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DO PEOPLE INSIST ON ADDING DETAILS TO ROLEPLAYING SETTINGS THAT UNDERMINE THE ESSENTIAL REALISM OF PEOPLE FIGHTING DRAGONS BY THINKING HARSH THOUGHTS SO ENERGETICALLY LITERAL FIRE SHOOTS OUT OF THE CHARACTERS' FINGERTIPS?

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From:

catbear

Reckon there's some kind of delight to be had in tormenting those fragile little minds unaccustomed to venturing outside the safe confines of the patriarchal white supremacist society they were raised in. Maybe?

Edited Date: 2020-08-21 03:58 pm (UTC)

From:

theresawright

Everyone knows SJWs didn't invent non-cis non-straight non-white non-male people until the 1980s.

From:

dragoness_e

So this is either about non-white characters in fantasy pseudo-medieval pseudo-Europe, or a certain hugely popular fantasy MMORPG that appears to have the sun both rise and set in the north. I admit to being the person who bitched about the latter.

From:

rydra_wong

Is this about the combat wheelchair, or has there been a new kerfuffle since?

If it's about the combat wheelchair, I'm going to leave the link here for anyone who wishes to admire or add it to their own games:

https://twitter.com/mustangsart/status/1291836011438366723

From: (Anonymous)

FOOLS! THE ESSENTIAL REALISM OF ROLEPLAYING WAS ALREADY FOREVER COMPROMISED WHEN THEY INSISTED ON ABANDONING THE PERFECT AND FLAWLESS MECHANIC OF PERCENTILE STRENGTH!

Riderius

From:

thatdawnperson

I too lose immersion in settings that take seriously armours that focus blows into the sternum or leave huge swaths of flesh utterly without protection.