ambulatory wheel chair user
Translation: I’m so fat I can’t walk, but I am not paralyzed
> ambulatory wheel chair user
Translation: I’m so fat I can’t walk, but I am not paralyzed
>With the recent announcement of a new book, Candlekeep Mysteries, Wizards of the Coast promises to bring 17 new adventures from a swath of talented designers to your tabletop. At least one of those adventures will feature wheelchair-accessibility, according to a recent report from Polygon, who spoke with Jennifer Kretchmer, a prolific producer and actor as well as a talented streamer and advocate for disability and inclusion, and a fantastic designer of many kinds of games, including puzzles and RPGs.
Now, if that block of text didn't cause blood to drip from your eyes, let's continue.
They spouted the usual justifications of wanting representation; which is just an excuse for the author to make the story all about her.
>“This is not something that’s new to tabletop gaming, or new to D&D, but it was important to me to make accessibility part of my dungeons. As an ambulatory wheelchair user, I wanted people to have the opportunity to see themselves represented in-game. We have the ability in fantasy to imagine things. We don’t have to pay to make those accommodations. This is something we can imagine in our brains, and it’s there. So it’s something that was really important to me to put in, into my design.”
They go on to brag about the fact that WotC previously made rules for the "combat wheelchair" which, while admittedly a cool sounding thing, makes almost no sense in a setting where almost all injuries (INCLUDING DEATH) can be cured with magic.
And by the power of pattern recognition, you can easily guess the justifications given to shut down criticism.
>But for all that, there were still plenty of folks who were all too eager to decry this kind of representation, stating that a magic wheelchair is too unrealistic for a fantasy game full of magic and dragons, pointing out how, if they were DMing for it, they’d go out of their way to break it, and so on, culminating in death threats against its creator, Sara Thompson, for speaking for inclusivity.
There you go, folks. Nothing to see here. She got "death threats" so everything she does is beyond reproach.
You can read the rest of the article if you're morbidly curious, but it's more disheartening news on the usual inclusivity bullshit that's been inserted into virtually every hobby.
>>With the recent announcement of a new book, Candlekeep Mysteries, Wizards of the Coast promises to bring 17 new adventures from a swath of talented designers to your tabletop. At least one of those adventures will feature wheelchair-accessibility, according to a recent report from Polygon, who spoke with Jennifer Kretchmer, a prolific producer and actor as well as a talented streamer and advocate for disability and inclusion, and a fantastic designer of many kinds of games, including puzzles and RPGs.
Now, if that block of text didn't cause blood to drip from your eyes, let's continue.
They spouted the usual justifications of wanting representation; which is just an excuse for the author to make the story all about her.
>>“This is not something that’s new to tabletop gaming, or new to D&D, but it was important to me to make accessibility part of my dungeons. As an ambulatory wheelchair user, I wanted people to have the opportunity to see themselves represented in-game. We have the ability in fantasy to imagine things. We don’t have to pay to make those accommodations. This is something we can imagine in our brains, and it’s there. So it’s something that was really important to me to put in, into my design.”
They go on to brag about the fact that WotC previously made rules for the "combat wheelchair" which, while admittedly a cool sounding thing, makes almost no sense in a setting where almost all injuries (**INCLUDING DEATH**) can be cured with magic.
And by the power of pattern recognition, you can easily guess the justifications given to shut down criticism.
>>But for all that, there were still plenty of folks who were all too eager to decry this kind of representation, stating that a magic wheelchair is too unrealistic for a fantasy game full of magic and dragons, pointing out how, if they were DMing for it, they’d go out of their way to break it, and so on, culminating in death threats against its creator, Sara Thompson, for speaking for inclusivity.
There you go, folks. Nothing to see here. She got "death threats" so everything she does is beyond reproach.
You can read the rest of the article if you're morbidly curious, but it's more disheartening news on the usual inclusivity bullshit that's been inserted into virtually every hobby.
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