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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8024846" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>But not all tropes are worth saving.</p><p></p><p>Let us take the "Damsel in Distress". Classic trope, the big brutish monster has kidnapped the beautiful and fair princess to be his bride, and she will marry one of you if you go and rescue her. </p><p></p><p>Is this trope really worth keeping around? Does it truly give us anything of value?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, why bother including versions of orcs that no longer exist or are not DnD? </p><p></p><p>Tolkien's orcs were corrupted elves, a player might find that cool, but A) Tolkien's estate won't let DnD print that and B) It doesn't do you any good to know that if the DM is running a world where that isn't true. </p><p></p><p>Also, what does it help for them to know that orcs were inspired by ogres, but now they are separate things? I think you could really just cut that down to guidance on incorporating them. Because if I want to know the mythical history of orcs in folktale dating back to the greeks or beyond... I'll get a textbook written on the subject which will be much better researched and referenced that what a gaming company would be capable of doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8024846, member: 6801228"] But not all tropes are worth saving. Let us take the "Damsel in Distress". Classic trope, the big brutish monster has kidnapped the beautiful and fair princess to be his bride, and she will marry one of you if you go and rescue her. Is this trope really worth keeping around? Does it truly give us anything of value? Yeah, why bother including versions of orcs that no longer exist or are not DnD? Tolkien's orcs were corrupted elves, a player might find that cool, but A) Tolkien's estate won't let DnD print that and B) It doesn't do you any good to know that if the DM is running a world where that isn't true. Also, what does it help for them to know that orcs were inspired by ogres, but now they are separate things? I think you could really just cut that down to guidance on incorporating them. Because if I want to know the mythical history of orcs in folktale dating back to the greeks or beyond... I'll get a textbook written on the subject which will be much better researched and referenced that what a gaming company would be capable of doing. [/QUOTE]
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