Survival Is Working Together

In preparation for tonight I am officially declaring myself as #TeamAmetharNeedsToDie.

This seemed fun.

1. Fully down.

2. I have done the lovemaking check but that’s only because the table was all good good friends who I knew would be okay with it.

3. I’m doing a Shakespeare campaign currently so honest to god mandatory.

4. Very frequently.

5. Playing a different gender is totally fine. Playing a different ethnicity is too, although I do I think about it with a bit more hesitation than with playing a different gender. I trust my players to not make ethnicity a joke, and mostly leave it at that.

6. I admit I need to do this more. I don’t mention race when I introduce characters, but there is an unspoken screenwriting rule that if you don’t explicitly state the race of a character, a casting director will assume that they’re white. The same kind of goes for DnD, and I don’t want my worlds to be only white people.

7. I wouldn’t.

8. I haven’t covered physical disabilities beyond pirate hook hands and what not, so I honestly don’t know. Casually I hope.

9. I really don’t.

10. Sexual assault and racism. Fantasy racism is the most tiring idea in the world to me. Political conflicts are fine. Cultural and national prejudices I get. I incorporated racism once and immediately regretted it. Unless the campaign is specifically about racism, I can’t abide it.

Asking Uncomfortable Questions...

So what you’re about to read does contain conversations about certain topics which could be seen as very sensitive to you, the Reader. 

If you feel uncomfortable by anything presented here, I apologise in advance and ask that you click away from this Post and stop reading it entirely.

With that, I shall begin, and I hope that the replies, reblogs, and comments can help out. 

I know this Post is gonna deal with some REALLY AWKWARD topics for some people, but no one seems to seriously talk about them and so no one is seems to be properly informed.

So I want to ask some Questions to the Community and get a general response on how people react.

How do you feel about flirting with your Players as a way to Roleplay?

Do you prefer the “Fade to Black” approach or “Roll a Lovemaking Check” approach to sex in your D&D Game?

What do you feel about LGBTQ+ Representation in your Game? 

How often do you feature LGBTQ+ Characters in your Game, if at all?

What’s your Opinion on a Player wanting to play a Character of a different Gender or Ethnicity than themselves (such as a Male Player wanting to play a Female Character, or a White Player wanting to play a Black Character)?

How often do you feature Characters of varying cultures and ethnicity in your Game, if at all?

How would you represent mental illness and mental disability in your Game?

How would you represent a physical disability in your Game?

How often do you feature Characters with a Mental or Physical Disability in your Game, if at all?

What Topics in your Game do you consider an absolute “No Go” no matter what?

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Saw this on the Twitter and thought I would like to share.

If you’re upset about Zac confirming Gorgug straight by this because you want mlm rep in the show a couple things to note:

Zac is not mlm. Do you really want a straight man playing a mlm character, if that was not his first instinct? It would have been manufactured and inauthentic. 

If you are claiming it’s because you want mlm rep in a popular show, why don’t you support shows that have actual mlm players, instead of hoping a straight man will play as mlm? Maybe the reason why mlm aren’t in popular D&D actual play shows is because fans don’t try to support D&D actual play shows that already exist and portray them?

Why are you begging at the feet of straight people for representation when lgbt creators are already putting themselves out there, waiting to be discovered?

Someone in my campaign is playing a fairy who just really wants to make some love chaos, so this is my first shot at a homebrew subclass, based on a separate homebrew also found on line. If you believe in love here is the domain of wild love:

DnD item

A Foolish Wit

- A toy clown on a string. After writing the name of an npc on the clowns back, burn the clown to drop their wisdom to 2(-4) for the next 24 hours.

Horny friends

all the tips I found for drawing a fantasy map are like :) “here’s a strategy to draw the land masses! here’s how to plot islands!” :) and that’s wonderful and I love them all but ??? how? do y'all decide where to put cities/mountains/forests/towns I have my map and my land but I’m throwing darts to decide where the Main Citadel where the Action Takes Place is

DnD item (?)

Damned Spot

- The mark of a murderer. Appears dark and red while in the presence of other murderers.