Tabletop Roleplaying Games (D&D, Pathfinder, CoC, ETC.)

[Oddjob OTP]

Not that I'm interested in GMing or playing but if you wanted to do a tabletop game I imagine a relatively anonymous way to do it would be to set up a dedicated Foundry server and connect to it over VPN and sending out the connection info over DMs

 

[Reticulan Joe]

Anyone have a favorite character death?

Not a death, exactly, but a Bad End.

I was visiting a few friends in '99 and got sucked into gaming with some folks I didn't normally game with for an afternoon one-shot. We were playing either Toon or Big Eyes Small Mouth; if forget which, but heavily anime-inspired. I have never been much of an anime guy, so not knowing the tropes, I went with a mad scientist character and everyone else at the table, more fluent in anime tropes, played a teenager. We ended up fluffing it as I was an instructor at a school for gifted children, and I was demonstrating one of my creations for our students.

It opened a portal to an alternate reality (of course) and we were all sucked in (of course.) We ended up on an alternate earth where humanity never evolved an the dominant species were giant cartoonlike ants. After a number of failed attempts to evade the ants (who were extremely stupid, but tough and indefatigable) and gather parts to fix my portal generator, we were dragged before the queen, who was curious about us (and quite taken with my character) and the idea of "technology" and "science," as these were novel concepts to her, and while she was reasonably intelligent, all her minion ants were utter dullards.

At this point, the students jumped my character, bound and gagged him so he couldn't protest, and struck a deal with the queen: in exchange for the materials necessary to fix the portal generator, they would leave my character behind to teach the queen about science, and also to help (or "help") her produce a brood of more-intelligent ants.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

How can D&D be unpozzed? Can it be?

 

[Overly Serious]

@Reticulan Joe I'm not seeing how that's a "bad end".

 

[Corn Flakes]

How can D&D be unpozzed? Can it be?

There's very little about the system itself that's pozzed. It's just... barebones, basic and boring. The pozz is all on the lore and presentation side, and that can be changed pretty much instantly if the publisher feels like it.

So, sure. DND can be unpozzed. All you have to do is tear it from WotC's hands, or bring an axe to a board of directors meeting and "convince" them to hire an all-new writing staff.

 

[Loose Goose]

D&D can't be unpozzed since the rot is bone deep by now. You've got multiple generations of woke designers hiring more woke designers. Early 2000s era WotC was already pozzed, basically a big gay polycule with BDSM themed iconic characters (Hennet), a distaste for the "straight white male human fighter" character (Regdar, constantly killed off and humiliated in the artwork), and core staffers putting out a fetish rulebook under an independent label. It was less pozzed because society wouldn't have accepted it, and 3e is still a game that works for our group, but it was all there under the surface if you care to look into the what and who. They were more like hedonistic libertines than spiteful culture warriors, but again, that was how leftism operated then.

This generation of designers and managers hired the new ones for the 5e era, and those people ended up hiring the people responsible for the gay prom artwork posted ITT. You can't right this ship. You could theoretically replace the whole team and hire all new people, but that's not going to happen. When and if society becomes a lot less tolerant of open degeneracy, they will go back to quiet subversion, but they will never release an unpozzed edition if they can help it. It's as much a lost cause for now as Disney.

 

[Ghostse]

Ahh, nice to see both version were accurate, I figured it would fuck up lightly armored folks. Ceremonial use I think was more common, but hey a ceremonial weapon is still a weapon, a damn good one in fact.

And you would still have the obsidian chip or crack if you hit bone at the wrong angle, but chipped or cracked obsidian is still sharp as fuck so instead of clean sharp scalpel cuts you'd just be ripping your opponent with jagged glass.
Once iron armor comes into play it really reduces the utility as your weapons edge now shatters. But you can still use it as a club.

 

[Abella]

How can D&D be unpozzed? Can it be?

No, WotC is ran by a bunch of west coast best coast soy golems. All of their understanding of foreign cultures comes from their consumption of Disney, marvel and dreamworks. This has lead to this incestuous cycle that you can see with magic and the art in that game. It’s not so much just being woke, but also trying to cast as wide of a net as possible using inclusivity and diversity with the hopes to get enough people snagged in that also only get their understanding of foreign cultures comes from Disney, marvel and dreamworks.

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

That pick inspired part of my homebrew system in which one of the more advanced familiars you could get was a riding frog. Sounds dumb until you see the wizard sitting on its back as it climbs up a castle wall.

Anyone who says that sounds dumb is themselves a dumbass. Not only is it kino as fuck, they need to learn the shit frogs can get up to...emphasis on up. Depending on the frog you might have various ones for various climates. Imagine riding a giant tree frog as it sticks to humongous Redwood Trees, bigger than their real life counterpart. Man I'm getting excited thinking about it.

You'll be sticking new ones in on your Aztec weekend when you're home again the next day.

Fair enough, it's not like it was that hard to get. And even then, there's still the club part if the pieces break, and you'll have all this new skin to make shit out of.

How can D&D be unpozzed? Can it be?

That's not really possible right now, the powers that be decided that pozzed shit was their shit, you'd need to convince them (be it the executives and/or Blackrock, Vanguard, etc.) that their money isn't infinite and they're shooting themselves in the foot (unless that's their goal, if their foot is on top of our necks then shooting it is shooting us, spite is the ultimate motivator) with all the tranny and nigger worship. Then get writers who aren't cultists and can actually...well, write. Even then it doesn't take much, like @Corn Flakes said it's more an issue with the game's mechanics and worldbuilding rather than all the gay shit. Since all of this is-like I said-not really possible currently, the best thing you can do is run your own campaign and make sure you don't include anything you deem as pozzed/don't have players who are into pozzed shit (if they're a tranny, nuke 'em). Basically, just play older editions and use your head.

 

[AnOminous]

Here's some fucking Kino for ya to wash the shit taste the new artstyle left in our mouths. I got a treasure trove of it somewhere...

Trampier (RIP) was one of the best of the OG D&D artists.

 

[filthypenguin]

You've obviously never played Paranoia in its original form. It's a competition between the GM and the players themselves to kill each other.

I had one group with a guy who was a vet and he'd get his PTSD triggered by the game to the point where the plot never actually mattered, because as soon as he suspected someone else was plotting against him his only goal was to kill them, and everyone else just plotting ways to turn him specifically against other players and being paranoid that he was trying to kill them. We had to stop playing when people playing started getting paranoid that he was going to kill them in real life when the game was over after he ambushed someone in the bathroom during a snack break (in real life) to try to find out what secret society they belonged to.

 

[Judge Dredd]

How can D&D be unpozzed? Can it be?

Easily. The question is will the blackpillers/fanboys stop themselves from consuming garbage?

It sounds obvious, but as seen repeatedly online, including this very forum, people will tie themselves in knots to avoid walking away. When it comes to video games as a whole, people complain about AAA games like Assassins Creed, but when told to play indie games, emulate old stuff, or even stick to the few non-pozzed AAA games like Doom and Eldan Ring, there's always some excuse. "Oh, I saw a pozzed indie game once, therefor all indies are pozzed." "games have always been political. Look at how Metal Gear Solid talks about nuclear war. Clearly this is the same as trannies and BLM flags." "Some tranny YouTuber also likes Eldan Ring, so I'm not going to play it." etc.

I see the same with TTRPGs. I've heard ad nauseam about how shit 5e is from anyone and everyone, but try to get them to play literally anything else is an uphill battle. It's a similar, but lesser story with PathFinder 2. "Paizo? More like Pozzo am I right?" but they're really the only 5e alternative many people won't immediately reject.

And despite claims otherwise, I don't think I've ever seen something that's pozzed that was in any way subtle about it. And because it's obvious it's trivial to remove or avoid.


The rest of my answer is just @Corn Flakes answer. Get some writers in once this wokeshit is no longer in vogue. We're already seeing this is games and Hollywood, and WotC will follow suit. ESG money is running out, and the economy means making unprofitable product is not sustainable.

My idea of how I would do it if I was in charge of WotC. Fire the writers, hire/contract new ones. Have them jetison any canon written under 5e, or failing that, retcon it or ignore it. Do some political incorrect reboots like Planescape, Dragonlance, and Dark Sun to get the fans back on board. Commission an artist to paint a hot chick in a chainmail bikini to go on the cover of the next edition to get the nerds back on board. Maybe do a realistic historical setting book to shut up the Shadiversity/HEMA/Reddit people. All of this together will be a statement of intent. The PC woke era is gone, and we're now in the metal age of DnD.

 

[The Ugly One]

This generation of designers and managers hired the new ones for the 5e era

They actually fired the guy who hired in the woketards for being a straight, white male. 5e's monstrous success is owed largely to Mearls' business strategy & vision, but he doesn't suck cocks or steal bikes, so he's out.

 

[Ghostse]

Easily. The question is will the blackpillers/fanboys stop themselves from consuming garbage?

The number of Cucked Simps on this very forum in the Star Wars thread is unbelievable.
The consoomers need to consoom is a powerful urge. Much like a black's Orc's urge to violence.

It's a similar, but lesser story with PathFinder 2. "Paizo? More like Pozzo am I right?" but they're really the only 5e alternative many people won't immediately reject.

P.F. Cuck detected.

Saying "5e is too woke, lets play PF2" is like saying you're worried about the anyone you meet at the Lady Gaga concert being gay, so lets use Grindr find people to meet with instead.

 

[The Ugly One]

My idea of how I would do it if I was in charge of WotC.

Just fire all homosexuals and women. Immediately reject any applicant who has libshit shit all over his social media. Ta-daaa, you've fixed it.

 

[Ghostse]

Cross posting from the community thread.

tl;dr the D&Done DMG is going to change the default setting to Greyhawk. WotC is going to 'fix' 6 modules for the sensibilities of modern woke gamers (both of them) because they are creatively bankrupt, and introduce a multiverse overseen by a gay genie.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/tabletop-community-watch.82392/post-18655225

 

[Corn Flakes]

Cross posting from the community thread.

tl;dr the D&Done DMG is going to change the default setting to Greyhawk. WotC is going to 'fix' 6 modules for the sensibilities of modern woke gamers (both of them) because they are creatively bankrupt, and introduce a multiverse overseen by a gay genie.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/tabletop-community-watch.82392/post-18655225

So... they're going to turn Greyhawk into Forgotten Realms.

The age of the flavorless gray slop truly is upon us.

 

[Ghostse]

So... they're going to turn Greyhawk into Forgotten Realms.

The age of the flavorless gray slop truly is upon us.

Yup, they've shat up Forgotten Realms and turned it lame and gay, so it no longer moves product. Thus they need to go find another setting that hasn't been turned into grey homo-slop and ruin it the exact same way. Aka the California cycle.

 

[Tactical Wizard]

Yup, they've shat up Forgotten Realms and turned it lame and gay, so it no longer moves product. Thus they need to go find another setting that hasn't been turned into grey homo-slop and ruin it the exact same way. Aka the California cycle.

The Greyhawk fandom is…. Less than enthused.

 

[Tri-Tachyon'sClown]

Oh God not Greyhawk, I knew it was only a matter of time. INB4 they bring Spelljammers over to 5E instead of just porting some things over.