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<blockquote data-quote="imagineGod" data-source="post: 7977406" data-attributes="member: 32454"><p>So here I am on the sidelines watching a battle of words by combatants with tunnel vision. All this talk of the Medieval influence or even the European Renaissance influence on role playing games and yet very few wish to discuss the obviously anthropomorphic role playing game <strong>Historia for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition</strong>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manaprojectstudio/historia-dark-fantasy-renaissance-setting-for-5e" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]121540[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>So many comments about cultural appropriating or mis-appropriation, and yet few detailed reflections on why in Historia the RPG, the dogs and cats are dressed in human garb.</p><p></p><p><em>Would those dogs and cats have evolved their fashions along similar lines if their evolution brought them to sentience the same way ours has?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Are human-styled fashions and armor practical for such bi-pedal canines and felines both?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Are the power dynamics between the species balanced, or is their stereotyping at play?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Will these depictions offend dog lovers or cat lovers, or is it even cruel to dress animals in human guise? Is it dog-face or cat-face cosplay?</em></p><p></p><p>Seriously, most comments on this thread seem stuck in the quagmire of entrenched trench warfare firing off salvo after salvo of artillery shells, hoping to route the enemy, but, instead just catching innocent bystanders who look upon the carnage and wonder why the hobby has become so steeped in vitriol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imagineGod, post: 7977406, member: 32454"] So here I am on the sidelines watching a battle of words by combatants with tunnel vision. All this talk of the Medieval influence or even the European Renaissance influence on role playing games and yet very few wish to discuss the obviously anthropomorphic role playing game [B]Historia for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition[/B]. [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manaprojectstudio/historia-dark-fantasy-renaissance-setting-for-5e'][ATTACH type="full" alt="art_historia_dnd5e_rpg_dog_priest_vs_cat_thief.png"]121540[/ATTACH][/URL] So many comments about cultural appropriating or mis-appropriation, and yet few detailed reflections on why in Historia the RPG, the dogs and cats are dressed in human garb. [I]Would those dogs and cats have evolved their fashions along similar lines if their evolution brought them to sentience the same way ours has? Are human-styled fashions and armor practical for such bi-pedal canines and felines both? Are the power dynamics between the species balanced, or is their stereotyping at play? Will these depictions offend dog lovers or cat lovers, or is it even cruel to dress animals in human guise? Is it dog-face or cat-face cosplay?[/I] Seriously, most comments on this thread seem stuck in the quagmire of entrenched trench warfare firing off salvo after salvo of artillery shells, hoping to route the enemy, but, instead just catching innocent bystanders who look upon the carnage and wonder why the hobby has become so steeped in vitriol. [/QUOTE]
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