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yeah, I'm sure some of the mechanical parts are actually good and useful. but anything that might be "lore" based... probably not so much.
once upon a time I wanted to buy Oriental Adventures, I have a 1e collection and I knew that's where non-weapon proficiencies started. I'd find it from...
no no no, I'm talking about things like descriptions. I'm pretty sure the same way the PHB describes how paladins and druids are supposed to behave they have a lot to say about samurai and honor and probably an awkward interpretation about ritual suicide. I might be exaggerating, I might not. I...
dude. a knife is a knife. I can stab someone with a knife, whether or not it was intended as a weapon. if we're gonna get into medieval history a personal knife was used for eating as well as utility, and I'm sure if someone had to they would use it for self defense. having that on a weapons...
I don't want to hear people defend this. I'm just pointing this out.
and like, geez. I haven't played Curse of Strahd, but people talk about how it's a great adventure except for the part about Vistani. but you can just rewrite that small bit. OA is different, it's talking about culture at...
okay since we're getting off topic, how about some more?
my own mother yelled at me for holding my chopsticks wrong in case I offend my ancestors or—man this is tiring, just wtf.
what nuance do you need for chopsticks? chopsticks are for eating. they shouldn't be on a weapons chart. if they want people to recreate a very specific trope from wuxia films they can make a separate rule specifically for monks.
really though, why are you asking "isn't offensive to Asian American gamers?" that puts the burden on people like me and if we don't accept it then we're just unreasonable.
how about instead you ask "Can Kara-Tur be reimagined in a way that is respectful to Asian cultures?"?
I mean I said I already know that, and this was something I was taught in high school when I took Mandarin as well. but the issue here is "fan". 饭 is also used to mean just food. that's not to say rice isn't important, but it's just a language thing. in Spanish "papas" means potatoes, but for...