Quote from: Phil on March 23, 2024, 03:26:12 AM

QuoteExalted Funeral has forced another creator to submit. They're putting Outcast Silver Raiders through the struggle session. I fully expect that is anything further comes out for Outcast Silver Raiders it will be utter crap.

From the Outcast Silver Raider Discord:
@everyone At the advice of Exalted Funeral, I had a sensitivity reader come in to take a look at the books before the upcoming second printing. Most of their feedback was around minor language changes to make clear that there is no exclusionary intent in some situations where it could have been unclear.

One large change that was a miss from me was using the phrase "Spirit Animal" in the Referee's Compendium and throughout The Mythic North. I had a blind spot here and didn't take the time to consider the origins of that phrase, or how it is a clear and insensitive co-opting of meaningful terminology for indigenous cultures and religions.

There's a big difference between the considered satirical inclusion of an institution like the Catholic Church, which has been part of the power structure of the world for millennia, and the casual misappropriation of a chronically marginalized and exploited culture.

I can't do anything about the first printing at this point but apologize, but I'd like to do so now. I'm sorry I missed on this, and regret putting something racist out there in the world.

For the second printing and associated updated PDFs, this error (among others) has been corrected. These edits do nothing to change the content, texture, or horrific spirit of Outcast Silver Raiders. They simply make a bit more effort towards ensuring everyone can enjoy the occult medieval madness without feeling excluded or marginalized.

Wow, remind me never buy this craziness. It makes me think, is there a kind of "Sweet Baby Inc" corporation working with RPG companies we could call-out like this one was called-out in video games?

Doubtful. I don't think there is enough money involved in the TTRPG space, particularly with smaller game companies. This is just the Woke cult having another success in its evangelizing.

I was just about to buy some OSE adventure books from Exalted Funeral...guess I won't now, which sucks since it's just print copies of the Kickstarter PDFs I already own. I dunno, might just buy them and then feel dirty about it for a while.

That said, with a name like Exalted Funeral, you'd think they'd be some hardcore death metal guys who don't give a fuck about anything. Catholic Church? Yep, fuck them. Spirit animals can be offensive to Indians? Welp, fuck 'em, too. I have zero problems with THAT sort of IDGAF attitude, but the selectivity of who to care about is obnoxious virtue signaling to Marxists, and conveniently it's ALWAYS Christians now who don't deserve anything but utter contempt; like it's somehow a moral premise to treat the Church like utter garbage.

Really getting tired of these blatant attacks on the one culture that has done good for the world than anyone else ever because, you know, can't ever admit multiculturalism is trash.

Since you have the PDFs, you might want to look into print sources like LuLu.

Funny thing about Christianity for me, I'm all for it.  But, I really dislike 'Big Church'.  I don't worship the Lord; he's my companion and mentor.  I guess I'm a Coffee with Jesus Christian.   

Quote from: wmarshal on March 23, 2024, 08:12:48 AM
Doubtful. I don't think there is enough money involved in the TTRPG space, particularly with smaller game companies. This is just the Woke cult having another success in its evangelizing.

You'd think so, but if you scroll down to the bottom of the page of companies they've worked with, you'll see a familiar one.

https://sweetbabyinc.com/projects/

Quote from: zircher on March 23, 2024, 12:33:30 PM
Since you have the PDFs, you might want to look into print sources like LuLu.

Funny thing about Christianity for me, I'm all for it.  But, I really dislike 'Big Church'.  I don't worship the Lord; he's my companion and mentor.  I guess I'm a Coffee with Jesus Christian.   

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you don't have to be like them, but just a little respect for others' beliefs should be consistent. Corporate or political Anti-Caholic bigotry is never called out or denounced.  I'll stand for people of any beliefs, but this company singled out Catholicism as safe to bash, and went as far as even making a public statement about how Catholics deserve exemption from their phony "sensitivity"... because they know it's already institutionalized, and so easy to get away with doing.

Quote from: Brad on March 23, 2024, 11:33:41 AMThat said, with a name like Exalted Funeral, you'd think they'd be some hardcore death metal guys who don't give a fuck about anything.

We're drowning in OG Punks and Rockers that made their name from being anti-establishment, and rolled over and spread their cheeks the instant the establishment they agree with took over.

Quote from: Grognard GM on March 23, 2024, 02:01:56 PM
We're drowning in OG Punks and Rockers that made their name from being anti-establishment, and rolled over and spread their cheeks the instant the establishment they agree with took over.

   I took a look at Outcast Silver Raiders when this came out yesterday. They bill the game as "what the televangelists, the hack investigative journalists, and the grasping Hollywood producers imagined when they caused a satanic panic around RPGs in the eighties. Daemons. Darkness. Sacrifice. Blood spilling over cracked altars in desecrated chapels. Players portray brutal warriors, clever rogues, and conniving sorcerers who reject the barbaric theocracy of medieval society to seek fortune and glory as outcasts beyond the reach of lords or God."

    Just the kind of people you expect to be sensitive to concerns about the marginalized and oppressed, eh? 

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on March 23, 2024, 03:18:59 PMJust the kind of people you expect to be sensitive to concerns about the marginalized and oppressed, eh? 

I play Dead By Daylight, a horror game. A base mechanic involves people being put on meathooks, and Killers can perform gratuitous murder cutscenes. Yet the in-game chat is censored to below PG levels, and the game is full of various rainbow mafia flags.



EVERYTHING is compromised.

[Deted]

Quote from: Grognard GM on March 23, 2024, 03:29:43 PM

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on March 23, 2024, 03:18:59 PMJust the kind of people you expect to be sensitive to concerns about the marginalized and oppressed, eh? 

I play Dead By Daylight, a horror game. A base mechanic involves people being put on meathooks, and Killers can perform gratuitous murder cutscenes. Yet the in-game chat is censored to below PG levels, and the game is full of various rainbow mafia flags.



EVERYTHING is compromised.

The flags... they're mutliplying...  They forgot the inevitable MAP one but maybe they're leaving that for the sequel.

Quote from: Grognard GM on March 23, 2024, 03:29:43 PM

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on March 23, 2024, 03:18:59 PMJust the kind of people you expect to be sensitive to concerns about the marginalized and oppressed, eh? 

I play Dead By Daylight, a horror game. A base mechanic involves people being put on meathooks, and Killers can perform gratuitous murder cutscenes. Yet the in-game chat is censored to below PG levels, and the game is full of various rainbow mafia flags.



EVERYTHING is compromised.

Awesome.

Quote from: pawsplay on March 24, 2024, 07:46:57 PM
Awesome.

Quote from: RPGPundit on December 30, 2023, 09:06:26 AM
This is a singular warning to everyone: this topic needs to be kept ON-TOPIC. Anyone failing to do so will potentially face banning, those who already posted off topic before will definitely face banning.

Well, I'll feel bad if Grognard GM gets banned for his content, but I still say it's awesome.

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on March 23, 2024, 03:18:59 PM
    Just the kind of people you expect to be sensitive to concerns about the marginalized and oppressed, eh? 

Apparently, they are concerned enough to force this writer to use a sensitivity writer and put him through this struggle session over the use of a term that has been in common use in the Pagan, Wiccan and New Age communities for decades now.  It's not as if the idea of spirit companions that take the form of animals is unique the North American Indians anyway.  Many cultures have a similar concept including old Norse culture.

Quote from: Brad on March 23, 2024, 11:33:41 AM
I was just about to buy some OSE adventure books from Exalted Funeral...guess I won't now, which sucks since it's just print copies of the Kickstarter PDFs I already own. I dunno, might just buy them and then feel dirty about it for a while.

That said, with a name like Exalted Funeral, you'd think they'd be some hardcore death metal guys who don't give a fuck about anything. Catholic Church? Yep, fuck them. Spirit animals can be offensive to Indians? Welp, fuck 'em, too. I have zero problems with THAT sort of IDGAF attitude, but the selectivity of who to care about is obnoxious virtue signaling to Marxists, and conveniently it's ALWAYS Christians now who don't deserve anything but utter contempt; like it's somehow a moral premise to treat the Church like utter garbage.

Really getting tired of these blatant attacks on the one culture that has done good for the world than anyone else ever because, you know, can't ever admit multiculturalism is trash.

I was fine with Outcast Silver Raiders having a IDGAF attitude, but now they've revealed that they're just anti-Catholic bigots.

But since they're Woke anti-Catholic bigots they get the Woke seal of approval. So it's all good, and they can think the very best of themselves. /s