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The Combat Wheelchair is soooooo Yesterday!

Started by GeekyBugle, April 04, 2024, 04:19:07 PM

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Omega

#15
April 05, 2024, 04:49:36 AM
Quote from: brettmb on April 04, 2024, 09:25:17 PM
I've seen some dumb stuff in my time, but this takes the cake.

Give em time. It will get worse.

Omega

#16
April 05, 2024, 04:50:50 AM
Soooooo. Isnt making cantrips to "cure" handicaps supposed to be "abliest?"

Skullking

#17
April 05, 2024, 07:13:52 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on April 04, 2024, 04:50:29 PM
"colour" lens for dyslexia?

I don't think dyslexia works that way.

Actually it does. My partner has dyslexia and she and other dyslexics she knows can read better off different coloured backgrounds. For her yellow is best, for others blue works better.

Sounds weird, but it does actually work in many cases.

David Johansen

#18
April 05, 2024, 09:03:27 AM
Quote from: Omega on April 05, 2024, 04:49:36 AM
Quote from: brettmb on April 04, 2024, 09:25:17 PM
I've seen some dumb stuff in my time, but this takes the cake.

Give em time. It will get worse.

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#19
April 05, 2024, 09:11:25 AM
Quote from: Omega on April 05, 2024, 04:50:50 AMSoooooo. Isnt making cantrips to "cure" handicaps supposed to be "abliest?"

You would think. These are the same dumbells that claim no spells shy of Regeneration could fix damaged eyeballs, a broken back or whatnot.
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Opaopajr

#20
April 05, 2024, 09:55:33 AM
 ;D I kinda love it at the same time as it offends my sensibilities. There's probably a word for that in German.
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Ratman_tf

#21
April 05, 2024, 02:37:59 PM
Quote from: Skullking on April 05, 2024, 07:13:52 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on April 04, 2024, 04:50:29 PM
"colour" lens for dyslexia?

I don't think dyslexia works that way.

Actually it does. My partner has dyslexia and she and other dyslexics she knows can read better off different coloured backgrounds. For her yellow is best, for others blue works better.

Sounds weird, but it does actually work in many cases.

Huh. Well, I stand corrected on that point.
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Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick

#22
April 05, 2024, 03:01:54 PM
I was going to make a thread about how one would make playing a physically disabled character viable, but why would magic not already be acessible? Is there a person out there arguing that dnd's magic casting system is ableist?

At this point I'm just going to put all disabled characters in a mech suit.
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Venka

#23
April 05, 2024, 03:29:03 PM
I actually find this totally plausible.  Someone with a disability and the ability to cast spells could well develop a cantrip of no use to people who aren't gimped.  Unlike the combat wheelchair- which is implausible because people who can't walk either wouldn't adventure or would pay for magical healing, and is clearly meant to rudely insert real world stuff into the game- this stuff is just way less aggressive.

It's still being done for bad reasons though.

Skullking

#24
April 05, 2024, 04:07:17 PM
Screw magic healing, just learn magic jar.

GeekyBugle

#25
April 05, 2024, 04:54:52 PM
Quote from: Venka on April 05, 2024, 03:29:03 PM
I actually find this totally plausible.  Someone with a disability and the ability to cast spells could well develop a cantrip of no use to people who aren't gimped.  Unlike the combat wheelchair- which is implausible because people who can't walk either wouldn't adventure or would pay for magical healing, and is clearly meant to rudely insert real world stuff into the game- this stuff is just way less aggressive.

It's still being done for bad reasons though.

In a Pseudo-Medieval setting someone with Dislexia would be considered retarded, heck, not so long ago this was still true.

But I agree, this is a better solution to disabilities, except it should be something that permanently erases it, since we're dealing with magic.
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Omega

#26
April 06, 2024, 04:20:31 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick on April 05, 2024, 03:01:54 PM
I was going to make a thread about how one would make playing a physically disabled character viable, but why would magic not already be acessible? Is there a person out there arguing that dnd's magic casting system is ableist?

At this point I'm just going to put all disabled characters in a mech suit.
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Handicapped adventurers works in a setting where curative magic is few and far between. Or very expensive.

Also works for situations where essentially "This is all we got to throw at the problem." And hope to whatever gods you worship that it does not involve a swamp, the snow, or rough terrain. Stairs, ledges, ladders, etc because then someone in the party is gonna have to carry them.

But no. The moral parasites cant ever see that sort of subtly and it is always some ham handed and demeaning "representation!"

ForgottenF

#27
April 06, 2024, 09:47:18 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 05, 2024, 04:54:52 PM
Quote from: Venka on April 05, 2024, 03:29:03 PM
I actually find this totally plausible.  Someone with a disability and the ability to cast spells could well develop a cantrip of no use to people who aren't gimped.  Unlike the combat wheelchair- which is implausible because people who can't walk either wouldn't adventure or would pay for magical healing, and is clearly meant to rudely insert real world stuff into the game- this stuff is just way less aggressive.

It's still being done for bad reasons though.

In a Pseudo-Medieval setting someone with Dislexia would be considered retarded, heck, not so long ago this was still true.

I suppose that depends on the literacy rate. If almost no one can read anyway, seems like it wouldn't be much of an issue.
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Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick

#28
April 06, 2024, 12:22:32 PM
Quote from: ForgottenF on April 06, 2024, 09:47:18 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 05, 2024, 04:54:52 PM
Quote from: Venka on April 05, 2024, 03:29:03 PM
I actually find this totally plausible.  Someone with a disability and the ability to cast spells could well develop a cantrip of no use to people who aren't gimped.  Unlike the combat wheelchair- which is implausible because people who can't walk either wouldn't adventure or would pay for magical healing, and is clearly meant to rudely insert real world stuff into the game- this stuff is just way less aggressive.

It's still being done for bad reasons though.

I'm starting to think that disability is too complex to simulate in a system that doesn't have rules allowing you to smack people with your tail.


In a Pseudo-Medieval setting someone with Dislexia would be considered retarded, heck, not so long ago this was still true.

I suppose that depends on the literacy rate. If almost no one can read anyway, seems like it wouldn't be much of an issue.
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Man at Arms

#29
April 06, 2024, 01:06:19 PM
WOTC should just say that everyone is now cured, healed, and made whole.  All characters are now normal, and ready to start exploring some dungeons!!!  ::)
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