02-27-2021, 07:48 PM
Nothing pertinent. A slight diversion.
I just created a character for fun using the Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition rules. I didn’t intend her to be an anti capitalist. I intended for her to be a shape shifting nature champion. Wild Elf, female, warlock, patron fey, familiar sprite, neutral good. Among her abilities are to shape shift armored scales, natural weapons, wings, and any disguise. I got half way through the design, looking for flaws and limits, and discovered she didn’t much need things. She had healthy survival and nature skills, so could gather food trivially from the wild. She could cast the alter self spell at will, and thus create any clothing she wanted or needed. No need to work. Why did she need things? Able to imitate a noble in full formal garb through her magic, she none the less can be permanently penniless and without possessions. Not that she is obnoxious or obsessive about it. She is just that way.
Among her habits is driving her more 'civilized' companions crazy by speaking with beasts, allowing her to make friends with their horses and let them know what they need or want. They are not mindless slaves to be used, but our essential equals. Her habit of laughing when one of her companion's horses snorts is not fully appreciated.
But if she works with the fairly conventional human kingdom nearby to keep her forest wilderness (and the allied kingdom behind it) free of unpleasant creatures, is she part of an evil capitalist conspiracy? Living in a fantasy environment and thus autocratic culture, does this too leave her hopelessly unenlightened? I mean, they are all into the capturing the means of production game. They are awful. No one owns nature. Is it unthinkable to allow (shudder) humans into her woods, even if they are effective at beating up monstrosities?
Fortunately, she is part of a sprite culture that can be entirely annoying to any human who outstays they're welcome.
I just created a character for fun using the Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition rules. I didn’t intend her to be an anti capitalist. I intended for her to be a shape shifting nature champion. Wild Elf, female, warlock, patron fey, familiar sprite, neutral good. Among her abilities are to shape shift armored scales, natural weapons, wings, and any disguise. I got half way through the design, looking for flaws and limits, and discovered she didn’t much need things. She had healthy survival and nature skills, so could gather food trivially from the wild. She could cast the alter self spell at will, and thus create any clothing she wanted or needed. No need to work. Why did she need things? Able to imitate a noble in full formal garb through her magic, she none the less can be permanently penniless and without possessions. Not that she is obnoxious or obsessive about it. She is just that way.
Among her habits is driving her more 'civilized' companions crazy by speaking with beasts, allowing her to make friends with their horses and let them know what they need or want. They are not mindless slaves to be used, but our essential equals. Her habit of laughing when one of her companion's horses snorts is not fully appreciated.
But if she works with the fairly conventional human kingdom nearby to keep her forest wilderness (and the allied kingdom behind it) free of unpleasant creatures, is she part of an evil capitalist conspiracy? Living in a fantasy environment and thus autocratic culture, does this too leave her hopelessly unenlightened? I mean, they are all into the capturing the means of production game. They are awful. No one owns nature. Is it unthinkable to allow (shudder) humans into her woods, even if they are effective at beating up monstrosities?
Fortunately, she is part of a sprite culture that can be entirely annoying to any human who outstays they're welcome.
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