Aww YEAH!

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:46 pm

My book is coming out, and soon.

The Book of Exalted Deeds is so going to be mine. Heck, I'm getting a little misty as it is now.

Aww Yeah!

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:49 pm

Calm down, O Crazy One. It's just another d20 supplement. Think GURPS: The NExt Generation.

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:07 pm

Dude, it's the Book of Exalted Deeds! It is truly the stuff of life for all good and noble beings. It's more than a supplement, it's swinging the balance back toward the heroic in an all too dark world.

And it's a way for my paladins and clerics to whup the living crap out of demons, devils and dragons. MungoJoy!

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:10 pm

Well, let's hope they don't make it lame like the BoVD. Fetishes and addictions lumped under the same category - feh.

[Disclaimer: I haven't read all of the BoVD, but fetishes and addictions being put in the same category of "Bad Things" is enough for me to call it lame.]

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:25 pm

Frankly, I was more offended by the spell in Dragon that impregnated your character (male or female) with demon seed than anything presented in the BoVD.

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:51 pm

Oh, let's face it. D&D's handling of good versus evil is rarely what could be called 'mature'.

Cash · Post by **Cash** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:11 am

Jestyr wrote:Oh, let's face it. D&D's handling of good versus evil is rarely what could be called 'mature'.

Because good's stoopid!

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:12 am

Want challenge? Writing a book about people who strive for perfect balance...

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:20 am

Cash wrote:
Jestyr wrote:Oh, let's face it. D&D's handling of good versus evil is rarely what could be called 'mature'.

Because good's stoopid!

FighterMonster sword-chucks Cash into wee itsy bitsy pieces.

Good, bad, I'm the one with the sword-chucks.

FlameBlade · Post by **FlameBlade** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:23 am

YAY! 8-bit reference!

BaronJ · Post by **BaronJ** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 12:25 am

Cash wrote:Because good's stoopid!

No, no, no...

Mel Brooks (aka Dark Helmet) wrote:Evil will always triumph because good is dumb!

ak404 · Post by **ak404** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:40 am

Jestyr wrote:Oh, let's face it. D&D's handling of good versus evil is rarely what could be called 'mature'.

I'd have to agree with this. D&D's alignment system seems to have problems comprehending such concepts such as the "there's no such thing as a LG government" cynicism, or why an assassin working for her government could be considered good or even neutral instead of downright evil (though targeting people for cause and pay, is what a government-sponsored assassin does, is considerably a better option than sending 10,000 soldiers to die at dawn for the same cause, which is considered good. I don't get it).

I'd also argue that their handling of 'good', 'evil', 'law', and 'chaos' are extremely nationalistic, violent, one-sided, racist, heavily dipped in class politics, and just dripping with Christian overtones (despite protests to the contrary, which is quite funny when you consider that the creators of D&D and right-wing Christians are more or less in the same boat).

Ratoslov · Post by **Ratoslov** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:18 am

I, actually, am hoping there will be the same mature look at good as the BoVD looked at evil. I want full-page pictures of a silver dragon coupling with an elf, and feats which can only be gotten though having sexual intercourse with the corpse of a saint.

DV8 · Post by **DV8** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:40 am

BaronJ wrote:
Mel Brooks (aka Dark Helmet) wrote:Evil will always triumph because good is dumb!

No, no, no...

[url=http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001548/]Rick Moranis[/url] (aka [url=http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/]Lord Dark Helmet[/url]) wrote:Evil will always triumph because good is dumb!