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Thanks for the review! I appreciate the time you put in.
In response to spoiler: Spoiler: You're not alone. I'm a published freelancer and I still get that feeling with a lot of the things I write. I've learned to buckle down and finish anyway, but it's hard some days.
Best of luck.
I would very much like to see the non-binary represention expand from the minor NPCs we've had so far to an iconic. Non-binary to me is a general term for anyone who doesn't identify as male or female.
Another option might be to talk to the players about spending the promised money on infrastructure instead of personal gear. Perhaps they'd like a base of operations, or a ship, or a business?
Thank you! I am delighted you enjoyed it. Ultimate Campaign is one of my favourite PF books too.
Larry can afford to not see things because he doesn't have to see them. Unfortunately, I can't afford to do that.What doesn't he see? He acknowledges the disparity in numbers between white people and people of minorities. He prefers to chalk it up to economic inequalities as opposed to active racism on the con staff's part...and that seems a reasonable argument. *sigh* Did I see unconscious micro-aggressions and invisible privilege? Beats the hell out of me. I wasn't there. I can't tell for certain, but I very much doubt it was free of micro-aggressions. Almost nowhere is. It clearly wasn't free of "invisible privilege". Except that you're not just saying "He's wrong." You're saying "He's racist, sexist, transphobic bigot, and says I have no right to exist." (an almost direct quote from you) That's...a lot to get from one blog posts which, perhaps overly harshly, points out a number of legitimate problems with George's argument. Two blog posts (the racism one and the gender diversity one linked earlier). In one he said I don't exist and should never be included in books, because that could only be "message fiction" and that is a bad thing. In the other he called me a psychopath for caring about such things as - for example - wanting to use a public bathroom without the risk of being beaten unconscious for it (and yes, in my demographic, that's a real risk, that he blows off as being a humorless "SJW") And I said he gives that impression. Maybe he didn't mean it, any more than someone who accidentally stands on someone else's foot means to hurt them, but it hurts all the same. Noted. I'm really not clear on why exactly you bring this up. Divided by a common language and all that. Maaaybe I hear things differently from you because I don't speak quite the same language as he does. Not banking on that. I'm not giving George a free pass either, but there are more things that strike danger bells from Larry's blog writing, for me.
Personally, George's definition of racism rings very very true, and that truth rings even louder if I substitute the word 'racism' for any of the isms I experience every day. All I'm hearing from Larry is "you don't exist, you should never exist, you should never want to see anyone like you in books you enjoy, or in a hobby you enjoy, and I am going to mock eveything you have to live with and say if I don't see it, it isn't here." And yes, I believe he sounds like a racist, sexist, transphobic bigot, and the more I hear the stronger that impression gets.
Ack, my bad. (Lesson learned: trying to proofread while preoccupied is a bad idea) Should be Backflash hp 18 and Gold Lancers hp 44
Thanks! And thanks for the review too, I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you liked it, at least in part. I hear you on the high level companies, but I also wanted to make it usable at as wide a variety of levels and worldsas I could.
the term "dude" can be gender neutral, you know Only if you assume that male=neutral.
As for the TD;DR thingy, the topic is active since 2008... which is a long time.This is also true. An evolving discussion that changes with the times and the latest publications about the world of Golarion. Exciting, no? :) Maybe that's just me. :P Someone used to do a thing, every so often. Let me see if I can't find it... Something like this one?
There was a book I read (science fiction) that may have been the third in a trilogy (I missed the first two). It featured a guy who for some reason or another needed to (tame? civilize?) a band of barbarians(mongols/tribal/whatever) on another planet, he takes a tribe of (humans?) who are friends to him from a different planet (this planet apparently features strong gravity and massive insects that frequently attack and kill people, due to the strong gravity the people are also naturally strong) and brings them to this one. The guys dress up as barbarians and pretend to have their own tribe. Eventually the native tribe start adopting much of the newer folk's ways and their own (violent?) ways dissolve (which was the intent). To me, that sounds like Deathworld 3 by Harry Harrison.
Thank you End for all the time, effort and work you put into your reviews. I really appreciate and look forward to them, and they help me improve as a writer. Even (or perhaps especially) a critical review is good feedback and helps me improve. Thank you!
Start writing, even if it doesn't get sent anywhere. The more you write, the better you get. Send things out. Watch for Open calls. Here's some links you might find helpful/interesting: Raging Swan's freelancer advice series
I find the Culture novels of Iain Banks very inspiring in this regard. Far beyond our over-used labels as they often are, being far-future fantasy and at times very alien with only the slightest residue of our own. Yes, and in the Culture novels people change sex as they choose. It's considered by them about as comment-worthy as getting a hair-cut. Get inspired by that and stop complaining that Paizo does the same thing. LGBTQ is not 'politics'. It's just people saying 'hey, we exist," and 'excuse me, that's my foot.'
Thank you both very much for the reviews. I am delighted that you enjoyed the rooms.
Yes, I noticed. Imagine if a real conversation went like this one has :( - Please stop standing on my foot, it hurts
Yes, but treating people like people also means listening to them and not dismissing them or their ideas/requests out of hand. If a person says ke would feel more comfortable doing things one way, ke probably has a reason for it. Talk to them, not at them. Listen to the replies. Don't assume. Be prepared to compromise.
Indeed. I also note that the dictionary says that 'he' is a gender neutral pronoun. You are presumed male unless proven otherwise - that's the male presumptive. Being female is an afterthought. Being neither renders you a non-person. I'm sorry, that's a pet peeve of mine. (My dictionary also says that a guy is a life sized straw-stuffed doll
That reminds me of something. It's only a little thing but - at mixed tables, think about how you address the group as a whole. Sometimes the male presumptive gets really wearing (at least for me). Hi, guys, I'm your GM...
I've weaned my regulars off it by the simple method of addressing the male members as female every time they address the group as male, so the default there is now 'folks' or 'people', but it's still something that seems to crop up fairly often.
Or something like this perhaps?
Behold the Prince of Darkness here,
Death defied is devil's bane -
I may have double-X genes, but I'm aware I'm atypical. In a way I've seen both sides, because somehow over the internet/in letters people commonly assume I'm male. (Something about my writing style, I guess) But really to me it boils down to: 'If you wouldn't do it to a male, dont do it to a female.' When I get taken for male on the internet, I'm treated like a normal human - just another gamer. When I get taken for female I'm generally either something exotic to be gawked at under a microscope, or sexbait, or both at once. There are exceptions to both (Paizo boards generally being one of them), but that's what I've encountered.
In the same vein, I always think of this old advice: Journalistic Advice
When your brain its coin has minted,
Take out every surplus letter,
Make your meaning plain.
Cut out all the extra trimmings,
When you're sure 'twould be a sin to
One of my players considers the Heralds in the Valdemar books to be paladins hiding under another name.
Nitpick - I think the previous consolidated advice thread is for 2012, not 2013. Thanks. *sighs with relief*
On the rare occasions it comes up in my games I point this out and tell the PC's player to pick 3 tricks from the list that they can do (with the Perform trick covering odd things like Sleight of Hand). If the rest of the party want them to do something that isn't covered by the tricks picked, they can try to push them (DC 30).
Greater teleport at will is VERY high on my wish list too. Likewise, closely following by Prestigitation and Shrink Item. If I could have 1 and only 1 magic item in RL, I think I'd take Bucknard's Everfull Purse (1E DMG), as long as it could be configured to modern currency. (Basically, keep one coin of each type in it at all times and it refills to 26 of that coin every morning.)
I was always told 'stupid questions are not stupid if you don't know the answer. Ask them anyway.' Good luck with your quest.
What they said. Also:
Send something in, as often as you can and as good as you can. Stand up and be counted, and if you don't get in this time, try again. Other useful things for writers to remember:
"I outwitted a loan shark, and it had to settle for an arm instead of an arm and a leg." "No worries, it's nothing that one armed man can't deal with." "No, nothing up my sleeve at all."
The best source of one on one tips and tricks I've come across in my own time as a solo-campaigner is this thread. (Warning, it's very long)
Ice skates and skis would be nice. And on perhaps a very mundane level - I'd like plates and bowls, so my characters have something to eat from (mugs are covered, but not plates)
When I GM a campaign, one of the things I specifically warn the players is "anything you use, I can use too". I don't put it into practice often, but the option is out there, up front.
Personally, empowerment, variety and a practical outfit come a long way ahead of images trying to be sexy. IMHO since there are generally as many tastes as there are readers, then the more variety you have (male, female and androgynous) the more likely everyone is to find something they like.
To me it doesn't make much difference. There were 4 major things that made me leave D&D/WOTC for Pathfinder/Paizo:
IF they fix those, then I might wander back and see what they've come up with. Until then, I'll stick to Pathfinder.
Did you hear about the man with custard in one ear and fruit in the other? He was a trifle deaf. Have you heard the joke about the butter? I'd better not tell you, you might spread it. Have you heard the joke about the wall? I'd better not tell you, you'd never get over it. A. Knock, knock.
1st strawberry to second strawberry: If we hadn't been in the same bed, we wouldn't be in this jam now! (British) |