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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 8944462" data-attributes="member: 9053">In looking at this issue, I remember when this book came out. I cringed at the artwork at that time, but I have never liked that artist outside of Paranoia. It really is a relic of the time and I get that the intention was to be a parody. I get that people aren't happy with it and can understand it, but this is a symptom of having things always in print with PDFs. If there were no PDF way to get it, the book would be pretty much lost to time.I seriously doubt that WotC will ever recreate Mystara to the level that exists in the past: they haven't done this with much more popular product lines.If I had to suggest, I'd say keep the book with the guidelines, but also open it up for someone to officially re-do as part of the DMsGuild. I think you could find people to re-do all of the Mystara line of products. Somewhere I even have a 5E Mystara book around that seemed solid. That way you can have both the original book and an edited one.Even though I really get where people are coming from on this issue, I think it's a great example of the "Heckler's Veto". I don't know how many people even know this, but there are groups that edit books, movies, and videos to remove content that they find objectionable. Sort of to make them "kid friendly" from their perspective. Most of the time those people get roasted for that. I see this in those same light, along with the recent Roald Dahl controversy. It's not like this book is even in the same league as James and the Giant Peach, but the idea of replacing content is something abhorrent to me.Those are my thoughts in any case. More stream of consciousness than normal, but there you go.</blockquote>

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