Figured since its Friday and I have 60+ new followers I should do a #followfriday and share some of my favorite tweeters out there
One of my favorite commenters on the D&D 5e Scene is Merrick Blackman @MerricB
Since it was Tolkien's birthday this week I want to shout out to @SolomonsaysN who has a biography of JRRT on audio book, as well as a devotional on the book of Proverbs #followfriday
in the SF space, I've enjoyed the Look Backs Into Genre History from @drahsturgis Amy H Sturgis, or as she is introed on Starshipsofa as "Aaames!" #followfriday
comics: one of the first comics bloggers I from is @TheVallyD Val D'Orazio I'm sure she'll blog somewhere again soon.... maybe.
Also, check out @hendrixart and his comics work too.
One of the blessings of being on here are the Biblical readings of @zugzwanged and @JamesBejon . When a Bejon thread comes up it always makes me sit up and pay attention. #followfriday
I'm sure i could list everyone I follow eventually, but to quote JRRT "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
but if you feel left out drop me a DM :)
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Thoughts on #Gygax, #Orcs and the infamous Chivington quote. A 🧵
LONG! TL:DR Gygax didn't want you to play the moral questions of the game One Way, but wanted you to consider playing with a archaic mythic mindset. Also the Chivington quote is terrible. #dnd
Why am I going into this?
Gygax explaining the moral permissibility of a Paladin executing prisoners who convert to LG has done more to render the idea of Orcs as a humanoid monster disposed to evil completely toxic in a way it would not had Gygax never explained it that way.
Orcs are, in the AD&D Monster Manual, Lawful Evil "race" of humanoid monsters (illustrated with pig-like faces) that are like Hobgoblins or Kobolds described as grouping together in "tribes" and typically ruled in large numbers by a chief.
FWIW, this is the entry that the MM would use for ACTUAL TRIBAL HUMANS
Can we complain about that? Sure! No issue. It needs improvement. Also: its for wargame-sized groups and tells you what you want to know for a wargame.