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Lottie and i are watching doctor who and she keeps naming famous actors that I don't recognise

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So the official Deadlands Classic character sheet is a complete mess.

So I'm redesigning it. Here's my work in progress!

First 2 images are the official character sheet, the second 2 are mine.

and we're back, after 24 hours of having no internet connection

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Some disclaimers I wanted in my original toot but ran out of characters:

‣ I'm not a lawyer. Don't take my advice assuming I'm an expert (but likewise don't do the same for the other advice floating around!)
‣ I'm not in the US, so the US legal system is not something I'm familiar with in any intimate way
‣ Read the Terms carefully. Come to your own conclusion. Or better: find someone who does actually know what they're talking about for legal advice

so now* I choose:

‣ The newer version of the game with better rules
‣ The older version of the game which doesn't constantly feel like it's trying to exclude women

*where "now" is "sometime between now and when I decide to play it

hang on.... I'm looking through the Deadlands classic rulebook, and in that one they use she half of the time.

What the heck??

Why did they remove feminine pronouns from the second version of the game???

Especially since a lot of the actual fluff text is exactly the same as it was before

also the example that I just read was like:

"if you take this Edge at character creation, you have a deformaty and get a -2 to your charisma. We know it's unfair, but a female with this edge can choose if their deformity is unsettling (-2 charisma) or exotic (+2 charisma)"

Which is just.... so gross

Every time I read bits of the Deadlands: Reloaded rulebook, I get really inspired and I really want to run a game of it.

And then I get frustrated at the fact that the rule book assumes that every player, and also every CHARACTER is a man.

There's no gender neutral language. It's "when your character does X, he gets Y" all throughout the 290 pages.

The only exception is when a rule depends on gender, and then usually it says "a female gets Y"

the terms of service are here: https://discordapp.com/terms
the relevant section is "DISPUTE RESOLUTION"

the misinformation is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/9p5uyp/latest_tos_update_revokes_your_right_to_sue/

the explanation from the staff is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/9p5uyp/latest_tos_update_revokes_your_right_to_sue/e7zfqw2/

a screenshot describing some other details is here: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/317913384811233280/502404990107910144/Capture_2018-10-18-01-57-15.png

There's a warning going around about Discord removing your right to sue, and recommends you opt out of their new thing

But the short version of the new thing is: You can still sue, but you have to tell Discord first so that they can try to resolve it before actually involving the legal system, and if it DOES end up in arbitration, Discord will actually pay the fee.

If you're considering opting out, please read the "Dispute Resolution" section very carefully

I think the worst part of this is that so much advice online is not only advice for D&D GMs (which doesn't apply to the games I'm going to be running at all), but is also just not good advice outside of a very specific context

I'm going to be facilitating a story game on Tuesday, and I'm anxious about it because it's been over a year and I know my skills aren't that great.

I tend to fall into the same ruts when improvising, and I forget to describe a lot of things.

I forgot to mention: this is a laptop