No, it isn't. Bugbears and Mindflayers are. A red dragon, something that has existed for literal thousands of years, isn't iconic to D&D even in the most remote way.VoiceOfReasonPast wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:11 pmThe term is iconic to the greater autism that is D&D's dragon taxonomy
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A red dragon in isolation is nothing to worry about. But when your game happens to group it with blue (lightning), green (acid), black (more acid), white (ice), brass (fire & gas), bronze (lightning & gas), copper (acid & gas), gold (fire & gas) and silver (ice & gas), people are starting to grow suspicious.
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No, not really. Colour-coded elemental dragons is just about the most 08/15 fantasy trope.
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Now take a guess where that particular trope comes from.
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Ancient Chinese mythology, you dweeb. That's not a guess, it's a statement.
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Those are imperial dragons in D&D terms. Totally different thing from the other dragons.
And you think Gygax and gang were educated in Asian mythology? Dude pieced together the OG Monk class from an eyewitness report of David Carradine's character in Kung Fu.
And you think Gygax and gang were educated in Asian mythology? Dude pieced together the OG Monk class from an eyewitness report of David Carradine's character in Kung Fu.
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That doesn't make the first thing anyone comes up with for a high fantasy setting original. Next you'll tell me that reanimated skellingtons are OC dunotsteel as well.
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Not unless we're talking about wizard skellyman who keep respawning until you break their soul pokeball.
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Just some Kickstarter thing I found funny: Survival of the Able (Back From The Dead) (aka Cripples of the Dead).
>Play a disabled character who lives in Medieval Europe during the time of the Black Plague
Oddly specific but, sure, that's how you roll if you do a Powered by the Apoca... wait, it uses Fudge (more on that in a bit)?!
>Encounter challenges such as disease, zombies, burning buildings, terrible weather, fatigue, and stress
One of these is not like the other...
>Experience discrimination based on your disability, fear that you might have the plague, or both
You'd think those bigots would have higher priorities when the Black Death also causes the dead to rise, but I digress.
And you might think the GM will have the fun job to throw slurs around, but I can guarantee you this uses the typical wishy-washy approach of "... and then this white guy says something really offensive".
>Overcome incredible challenges against all odds and despite your disability, as able-bodied people around you panic and fall victim to the zombies
I'm sure that the blind and crippled will thrive in the zombie apocalypse were the able-bodied didn't.
>Try to avoid a fate worse than death--turning into a zombie and eating your friends.
How dangerous can you even be to your friends if you can't see shit and/or walk?
Now, in it's defense, I think this is some legit passion project instead of a cheap diversity cashgrab (which explains why it only made like a grand over its original goal).
Why do I think that? Because it uses some variant of Fudge. I didn't even know people still make Fudge games. They've basically all been replaced with Evil Hat Production's Fate over a decade ago - and even Fate has become irrelevant in Current Year, as those Evil Hat guys themselves have largely sidelined it in favor of their new in-house darling Blades in the Dark and lots of Apocalypseshit (like everyone's favorite Promiscuous Cutlass Dykes).
The art is also not typical for a cashgrab. Just some dreary art pieces featuring a blind chick and some guy messed-up by scurvy. If this was a true cashgrab there would've been prominent pastel-colored tumblr art of a fat black chick in a wheelchair running over zombies.
>Play a disabled character who lives in Medieval Europe during the time of the Black Plague
Oddly specific but, sure, that's how you roll if you do a Powered by the Apoca... wait, it uses Fudge (more on that in a bit)?!
>Encounter challenges such as disease, zombies, burning buildings, terrible weather, fatigue, and stress
One of these is not like the other...
>Experience discrimination based on your disability, fear that you might have the plague, or both
You'd think those bigots would have higher priorities when the Black Death also causes the dead to rise, but I digress.
And you might think the GM will have the fun job to throw slurs around, but I can guarantee you this uses the typical wishy-washy approach of "... and then this white guy says something really offensive".
>Overcome incredible challenges against all odds and despite your disability, as able-bodied people around you panic and fall victim to the zombies
I'm sure that the blind and crippled will thrive in the zombie apocalypse were the able-bodied didn't.
>Try to avoid a fate worse than death--turning into a zombie and eating your friends.
How dangerous can you even be to your friends if you can't see shit and/or walk?
Now, in it's defense, I think this is some legit passion project instead of a cheap diversity cashgrab (which explains why it only made like a grand over its original goal).
Why do I think that? Because it uses some variant of Fudge. I didn't even know people still make Fudge games. They've basically all been replaced with Evil Hat Production's Fate over a decade ago - and even Fate has become irrelevant in Current Year, as those Evil Hat guys themselves have largely sidelined it in favor of their new in-house darling Blades in the Dark and lots of Apocalypseshit (like everyone's favorite Promiscuous Cutlass Dykes).
The art is also not typical for a cashgrab. Just some dreary art pieces featuring a blind chick and some guy messed-up by scurvy. If this was a true cashgrab there would've been prominent pastel-colored tumblr art of a fat black chick in a wheelchair running over zombies.
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So DHI is a game studio now? :3
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