D (in theory, of course), however, you throw "Adults Only" on something, and you cut out a number of gamers, adult or otherwise.

How many people need "Vile" and "Dark" villians, on the other hand? Only people who think of this stuff on their own.

The Novel is of the Werewolf series for White Wolf. Not sure which one, but it was just part of the usual series they have.

Anyhow, my point is this (Which you've obviously missed, since you -have- adults only material anyhow, and have fairly little reason to argue with my 'who cares if there's D&D for adults' position). There's no reason WotC shouldn't put this book out. It's hardly needed by everyone, it's not going to make any DMs sigh in exasperation because they can't get ahold of it until they move out of the house and finish high school. White Wolf has done it, worse, and sometimes without warning, and not caught any flack worth mentioning. Alarmists need to calm down, wait, and if they're bold enough, look through the book before they form opinions. The worst that can happen is you don't bother purchasing the product, and you ignore the occassional post regarding using its content. I have a very limited selection of D&D materials (only one of the class books, and my only non-WotC item is the Ravenloft book, which I purchased out of sheer curiosity), which leaves me out of MANY conversations. I live with it.
 

Monte At Home said:
I'm pretty used to the heat of the flames on this board regarding a book no one here has yet read, but could someone please explain why being a member of Bothered About Disposable Dragons is now also a crime?

Someone might be able to, but it wouldn't be me. It gave me a chuckle, though.
 

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