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Venger Satanis Book Facing Censorship, Again

Started by RPGPundit, May 14, 2022, 03:35:10 AM

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Abraxus

#105
June 07, 2022, 10:41:54 AM
The car commercial that put an end to the myth that a good D&D movie could not be produced.

Kind of sad when a commercial gets it better than the movie.

Ugh those minis are the shits imo. Who made them little stinky during his recess break at high school.

Thornhammer

#106
June 07, 2022, 11:34:24 AM
I'd guess that cleric is Aleena? No headgear and different hair color, though.

rytrasmi

#107
June 07, 2022, 12:06:39 PM
Quote from: Omega on June 07, 2022, 12:48:21 AM

If this is the situation you find yourself in, pole vaulting in front of a blue dragon, you're right fucked. Blondie's little glowing stick thing ain't gonna help. That's a TPK right there.
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out
The ones that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out
Your brains come tumbling down your snout
Be merry my friends
Be merry

Ghostmaker

#108
June 07, 2022, 12:11:05 PM
Quote from: palaeomerus on June 06, 2022, 07:06:52 PM
They even censor or modify the nostalgia merch. First is was the Efreet statue made from the AD&D DMs Guide. Now...the show.


My opinions:

Hank: Doesn't look too bad. Even as a kid I thought the 'energy arrows' thing was kinda silly, so having real arrows isn't a drawback.

Presto: As noted, Presto appears to be standing on stilts, or platform boots. I grant it's hard to sculpt 'pulling random stuff out of your hat', but c'mon, the height thing is silly.

Eric: I always thought it was silly Eric didn't have any weapon, just his shield. OK, granted, it was an amazing shield, but still.

Diana: Maybe she's a monk now, not an acrobat?

New Cleric Who Dis: No idea. That's not Aleena, which is kind of a shame.

Where the fuck are Sheila and Bobby? I liked Bobby, the whole 'my greatclub causes earthquakes' was pretty dope.

zircher

#109
June 07, 2022, 12:30:21 PM
I'm going to guess that these were mocked up in HeroForge.  So, they might not even exist and that would also explain the quirks.
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jhkim

#110
June 07, 2022, 01:14:54 PM
Quote from: palaeomerus on June 06, 2022, 07:06:52 PM
They even censor or modify the nostalgia merch. First is was the Efreet statue made from the AD&D DMs Guide. Now...the show.

Regardless of the artistic quality of these, I don't think that this is censorship. Someone should be allowed to create minis that exactly match the original cartoon, but someone should also be allowed to publish whatever variants or reinterpretations they want.

I support exact retroclones, but I think it's also fine to have OSR or other stuff that takes from the original and changes it. It's censorship if someone wants to publish exact nostalgia and is blocked from release. But it would equally be censorship if someone wanted to publish a reinterpretation and that were blocked from release.

Omega

#111
June 07, 2022, 02:27:36 PM
Quote from: zircher on June 07, 2022, 12:30:21 PM
I'm going to guess that these were mocked up in HeroForge.  So, they might not even exist and that would also explain the quirks.

Nope. Not Heroforge. But do look alot like WizKids D&D minis style.

Omega

#112
June 07, 2022, 02:35:07 PM Last Edit: June 07, 2022, 02:36:43 PM by Omega
Quote from: jhkim on June 07, 2022, 01:14:54 PM
Quote from: palaeomerus on June 06, 2022, 07:06:52 PM
They even censor or modify the nostalgia merch. First is was the Efreet statue made from the AD&D DMs Guide. Now...the show.

Regardless of the artistic quality of these, I don't think that this is censorship. Someone should be allowed to create minis that exactly match the original cartoon, but someone should also be allowed to publish whatever variants or reinterpretations they want.

Very. And they were aged up and dropped into Forgotten Realms in a one-off comic way back, Got mine at GenCon. Good Lord what happened to Bobby? Eric looks like an elf, and they got Sheila's robe colour wrong? And Presto is taller than everyone but Bobby... (so at least this is some sort of common trend going here... weird...)

rytrasmi

#113
June 07, 2022, 03:35:53 PM
Honestly a cavalier should have a spear or lance, oh and a horse, no?
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out
The ones that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out
Your brains come tumbling down your snout
Be merry my friends
Be merry

Tubesock Army

#114
June 07, 2022, 11:43:11 PM
Quote from: palaeomerus on June 06, 2022, 07:06:52 PM
They even censor or modify the nostalgia merch. First is was the Efreet statue made from the AD&D DMs Guide. Now...the show.



This is "Chris-Chan melting down because Sonic the Hedgehog now has blue arms" levels of autism.

palaeomerus

#115
June 08, 2022, 03:15:26 AM
Yeah I made one post with obvious comic intent that some people interacted with and it's autism. Good call. Very reasonable impressive logic in play on your part. Clearly. What great fuckin' input. Top shit. Oh how I wish I had some golden laurels for ya, to rest on your noble brow before all the tribes of Rome.
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