Post Updates

EricMesa

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It’s been an unusually productive few weeks for me when it comes to blog posts and there have been some updates and social media responses, so I wanted to talk about some of those here. (this isn’t to say that I will always create a post encompassing social media replies, I think they are just especially relevant)

On the 17th I wrote a blog post comparing Game Master / Dungeon Master books across TTRPGs. There were 2 replies worth pointing out. First of all, there was a post by Shades Corvid which confirmed my assertion that Pathfinder did have the Player Core and GM Core as one book in the past, but player demand wanted them as 2 books since the combined book was so huge. Kobold Press also wanted to point out that they consider the GMG to be an optional book. We could probably quibble over the tiniest details on that point, but they aren’t entirely wrong. I would argue that Wizards of the Cost could probably say the same about their DMG. It’s really only Paizo with the history of Golarian in the GM Core that would seem to be slightly less optional for anyone who wanted to play in Golarian.

In my video comparing FoundryVTT Support for D&D, Tales of the Valiant, and Pathfinder I mentioned that there weren’t any first party D&D Modules available on the FoundryVTT Marketplace and provided a link to the older-style page that used to be the way to buy FoundryVTT modules. 3 days before this post is going up FoundryVTT announced that the D&D modules created by Wizards of the Coast were finally available on the Marketplace - I guess I was just a few days too fast for them.

Finally, I had the blog post and video about whether Obojima is cultural appropriation. There was a good 6 post thread reply from the author of the site and social media posts that led me to create the video in the first place. I think it’s worth reading if you found the topic interesting. The pointed out where perhaps some of my analogies didn’t quite work as well as I thought they did. The reply made me think a bit further on the topic. As I replied, I’m not sure if I’m ready to change my buying habits just yet, but I do have a much better understanding of issue and may continue to walk down that road as I consider how my actions and/or the products I buy affect those around me.