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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. NRG" data-source="post: 837929" data-attributes="member: 7697">If and only if there are enough people offended by its inclusion in the "regular" material to justify removing it.  Also, if and only if there is enough of a market for "vile" to support a product line.I'll draw an analogy.  If I am offended by the concept of, say, summoning extra-planar beings (for whatever reason - it need not be relevant), should WoTC make a new line of products that include all of the information about extra-planar summoning and remove anything related from subsequent releases of their core books?  After all, I am a consumer of their products, and I am offended by the inclusion of this material, right?  The answer is clearly no, they should not modify their products this way.  It bears consideration why the answer is no.What I fear here is an attempt to remove a piece of the gaming environment, segregating it into a separate line.  I believe the market is pretty small as is, and producing a line of products that will appeal only to an even smaller sub-segment has proven (historically) usually to be a bad idea for a large one-size-fits-all company -- thus the d20 licensing agreement.  If both of the conditions above (enough people offended, enough support for a product line) are not met, I would argue that the content should continue to be included in Dragon, Dungeon, and whatever other products WoTC thinks are appropriate.  People can (and will) bitch if this happens.  That said, people can (and will) bitch anyway.  Some people may choose not to subscribe to the magazines if vile content is included.  That said, people can and will choose not to subscribe if it's not included, too.  The issue for WoTC is a practical one, not a moral one.  Which path will, in the end, bring them more money?  Find the answer to that question and you can guess what they're going to do next.NRG</blockquote>

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