#gygaxian — Public Fediverse posts
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The "golden spider-duck" joke in #MST3K's "Horror of Party Beach" reminds me of a #DnD pet peeve: Gamers who think #Gygaxian "combination monsters" like #Owlbears are too silly.
You know what? Centaurs, chimeras, and pegasuses are silly combination monsters, too, but they don't seem silly to most Westerners because those monsters are part of a culture we grow up with. "Silly monster" is just a cultural bias against monsters you didn't grow up with.
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The "golden spider-duck" joke in #MST3K's "Horror of Party Beach" reminds me of a #DnD pet peeve: Gamers who think #Gygaxian "combination monsters" like #Owlbears are too silly.
You know what? Centaurs, chimeras, and pegasuses are silly combination monsters, too, but they don't seem silly to most Westerners because those monsters are part of a culture we grow up with. "Silly monster" is just a cultural bias against monsters you didn't grow up with.
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The "golden spider-duck" joke in #MST3K's "Horror of Party Beach" reminds me of a #DnD pet peeve: Gamers who think #Gygaxian "combination monsters" like #Owlbears are too silly.
You know what? Centaurs, chimeras, and pegasuses are silly combination monsters, too, but they don't seem silly to most Westerners because those monsters are part of a culture we grow up with. "Silly monster" is just a cultural bias against monsters you didn't grow up with.
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The "golden spider-duck" joke in #MST3K's "Horror of Party Beach" reminds me of a #DnD pet peeve: Gamers who think #Gygaxian "combination monsters" like #Owlbears are too silly.
You know what? Centaurs, chimeras, and pegasuses are silly combination monsters, too, but they don't seem silly to most Westerners because those monsters are part of a culture we grow up with. "Silly monster" is just a cultural bias against monsters you didn't grow up with.
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The "golden spider-duck" joke in #MST3K's "Horror of Party Beach" reminds me of a #DnD pet peeve: Gamers who think #Gygaxian "combination monsters" like #Owlbears are too silly.
You know what? Centaurs, chimeras, and pegasuses are silly combination monsters, too, but they don't seem silly to most Westerners because those monsters are part of a culture we grow up with. "Silly monster" is just a cultural bias against monsters you didn't grow up with.