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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Traditional Games > Embarassment in fluff: Sitting Bull is a werewolf
 
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Whybird
Aug 2, 2009

Phaiston have long avoided the tightly competetive defence sector, but the IRDA Act 2052 has given us the freedom we need to bring out something really special.

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I for one look forward to playing their World War 2 occult horror game and saving the world from the insidious legions of black-clad, gold-stealing wizened gnomes.

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Whybird
Aug 2, 2009

Phaiston have long avoided the tightly competetive defence sector, but the IRDA Act 2052 has given us the freedom we need to bring out something really special.

https://team-robostar.itch.io/robostar


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El Estrago Bonito posted:

It should be noted that the reason Gnomes are the communications people in Ebberon is literally due to the old joke about tiny people living inside your TV set.

I'm not actually joking, the dude who wrote the setting has confirmed this in an interview. One of the initial brainstorming sessions for the setting was literally them sitting around figuring out how you would mimic modern day technology using high fantasy D&D tropes, which lead to "there would be a gnome in a box talking to you!" kind of poo poo.

I get that the guy writing it isn't trying to say 'JEWS CONTROL THE BANKS' with his RPG setting but it's still possible to create a work that is kinda racist even if you're not a racist yourself -- we are talking about the setting, not the author here.

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