No. You’re going to tell them it’s not their place to complain because having input on someone else’s sexuality or gender identity is not their prerogative.
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I don’t disagree with that and I share that, but, if it was that easy then there wouldn’t be a problem, the point is that their minds are already entitled to that opinion by centuries of justification based on culture.
Regardless, the argument is going full circle again.
Well, neither is the hyper-realistic, middle ages roleplaying, but I don’t see many complaints about that.
People definitely complain about that, and rightfully so. It can be incredibly frustrating to roleplay as a mage, only to be told that your character is not as powerful as you imagine because your high-fantasy fireballing abilities are ruining everyone’s low-fantasy medieval vibe.
It’s not a direct complaint, but when people joke about mages being OOM after one or two spells it’s usually related to the ‘muh medieval’ RPers.
But more importantly, while the ‘muh medieval’ types are frustrating, they’re also harmless enough. They’re endorsing RP that isn’t befitting of WoW, but that’s about the biggest crime committed a lot of the time. Although, then again, if they start bringing in real-world medieval viewpoints of male dominance and seeing women as inferior and the like then 100% they should stop.
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A) why are you doing a whataboutism on the simple notion of not rping a homophobe
B) Timmy re-enacting his favourite game of thrones politics is far from as harmful
C) People definitely complain about that type of RP all the time LOL
Weird post
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Very harmful.
Have you seen all the death in Game of Thrones?!
would fall asleep instantly
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Magic in WoW is more dangerous than we think. Especially to the caster in question.
I wish mages would do a /roll every time they use Blink in confined spaces to see if they end up in a table or something 
ngl that sounds incredibly tedious
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Easily one of my favorite aspects of the World of Darkness setting. Magic can do some truly reality altering crazy stuff, but the greater the intended effect, the greater a risk of it backfiring or having some serious side effects.
*when used haphazardly/stupidly
To a trained mage, its not like they risk blowing up their arm with each fireball.
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Not having any consequences to using magic sounds pretty boring imo, ofc it all depends on the context, but I’ve seen caster roleplayers solve all kinds of problems with the snap of a finger, when in the lore just learning a spell or two can take several years depending on the potential of said caster, and still can backfire depending on context and source of magic.
Can’t really argue against that, but I’d like to add that it all depends on the circumstances. Would you really cast a fireball at an enemy if an ally is standing in close proximity fighting the foe? Does your character really have sniper-levels of accuracy? I’ve seen these type of things numerous times with magic roleplayers.
I think anyone that uses a sword should roll to see if they chop their own leg off with each attack tbh
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here i am look at me im one of those zaaaaaany mages stuck in a table again
its concequences see im stuck in the table! lol
look at me!
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Guess you completely forgot about the whole “context” thing. GG.
Easy. You roll a 1, most melee combatants usually stumble upon themselves in rp fights when losing a roll. Also, the whole concept of this is that magic is more dangerous and desctructive than going full melee.
Thankfully most of the worst mage RPers only exist in mediocre discords and emerge once a year.
But that’s neither here nor there. While Arcane is definitely one of the most LGBT magics in WoW, second only to Light, it’s not really pertinent to this thread ultimately.
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mmm yes a trained swordsman should have a 1 in 100 chance of accidentally maiming themselves every time they swing a sword
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I think magic in WoW is supposed to somewhat follow the D&D rules of magic. You have verbal and somatic components, and in some cases material.
Lower level magic that can be cast instantanous or near instantanous are usually not very powerful, but more powerful magics require much more time.
Gameplay basically represents the balance of mages, warlocks and priests well enough - only the most skillful of casters will be a danger in a 1 on 1 scenario (Well, I guess warlocks are kinda overpowered or something? And priests too… because healers.)
You’re right, my bad for derailing further, just wanted to add my two cents in the whole medieval magic thing.
Why not? Accidents happen, even to the most veteran of fighters. 1/100 risk isn’t big at all, or perhaps you mean that you want it to be bigger? That’s up to the DM or your own rules of fighting or w/e tho. Not even sure what you’re arguing other than “cba messing up”.
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Am I doing something wrong in my RP where issues about emote fights don’t trouble me because I just…tend not to have them? Adrasial is a pyromancer anyway and I like to imagine that daytime in Orgrimmar is hot and dry as hell anyway…
I don’t understand homophobia in RP. Again; I think this is something that has actually been improving with time rather than getting worse. I actually think you can usually tell when someone’s character’s bigotry is just a thin veil for them to act out their underlying issues, and when a character’s problematic personality is written to advance the story for narrative purposes. Targeting LGBT people IC is such a big indication of the former rather than the latter that again it’s not something I’ve actually came across myself.
So that’s a load of crap. The rest of the preaching in this thread about other types of RP is redundant though. Let people use what models they want, or dress in grey iron armour and hang around Hillsbrad and Silverpine, or whatever else!
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