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I have a few:

  • Chosen ones, fate, destiny, &c. When you get down to it, a story with these themes is one where a single person or handful of people is ontologically, cosmically better and more important than everyone else. It's eerily similar to that right-wing meme about how "most people are just NPCs" (though I disliked the trope before that meme ever took off).
  • Way too much importance being given to bloodlines by the narrative (note, this is different from them being given importance by characters or societies in the story).
  • All of the good characters are handsome and beautiful, while all of the evil characters are ugly and disfigured (with the possible exception of a femme fatale or two).
  • Races that are inherently, unchangeably evil down to the last individual regardless of upbringing, society, or material circumstances.
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I have derailed a few DnD sessions by refusing to save nobility. Like nah, fuckem. I'll trade a prince to an evil god for spider powers too. Where do I sign?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One of the reasons I left my old DND group. Everyone else was happy to play out a "put the baby boy on the throne currently occupied by the adult woman" plot without batting an eye. I'm like, first off monarchy is awful and second off why are you trying to make us support literal patriarchy?

I don't think anyone literally said "why are you making this political?" but that was the energy I was reading.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Have one super negative trait and every session ends with an "oopsie" critical failure when you go to shake hands with the rescued king.