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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9282102" data-attributes="member: 7808">After a cursory read through of Those Pesky Orcz, here’s what I would like to call the “Worst of the Worst”.  Some of the videos that people have shared cover some of these points, but I have a few to add.  Trigger warnings: Racism, sexism, SA, murder, transphobia, and probably a few things I’m forgetting.I’m not going to waste time complaining about all the blatant editing errors, image snafus, typos, and other basic problems.  Just assume that the book is written at the same basic level that we’ve seen from Lanasa and Dave Johnson.  I will call out one particularly egregious error, where they still used the name “TSR Con” and the old web address for the FB page in their advertisement.[ATTACH=full]349790[/ATTACH]Moving onto the real meat, let’s start by noting the references to real people.  The book is written by Justin Lanasa and Dave Johnson, edited by Jeff Leason and Mick McArt, and approved (and foreword written) by Ernie Gygax.The Gygax name is referenced – “Pivot Points” are from Ernie and Benoist Poire.[ATTACH=full]349791[/ATTACH]“Tensor” is also name dropped.  And Lanasa names a ring, a magic key, and a spell after himself.[ATTACH=full]349792[/ATTACH][USER=7036217]@Jedion357[/USER] a.k.a. Table Top Taproom also gets called out by Dave Johnson.  That's his last name spelled backwards.  After this, he loses an eye and a hand and leads the “One-handed Left Eye Army”.[ATTACH=full]349793[/ATTACH]Also, let’s get this out of the way: The new company logo features lightning bolts that look a bit like SS.  The book suspiciously has 88 pages.  Are these coincidences?  I don’t think so, but I can’t prove they’re not.  Furthermore, it’s clear the book is not family friendly.  There are way too many references to “breeding”, urine, feces, prostitution, and other adult themes.  That’s not a sin by itself, but it's marketed as a game "that the whole family can enjoy”, which just isn’t appropriate.The most recurring problematic content in the book is rampant discrimination against women.  To start, the game outright says that women are the lowest caste of orc.[SPOILER="Anti-inclusive content"][ATTACH=full]349794[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]349795[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]Also, it’s worth noting that in the adventure module, all the shopkeepers and innkeepers are male, most of them named, but their spouses are simple noted as their “wives”.  And then there’s all of this.  Presented without comment.[SPOILER="Anti-inclusive content, SA, slavery"][ATTACH=full]349796[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]349797[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]349798[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]349799[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]The game adds unnecessary sexist and homophobic content in their random “Nightly Visitors” table.[SPOILER="Anti-inclusive content"][ATTACH=full]349800[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]349801[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]They got in at least one anti-trans jab.[SPOILER="Anti-inclusive content - Anti-trans"]Referring to a sex change as a punishment one may "suffer".[ATTACH=full]349804[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]And there's some racism.[SPOILER="Anti-inclusive content - Racism"]They refer to half-orcs as "unholy mongrels"[ATTACH=full]349802[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]To end on a lighter note, I will also mention that this book contains the worst riddle I have ever seen in a published module.[ATTACH=full]349803[/ATTACH]So, there you have it.  I'm sure there's more that I've missed.  But that's all I can handle in one sitting.In conclusion: Shame.Shame on you, Justin Lanasa.Shame on you, Dave Johnson.Shame on you, Mick McArt.Shame on you, Ernie Gygax.Shame on you, Jeff Leason.Shame.</blockquote>

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