The unspeakable horrors beyond human comprehension.
@newt
I thought all figures had missing limbs after a week.
This is seriously retarded beyond reason.
@LukeAlmighty is this more retarded than wheelchair-accessible dungeons in D&D?
> wheelchair-accessible dungeons in D&D
Say what, now?
Say what, now?
@corfiot @LukeAlmighty couple of years ago WotC released a few modules for D&D 5 with "wheelchair-accessible dungeons". I.e. your character could be bound to a chair and still walk through them.
I literally have no idea how, why, and for whom. Don't ask.
https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/12/22225381/dungeons-dragons-candlekeep-mysteries-wheelchair-accessible
I literally have no idea how, why, and for whom. Don't ask.
https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/12/22225381/dungeons-dragons-candlekeep-mysteries-wheelchair-accessible
@newt @LukeAlmighty @corfiot It's not for the cripples, it's for the people who want to roleplay cripples.
@7 @LukeAlmighty @corfiot i mean, duh..
The thing that makes it weird is that it is so explicit. In the years before, nobody has even considered that you would need to design an adventure specifically for a crippled character. If your character was somehow crippled during the game, nobody would think it as a problem and just stop playing lol
The thing that makes it weird is that it is so explicit. In the years before, nobody has even considered that you would need to design an adventure specifically for a crippled character. If your character was somehow crippled during the game, nobody would think it as a problem and just stop playing lol
What is the point of role playing a cripple if you can do anything a non-cripple can do? The whole idea is to hamper yourself so you get a different experience, like playing games on hardcore. People apparently want to virtue signal to themselves, so they don't forget how progressive they are.
I can hear it now: "These non-accessible dungeons are cripple genocide!"
I can hear it now: "These non-accessible dungeons are cripple genocide!"
@corfiot @7 @LukeAlmighty do you know how there are deaf people who refuse cochlear implants because this would exclude them from the deaf culture? Probably same thing.
I sort of understand why this might work IRL, but in fantasy or sci-fi worlds where there is all kinds of magic, including character resurrection, golems, androids, nanobots, and what not, disability just screams intent on the part of the writer. And while it might be interesting if disability made for an interesting character trait -- imagine a mage who wouldn't have his eyes healed because he can "see" the world around him through magic or a cleric of a blind god who blinded himself as a part of his cult initiation -- disability just for the sake of disability ruins all immersion and fun.
I sort of understand why this might work IRL, but in fantasy or sci-fi worlds where there is all kinds of magic, including character resurrection, golems, androids, nanobots, and what not, disability just screams intent on the part of the writer. And while it might be interesting if disability made for an interesting character trait -- imagine a mage who wouldn't have his eyes healed because he can "see" the world around him through magic or a cleric of a blind god who blinded himself as a part of his cult initiation -- disability just for the sake of disability ruins all immersion and fun.
For one, in my beloved Pathfinder: Kingmaker, one of the characters blinds himself at some point of the game depending on the player's choices and alignment. And this really does make sense from the plot point of view. Of course, he receives all penalties associated from this act (but funny enough, he still has better Perception than the stupid paladin chick because she's just a total retard and her INT is lower than that of a goblin, I kid you not).
Now, I glanced through those modules quickly, and there is literally nothing in them that would make it interesting to play a character in a wheelchair. You can do it, of course. But there is just no reason to.