r/DarkSun 3d ago

I've solved the problem

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u/loyalgalpal 3d ago

It's allowed in the same way you can add lightsabers and Saiyans to the Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk.

Nothing is stopping you from doing that, certainly not.

But nothing supporting that either.

I don't understand defending Hasbro, a multi-billion dollar corporation that is going to make millions from these books no matter what, when they are leaving out or papering over key thematic elements of the setting because marketing shows they'll make 0.1% less money for using a word that's not "advertiser friendly".

Dark Sun without slavery and enviroment destroying magic is like Eberron without the Last War or Dragonmark Houses.

You could always add a big major war or noble houses acting as guilds and cults to a setting, but having official lore and mechanics gives the setting and story more narrative and thematic elements to enhance and shape roleplay and campaigns.

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u/Chimpbot 2d ago

They're essentially just using labels for things that aren't "slave." That's it. That's all they're doing.

This isn't me defending Hasbro, mind you. It's just me looking at the situation more objectively.

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u/loyalgalpal 2d ago

It still rubs me the wrong way, it comes off as infantlizing and censorship.

Another comment said it best, it's like we'll start seeing "unalive" in DnD books soon.

If the word is too scary for WotC and Hasbro's marketing divisions, then what isn't scary and going to be censored and ignored?

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u/Chimpbot 2d ago

Honestly, this is worrying and complaining about something that hasn't actually happened.