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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8069967" data-attributes="member: 18182">Do you use a wheelchair in real life with any regularity? If you do, and this still doesn't appeal to you . . . that's fine of course.But if you don't (heck, even if you do) . . . . don't rain on the parade of those who find this idea empowering.These minis cost money to purchase, sure . . . but to dismiss with "Hail Capitalism!" and assume the artists are trying to drum up controversy as a marketing tool . . . . wow, dude. Cynical much? Especially as these minis are based on as set of rules made available 100% for free . . . .You might be surprised to hear it, but there are lots of folks with disabilities that, 1) feel invisible in modern society, including the D&D hobby, and 2) aren't interested in playing out fantasies of NOT being disabled, but rather are interested in playing characters closer to their identity. Being disabled is something you can be born with, it's something that can happen to you . . . but for many disabled folks, it's as much a part of their personal identity as ethnicity, gender, orientation, and politics.There is NOTHING not awesome about this. It isn't a cynical cash grab trying to play on the sympathies of the disabled and so-called SJWs, and it isn't some crazy game-breaking item that breaks the genre or suspension of disbelief. I am blown away by the folks being negative about this here on this thread and out in social media land . . . .</blockquote>

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