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Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.

Felt like sharing it here because I'm sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Im kind of ambivalent on this.

On one hand, ~medieval times, which are usually the general era and technology level the average fantasy setting plays in, have no concept of disability and people who have one are usually ostracized and/or begging in the streets. Blindness may be on the more tolerated side of things, but deformities or developmental abnormalities are definitely not accepted. Also, if there is magic why wouldn’t they use it to cure it?

On the other hand, it’s a fantasy roleplay setting and the primary function is to be fun. So if everyone agrees it shouldn’t be a problem to have a scenario with it, more power to you

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 2 years ago

I'm dreaming of a VR game with a disabled wizard who is confined to a chair and uses telekinesis or teleportation to move around. That would give the game a lore reason for VR locomotion.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't have an issue with it, but that wheelchair does look mismatched to everything else, looks too modern.

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[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Could magic overcome, resolve or undo a disability?

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someone who chose to no longer be at my table after meeting a blind NPC

Sounds ridiculous to me.
Anything in roleplaying is possible, why not this stuff then?

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I have a metal mini-titan in my chat text roleplay with friends. It got born 2 weeks ago (game lore time). It doesn't speak and understands pretty much nothing when other party members try to communicate.
Still they have been happy with my character and they have played normally.
(I have agreed that if it becomes too boring we can find machinery that helps communicating.)
I told about our game to an acquaintance and she seemed happy/intrigued of my character choice!

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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reminds me of all the discourse about the chair

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you have any idea how many fandoms have had their own The Chair incidents? Please specify.

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