tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post6948952751702547618..comments2024-03-12T22:45:16.936+01:00Comments on The Disoriented Ranger: Rules Cyclopedia Oddities Part 6: DiversityJens D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-17332639537618724032017-02-19T22:43:27.243+01:002017-02-19T22:43:27.243+01:00The RC is definitely better than AD&D 2nd Edit...The RC is definitely better than AD&D 2nd Edition on this front (at least the 1995 revision). The 2e Player's Handbook has every single one of its class and race illustrations as male (usually with handlebar mustaches for the humans), almost entirely white, and the only female characters I found in any of the illustrations were villains. And while the RC says in the beginning that it mostly uses the male pronoun, Allston generally uses gender-neutral language in the class descriptions (just referring to "A Cleric can do this," etc); the Player's Handbook uses "he" pretty much exclusively.<br /><br />Even with some of the examples of play having a female character, I'd hardly be surprised if 2e did a poorer job than 1e of attracting female players to the hobby. (After all, even 1e made sure to use both "he" and "she" fairly consistently.)Fuzzy Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-80637163433724122902017-02-19T20:17:34.524+01:002017-02-19T20:17:34.524+01:00I agree. And not only the hobby texts, there is, f...I agree. And not only the hobby texts, there is, for example that very infamous last translation (is it still the last?) of the Lord of the Rings that tried to be a bit more modern ... It's cruel. I couldn't read it.Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-15138033477402871732017-02-19T19:21:57.248+01:002017-02-19T19:21:57.248+01:00German translations of hobby texts are always diff...German translations of hobby texts are always difficult. No matter which option you choose to directly address the reader, it's always weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-87178380165174780682017-02-19T15:37:24.339+01:002017-02-19T15:37:24.339+01:00Just knights of any sex and you're going to be...Just knights of any sex and you're going to be fine.Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-86161211878761380532017-02-19T15:31:38.845+01:002017-02-19T15:31:38.845+01:00Right you are ... and I don't know what you ar...Right you are ... and I don't know what you are talking about :P (thanks!, it's edited, I still feel old)<br /><br />Hm, there is The Great Pendragon Campaign this one blogger plays with his wife and it sounds really cool. Maybe you'll find some inspiration:<br /><br />http://shirosrpg.blogspot.de/p/the-solo-gpc.html<br /><br />And I heard once of a Princes of Mars camapign using the Pendragon rules with the knights in mecha instead of plate mail, so if you like the rules and if you are flexible about the setting, you can always go scifi (or whatever) and see if they like that better?Jens D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18394303166081684904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617677799085549365.post-69878398706550366862017-02-19T14:58:39.732+01:002017-02-19T14:58:39.732+01:00I think you mean quarter of a century. I am curre...I think you mean quarter of a century. I am currently struggling with an aspect of this: thinking about how to make pendragon more appealing to a group of female gamersDarnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.com