Baldur's Gate 3

[Vergil]

Well, well https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HuL ... 17nwileoqc

I don't see @orinEsque signature, I'm sure having one of the biggest modders signing it would bring a lot of credibility to their demands!

I agree, more transgender representation would give the document a LOT more legitimacy with Larian

[SoLong]

Well, well https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HuL ... 17nwileoqc

I don't see @orinEsque signature, I'm sure having one of the biggest modders signing it would bring a lot of credibility to their demands!

On one hand orinEsque's signature would sink the entire thing entirely and I want Larian to get bitten by the monsters they fed.

On the other hand the freakout when they realize the ebil Nasi modder supports their stance might break their fragile little brains entirely. Decisions, decisions...

[Anon]

Well, well https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HuL ... 17nwileoqc

I don't see @orinEsque signature, I'm sure having one of the biggest modders signing it would bring a lot of credibility to their demands!

On one hand orinEsque's signature would sink the entire thing entirely and I want Larian to get bitten by the monsters they fed.

On the other hand the freakout when they realize the ebil Nasi modder supports their stance might break their fragile little brains entirely. Decisions, decisions...

It was only a joke, obviously they'd absolutely freakout at the chance of Orin possibly signing it (and I don't think Orin stands with these whiny ****** obviously)

[gastovski]

Its like im playing divinity original sin 3 until act 3, after reaching the city the game starting to feel like old bioware rpgs but by then its too late to enjoy because of overwhelming content with very little gain, weird huh.

[Orvas Dren]

I mean most people wouldn't bother being humble farmers if you could just make a pact with a random cambion and gain powers effortlessly. Economy and society in a magical world wouldn't be nothing nearly resembling what we have in real world

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

[Anon]

I mean most people wouldn't bother being humble farmers if you could just make a pact with a random cambion and gain powers effortlessly. Economy and society in a magical world wouldn't be nothing nearly resembling what we have in real world

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

[Xenich]

If you were right that wouldn't justify them keeping pandering to the alphabet audience so long after game release.

You can't reverse course on something like this though, if this were true. In the end, the alphabets have the media dominance, so if they decided to come out and change their stance, even by simply "stopping" the catering, the alphabets would raise living hell, probably protest at their homes, threaten them, etc.. and then Larian would have everyone ****** off at them.

Not excusing Larian in this, based on some of the people they have there, it is quite possible they were very positive to it, but... there is also the issue with all the male models being changed in the data. This begs the question as to why you would do all that development work initially for that focus, then all of a sudden change it? The reasonable assumption is to consider that they had pressure somewhere to adjust.

[Orvas Dren]

I mean most people wouldn't bother being humble farmers if you could just make a pact with a random cambion and gain powers effortlessly. Economy and society in a magical world wouldn't be nothing nearly resembling what we have in real world

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

We have magic devices that let you browse absurd levels of information and talk to people across the world. We have relatively absurd levels of wealth that people could devote towards any hobby or interests. Instead average person still just works a wagie job, smokes weed, and scrolls tiktok as a hobby. I think its not far removed to expect the average person to be fine with farming crops in a safe and wholesome village to earn a living when the alternative is a higher potential of getting murderraped by demons, goblins, bandits, or wizards. (also sorry for bringing this up, didn't see the date on your original until after I responded)

[rusty_shackleford]

I mean most people wouldn't bother being humble farmers if you could just make a pact with a random cambion and gain powers effortlessly. Economy and society in a magical world wouldn't be nothing nearly resembling what we have in real world

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

If the god they worship told them not to do it, most wouldn't.

I think people, especially writers for D&D itself, underestimate just how strong faith would be in a world where you can prove the gods exist without a doubt. There is no faith in the traditional sense required in such a setting.

[Oyster Sauce]

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

If the god they worship told them not to do it, most wouldn't.

I think people, especially writers for D&D itself, underestimate just how strong faith would be in a world where you can prove the gods exist without a doubt. There is no faith in the traditional sense required in such a setting.

Maybe, but at the same time there are infinite gangs of murderers and thieves

[rusty_shackleford]

Maybe, but at the same time there are infinite gangs of murderers and thieves

That's when the writers actually remember "oh right, gods should have a large impact on people's lives" and justify it by them worshiping Bhaal or whatever.

[Orvas Dren]

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

If the god they worship told them not to do it, most wouldn't.

I think people, especially writers for D&D itself, underestimate just how strong faith would be in a world where you can prove the gods exist without a doubt. There is no faith in the traditional sense required in such a setting.

look at Islam today, it makes people do all types of stupid and regressive ****. Now imagine if demons were tangible things that you could meet and that they HATED you as well. Pretty easy to see why a group of people under the protection of another tangible god/goddess of good would be listened to, especially when the average person in a fantasy world is still just an average person with no magical abilities or no desire to risk their hide.

[Anon]

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

We have magic devices that let you browse absurd levels of information and talk to people across the world. We have relatively absurd levels of wealth that people could devote towards any hobby or interests. Instead average person still just works a wagie job, smokes weed, and scrolls tiktok as a hobby. I think its not far removed to expect the average person to be fine with farming crops in a safe and wholesome village to earn a living when the alternative is a higher potential of getting murderraped by demons, goblins, bandits, or wizards. (also sorry for bringing this up, didn't see the date on your original until after I responded)

Can't really compare cellphones to high fantasy magic imo. This second part is explained by simple economics (too much effort to obtain anything, people tend to prefer to just settle with whatever they have)

people are way more boring and mundane than you take them for

Sure, in our reality. Don't think it'd be the same in a high fantasy reality.

If the god they worship told them not to do it, most wouldn't.

I think people, especially writers for D&D itself, underestimate just how strong faith would be in a world where you can prove the gods exist without a doubt. There is no faith in the traditional sense required in such a setting.

D&D kinda addressed that by not allowing gods to directly interfere with people. I'd think that at the same time gods do interfere with the material world, people would still be extremely greedy by seeing how easy it is to possess supernatural powers.

[rusty_shackleford]

D&D kinda addressed that by not allowing gods to directly interfere with people.

Being able to grant powers to followers always felt like a direct interference to me.

[Orvas Dren]

Can't really compare cellphones to high fantasy magic imo



D&D kinda addressed that by not allowing gods to directly interfere with people. I'd think that at the same time gods do interfere with the material world, people would still be extremely greedy by seeing how easy it is to possess supernatural powers.

Is it easy though? The only people who gain these powers already have something to give or are relatively devoted to their faith (DnD isn't the best example either because they don't care as much about worldbuilding). Nonetheless, they are extraordinary people from the start. And I do think you can compare modern technology to magic if the topic is how average humans behave

[Emphyrio]

yes d&d is ******** and doesn't make sense we know

[Anon]

D&D kinda addressed that by not allowing gods to directly interfere with people.

Being able to grant powers to followers always felt like a direct interference to me.

Any **** gives powers in that setting though. You can swear an oath to a pile of **** and become a full paladin

And well, that can be still considered indirect influence, as they're giving their goons powers to exert the power for them

[Anon]

What? Isn't RPGHQ the hate community?

[Jordy]

What? Isn't RPGHQ the hate community?

"Badur's Gate 3 developer supports ***** genocide" is how they read it.

[Vergil]

We have relatively absurd levels of wealth that people could devote towards any hobby or interests

You can have two people working full time and not even comfortably cover renting a ****** apartment.

[rusty_shackleford]

We have relatively absurd levels of wealth that people could devote towards any hobby or interests

You can have two people working full time and not even comfortably cover renting a ****** apartment.

You can get a ****** apartment where I live for like $500 a month. Not my fault if people want to live like roaches in a city.

[Vergil]

We have relatively absurd levels of wealth that people could devote towards any hobby or interests

You can have two people working full time and not even comfortably cover renting a ****** apartment.

You can get a ****** apartment where I live for like $500 a month. Not my fault if people want to live like roaches in a city.

I don't want to live around blacks though (no disrespect towards you rest in power brother)

[rusty_shackleford]

You can have two people working full time and not even comfortably cover renting a ****** apartment.

You can get a ****** apartment where I live for like $500 a month. Not my fault if people want to live like roaches in a city.

I don't want to live around blacks though (no disrespect towards you rest in power brother)

Just hillbillies here.
Yain't welcome.

[ArcaneLurker]

What? Isn't RPGHQ the hate community?

We're a friendly and diverse group of individuals minding our own business.
Nobody here has ever harassed Larian... Except Red7 maybe.

[Orvas Dren]

We have relatively absurd levels of wealth that people could devote towards any hobby or interests

You can have two people working full time and not even comfortably cover renting a ****** apartment.

trust me I know, but I can still access almost all my hobbies and personal interests despite being a poorfag zoomer. Meanwhile, middle-class people can still spend 10k on Super Bowl tickets and stuff like that. America still has an absurd level of wealth remaining for its large, albeit shrinking middle class. My point though is that even here most people prefer boring and safe existences despite having way more than a medieval peasant in terms of options.

[Shillitron]

Game of the year?

https://www.tiktok.com/@devorawilde/vid ... jmEGNtx4t4

The second hand embarrassment from that tryharding... ugh.

I can't watch this video longer than 2 seconds.. I'm cringing so hard my spinal cord is attempting to exit my body and flee.

[Acrux]

Does she have Tourette Syndrome or something? Is that going to be the new DEI target for voice actors?

[Xenich]

What? Isn't RPGHQ the hate community?

We're a friendly and diverse group of individuals minding our own business.
Nobody here has ever harassed Larian... Except Red7 maybe.

I really don't think they know the meaning of the word. If they really want to see hate, just go to the Steam forums and suggest the game is overly political. Its like kicking a hive, they all come out attacking from every angle.

[ArcaneLurker]

What? Isn't RPGHQ the hate community?

We're a friendly and diverse group of individuals minding our own business.
Nobody here has ever harassed Larian... Except Red7 maybe.

I really don't think they know the meaning of the word. If they really want to see hate, just go to the Steam forums and suggest the game is overly political. Its like kicking a hive, they all come out attacking from every angle.

Yep, that's the people who are harassing Larian employees over alleged "Transphobia" in Discord, and other nonsense.

[Xenich]

We're a friendly and diverse group of individuals minding our own business.
Nobody here has ever harassed Larian... Except Red7 maybe.

I really don't think they know the meaning of the word. If they really want to see hate, just go to the Steam forums and suggest the game is overly political. Its like kicking a hive, they all come out attacking from every angle.

Yep, that's the people who are harassing Larian employees over alleged "Transphobia" in Discord, and other nonsense.

Well, I don't troll, not my thing.. but I did try to discuss the issue there and they banned me multiple times while leaving the attacks by the frothing types. Very one sided of them.