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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mythtify" data-source="post: 1121966" data-attributes="member: 4331">In light of the new quality standards set by Wizards, I found this portion of an interview intersting. The interview is about the d20 modren Mence Manual. I know that any WotC product is not bound by the quality standards. Even so, WotC's products can be seen as a benchmark. Heres the part of the interview:Wizards: The question you knew you'd be asked: Al-Jambiya, one of the factions described in chapter three, is defined as "a terrorist organization modeled roughly on Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, though considerably smaller, and with a more aggressive agenda. It is the intent of al-Jambiya's leaders to torture and murder one U.S. citizen for every Muslim killed or injured by the actions of the United States." Roleplaying games are often cutting edge, so this organization may come as no particular shock to players. But did you have any trepidation in preparing the background and statistics of this particular faction? JD: In a word, yes. There's so much anti-Muslim hysteria in the United States these days that I knew I was walking a fine line -- which should actually be a very broad line -- between condemning terrorism and stereotyping Muslims. Writing up this group was not easy; I tried several different angles, but eventually I realized that the only way to present this group was as decidedly nontypical Muslims, just as religion-fixated serial killers in the West are decidedly not typical of Christians. The members of al-Jambiya aren't really Muslims at all; they're vicious killers using Islam as an excuse to indulge themselves in their sick crimes. The thing that really made writing this difficult was knowing that there are some people out there who can't see a difference between the fictional bloodthirsty psychotics in this book and the average Muslim. And, worse yet, that there are people out there who will decide that my assertion that there is a difference makes me "pro-terrorism." the entire interview is here: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/article/20030909a" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/article/20030909a</a> If WotC is going to associate such contriversal subject matter with a real world religion, does this free other to push the envelope in reguards to the quality standards?</blockquote>

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