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You can’t invade an abandoned space
Reacting to review comments on Pathfinder 2nd edition
“It’s politically correct”
“Woke BS”
Plenty of people commenting this on there. But the truth is the leftist leanings in entertainment are your fault. At least to some extent anyway.
You abandoned comics, and games as you grew up. When you decided to come back to your old favorites. You found out that Woke folks took it over.
How many of you took the time to develop creative writing skills? Someone with those talents wouldn’t care. They’d either rework the lore a bit for a homebrew or make their own ttrpg. But that takes time, and effort. Something you didn’t want to do.
You could’ve also supported alternatives or looked for like-minded communities.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sympathetic to your outrage. I wrote a response to Jacobin about it.
But you can’t complain about it, and expect change. Will you support lesser known projects, and creators? Will you make your own? I’ll help you find what your looking for.
Just follow my blog, and buy my e-book when I finally publish it. As a way of thanking me in the future. I discuss crypto, independent wrestling, lucha, and politics here.
Comics:
These will most likely be more your style. Fits with your preferences. I’m definitely sure of that.
TTRPG:
Lamentations of the flame princess
This blog for you truly old school DND RW bros
All of these would most likely appeal to people with moderate or right wing ideals. It’s out there for you to enjoy. You just choose not to get involved with it.
I plan on writing my own short story & campaign setting that could fit into any game. Will I try to appeal to as many people as possible? Yes. Am I going to pander to score social points? No.
The simple truth is culture, and entertainment is the way it is. Because there wasn’t any resistance to change. But change isn’t necessarily bad either. It depends.
Jacobin is right about DND
Capitalism did destroy the tabletop hobby in an effort to bring more people in. Wizards of the coast alienated their core fanbase in order to attract casual players. The kind of people that once mocked, and bullied tabletop hobbyists.
The Pathfinder franchise owes it’s entire existence to this change in direction. The OSR ttrpg community wouldn’t exist without it either. But this was bound to happen anyway.
Once a form of entertainment gets too popular. It begins to dilute, and change form. The presence of profit only accelerates this. Some say that the core fans should just get over it, and adapt.
But for many people these hobbies were the only source of community they had. Because they were pushed out of everything else or simply didn’t fit in anywhere else. No one wants to acknowledge a simple truth.
Gaming got gentrified by normal, and popular people. The last refuge of the nerd was stripped away. Capitalism pushes for cultural homogenization.
There is no diversity of culture in a capitalist society. The nerd has every right to be upset that their community is gone. Socialism also enforces it’s own cultural homogeneity. Depending on what form it takes. Some brands of socialism are better than others.
Cultural appropriation, gentrification, and the stripping away of uniqueness is an integral part of liberal capitalism. You can’t retain cultural uniqueness in a universalist for profit system.
Decisions have to be made.
Raspork’s human BBQ show
On tonight’s episode of Raspork’s human BBQ show. We’ll be making Pulled Human! The meat for today’s delicious meal comes from the Green Tea Tavern. I’ve got a special connection with a half-orc lady in their kitchen!
The pot has been lined with sliced onions. I’ll be rubbing the human butt with seasoning, and placing it in the pot. Human butt is a very cheap, and easy cut of meat to transport. Plenty of Half-orcs, and goblins in the cooking field will be able to sell it to you!
The last, and most important part is pouring two bottles of honey mead into the pot. After four or five hours the meat should fall right off the hip. After that you can place the sweet meat between two buns, and sit down to enjoy the sweet taste of humanity.
A truly delicious species that we were blessed with encountering. But remember folks! Never let your human friends find out about this delicacy. Otherwise they’ll have to go missing too.
Thanks for watching!
Vampire the Masquerade solo RPG?
Has anyone ever made their own homebrew dungeon crawl with this game? It seems like it’d be interesting. You could be a Nosferatu sneaking in & out of a hospital. A Gangrel trying to break out of prison.
So many options.
Baron thoughts 