“I have been accused of being a nasty old sexist-male-Chauvinist-pig, for the wording in D&D isn’t what it should be. There should be more emphasis on the female role, more non-gendered names, and so forth. I thought perhaps these folks were right and considered adding women in the ‘Raping and Pillaging[’] section, in the ‘Whores and Tavern Wenches’ chapter, the special magical part dealing with ‘Hags and Crones’, and thought perhaps of adding an appendix on ‘Medieval Harems, Slave Girls, and Going Viking’. Damn right I am sexist. It doesn’t matter to me if women get paid as much as men, get jobs traditionally male, and shower in the men’s locker room. They can jolly well stay away from wargaming in droves for all I care. I’ve seen many a good wargame and wargamer spoiled thanks to the fair sex. I’ll detail that if anyone wishes.”
Specifically how in early 2000’s on online forum in Q&A thread someone asked him if Paladin should fall for killing Kobold children, and he replied no because “nits make lice”, which is the exact same words John Chivington used to try to weasel his way out of being court-martialled for mass murder of Native American women and children.
Woooooah what? Is that true? I knew about the horrible misogyny shit he said but that is a VERY specific phrase to use related to genocide and ethnic cleansing. Holy shit I feel really uncomfortable all of a sudden.
Okay but it’s fantasy, I guess I don’t know enough about dnd lore but that doesn’t feel like it’s that crazy to me as a fantasy setting rule or something…
I mean… Gnolls are evil. Basically all fiends are evil. Having evil races where killing them is almost always morally correct is not a problem in itself. The problem is making it so that some races are inherently evil without actually explaining why. All my examples have some kind of cosmic evil embedded in their nature. But that’s not gonna be the norm. If all your evil races and all your good races are so by nature without any way of changing that, it’s bad writing and bears the risk of implying that people are created either good or evil.
And as far as I can remember, that kind of explanation never existed for Orcs or Kobolds. They were evil by nature without explanation.
What are some examples of those stance? I’ve not heard of anything particularly negative about him
From D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax was Sexist. Talking About it is Key to Preserving his Legacy.
Oof
Almost guarantee it wasn’t the women who ruined those games but the men being unable to control themselves
Uh, I think you mean ‘tempting men’. What kind of profoundly thirsty slut wears a parka like that indoors, huh? And so close to puberty!
There’s a rant from him somewhere about women running the hobby by… existing or something
The common example is how entire races are “evil” like goblins and orcs.
Specifically how in early 2000’s on online forum in Q&A thread someone asked him if Paladin should fall for killing Kobold children, and he replied no because “nits make lice”, which is the exact same words John Chivington used to try to weasel his way out of being court-martialled for mass murder of Native American women and children.
Woooooah what? Is that true? I knew about the horrible misogyny shit he said but that is a VERY specific phrase to use related to genocide and ethnic cleansing. Holy shit I feel really uncomfortable all of a sudden.
It is true. I found it Here
Okay but it’s fantasy, I guess I don’t know enough about dnd lore but that doesn’t feel like it’s that crazy to me as a fantasy setting rule or something…
You can just play a bad guy. In a group of them, even. It’s fine. Fun even, if the group’s up to it.
The fucked part is doing it then pretending you’re not.
I mean… Gnolls are evil. Basically all fiends are evil. Having evil races where killing them is almost always morally correct is not a problem in itself. The problem is making it so that some races are inherently evil without actually explaining why. All my examples have some kind of cosmic evil embedded in their nature. But that’s not gonna be the norm. If all your evil races and all your good races are so by nature without any way of changing that, it’s bad writing and bears the risk of implying that people are created either good or evil.
And as far as I can remember, that kind of explanation never existed for Orcs or Kobolds. They were evil by nature without explanation.
https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11762&start=77
That was a surprisingly disturbing read…