Instead you could point out an Ice Devil’s penchant for leadership or a rakshasa’s cunning plans.
This writer is a moron.
Agreed. That alignment, for example, also gives an idea for the kind of social order a creature aims to does seem to be a too complex subject to him.
It's a great short hand and that's why alignment has stuck around for so long. " Rakshasas are a race of malevolent spirits encased in flesh that hunt and torment humanity. No one knows where these creatures originate; some say they are the embodiment of nightmares. "
Yeah but these creatures of pure malevolence that exist to torment humanity? It would be wrong to assume they're evil!
I mean, he's not wrong that alignment is typically simplified to the point of being uninformative beyond "kill or do not kill." For example, Robin Hood is commonly touted as Chaotic Good, when in fact he's actually pretty orderly in behavior and is just not respecting laws that he finds unjust. You could say more accurately that he is Orderly Lawless Good: his behavior is orderly, he doesn't respect the law of the land, and he doesn't respect it because he thinks it is unjust/evil. That's not an SJW argument:
3pp to add alignment axes are old.Alignment just isn't useful for what D&D tries to use it for, because it was never written for that in the first place. Moorcock used it for a cosmic conflict, not individual behaviors. For characters, you'd be better off using actual codes of behavior.
But I digress.
Also, please make sure that your quotes are formatted correctly.
From what I've seen, Daniel Kwan's adventure is a cheap knock off of a cheap knock off (Kill Bill) of asian culture.
After all the fuss he made about Oriental Adventures you'd think he'd have put in a bit more effort. Then again, given the obvious lack of originality and writing talent in most of these sensitivity readers, it's not too surprising.
Hypocrisy, grifting... this is textbook behavior for these types. These...
Americans. Only an American would pull the cultural appropriation he does without a hint of irony.
Newsflash:
white people having almond-shaped eyes doesn't give them the qualifications to be sensitivity readers and cultural consultants for all cultures past and present who were composed of people who looked vaguely like them. Same deal for everyone else.
If you want insight into (for example) Chinese fantasy fiction, then watch a fantasy C-Drama or read a Wuxia, Xianxia, or Xuanhuan novel. You know, stuff made
by Chinese people.