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THE COMBAT WHEELCHAIR v3.0.1 is here! Errata has been made to clarify and streamline rules both core and for the 14 subclasses (including a whole new class with 4 subclasses &
@matthewmercer
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#dnd
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Your daily reminder:
No, Critical Role didn't invent the Combat Wheelchair for
#dnd
. I did, and Matt very kindly asked to use his platform to promote it. It's very hurtful to see folks praising a show for creating something it didn't actually create! Don't spread misinformation!
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Regarding Peter Dinklage's (extremely valid) criticism of Disney with regards to Snow White, I once again highly recommend folks check out and read "Disfigured: On Fairytales, Disability & Making Space" by Amanda Leduc. Ableism in fairytales runs much deeper than you think.
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Really love that the plot of the Witcher is just "feral man who doesn't want to be the main character finds out he is, in fact, the main character and hates it"
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Geralt of Rivia & the Importance of Disabled Protagonists
A Thread.
Geralt of Rivia is disabled.
That statement always surprises people, even fans of the series. But it's true. It's just that people only remember how Geralt is shown in- 1/20
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I adore the Witcher fandom because the show is like "Here's Geralt. He's a big burly buff man here to be grumpy and fight monsters and kill people" and the fandom is like "Soft boy. Here are 12 million edits of him wearing flower crowns."
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The Combat Wheelchair (v2.0) for 5e
#dnd
New upgrades, cleaner rules, sleeker design, FAQs and more - and still completely free! You have access to a book and a dyslexic-friendly font version!
#disability
#dnd
(audio available soon)
Art:
@claudiopozas
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A quick guide for new folks here about ableist language and language changes!
1) Don't say 'differently abled' or 'handicapped'. The term is 'disabled'.
2) Disability-first please! Say 'a blind person' NOT 'a person who is blind'. Person-first is outdated and was a concept-
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Me: *makes a combat wheelchair for fellow disabled d&d players who've wanted this representation for ages*
Ableists: BUT IT'S NOT REALISTIC?????? I WANT REALISM IN MY D&D GAME WHERE I FIGHT DRAGONS AND USE MAGIC TO RUN UP WALLS AND CEILINGS! YOU'RE JUST RUINING D&D FOR EVERYONE
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Geralt of Rivia has huge 'horse girl' energy but none of you are brave enough for that conversation yet
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THE COMBAT WHEELCHAIR v2.1!
Streamlined rules, subclasses (including
@matthewmercer
's Blood Hunter), background, and upgrades! Plain text and dyslexic friendly! 100% FREE!
I'm SO excited to see what you all think!
#dnd
#ttrpg
#disability
#combatwheelchair
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I came out to my parents yesterday.
About how I've been feeling, my new name, how I want to be perceived. I'd been putting it off for over a month now. I didn't know how they'd react.
But they were accepting - very accepting.
I'm Mark. I'm their son.
So, hi! I'm Mark!
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My favourite thing about borzois is how they look exactly like Christopher Lee's Saruman
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YOU CAN GET MINIS NOW!!
EVERYONE CAN BE A HERO!
@ThomasLishman
& I are proud to have worked with
@strataminis
&
@mustangsart
to support her
#CombatWheelchair
rules & chosen charity . 25% of every sale donated!
Minis at
#Disability
#ttrpg
#dnd5e
#inclusion
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THE COMBAT WHEELCHAIR v3.0!
Extensive core rules, 14 subclasses (+ a whole NEW class &
@matthewmercer
's blood hunter), upgrades catalogue, NPCs, short story, & beautiful artwork!
Plain text & dyslexic friendly PDFs too!
100% FREE!
#dnd
#ttrpg
#disability
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Star Wars peaked with this joke and we've never emulated a fraction of its greatness ever since
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About Jaskier: a short
#Witcher
thread.
He seems cowardly, but he really isn't. Think about it, he sees Geralt, a big scary man across the room, knows he's a Witcher who are hated and feared, supposedly more beast than man and what does he do?
Befriends him.
Am I the only person who really thinks Jaskier is the most annoying part on
#TheWicther
?
Good actor, but I just hate that trope.
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Hey, remember to thank your DM(s) who work so hard to build a place/world you can bring your stories and characters to life in. Don't overlook what they do for the group; a kind word of encouragement or just saying what you liked that session means an awful lot.
#dnd
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The manuscript for v4 of the Combat Wheelchair is coming along fantastic, so here's a look at the new cover art by the ever-inimitable and wonderful
@kroovv
!
#dnd
#ttrpg
#disability
#wheelchair
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honestly hoping Henry Cavill just says 'fuck it' and starts streaming him painting ttrpg minis and talking about the things he enjoys from now on, I would so support that
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I'm so exhausted.
All I did was make a wheelchair and some folks have decided it's the end of the world.
No one is making you use it.
Yes, I thought everything through in its design which is why it's based on impact sport chairs.
Shut up and take your ableist shit elsewhere.
#dnd
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This is going to be one of the features for the Rogue subclass I'm making for the Combat Wheelchair!
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I understand that people mean well, but please for the love of god, stop telling me to read the wheelchair items in Pathfinder's Grand Bazaar and Guns & Gears.
I know about them. I was the one that wrote them. Paizo hired me to do that officially for them.
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Being a
#dnd
Dungeon Master is like setting up a stage for an epic play and then suddenly realising your cast are all improv comedians.
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#OpenDnD
If the new 'OGL' goes through, I will be pulling all Combat Wheelchair rulings regardless of their version off the web entirely. Version 4 is currently on hold and will likely be scrapped if WotC aren't stopped. I won't let WotC have any legal right to my hard work to-
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Anyway I'm in my bed crying because my boy is in an officially licensed D&D game. A *wheelchair-using character* is in a game!!!
😭💜
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what is the best Witcher 3 quest and why is it the one where Geralt gets really high and Roach starts talking to him and when the drugs wear off he's sad because he can't understand her anymore
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Hi, new followers, it's nice to meet you! I'm Sara, and I made the Combat Wheelchair homebrew for 5e
#dnd
, that was on
@CriticalRole
& which you can get here!
You also get 3 subclasses: Monk, Paladin, and Warlock. AND you get a special Blood Hunter (
@matthewmercer
) subclass too!
THE COMBAT WHEELCHAIR v2.1!
Streamlined rules, subclasses (including
@matthewmercer
's Blood Hunter), background, and upgrades! Plain text and dyslexic friendly! 100% FREE!
I'm SO excited to see what you all think!
#dnd
#ttrpg
#disability
#combatwheelchair
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WotC: Sorry guys, we rolled a nat 1 on this one!
The entire community: No, you were That Player™️ who rolled a nat 1 in front of everyone at the table and then tried to say you rolled a nat 20. Then you got angry that everyone called you out on trying to cheat the game.
#OpenDnD
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Aw, little buddy man doesn't actually know how healing spells work in dnd at all. How cute.
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The most bizarre thing about seeing some people claim Geralt "talks too much" is watching them completely ignore the fact that Geralt laid out his entire life story to Iola, a woman who'd taken a vow of silence, and he literally talked for 5 straight pages of just dialogue.
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It's genuinely so wild that I've influenced The Witcher tv show???
‘The Witcher’ Showrunner Opens Up About Including Geralt’s Disability
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And this is no hate to Critical Role. I'm very grateful for their support and Matt even talked about and promoted my work on his twitter, rightly crediting me as the creator. This is me just asking for folks to realise that though the chair is on the show, I was the one who-
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created it - I spent almost a whole year making that ruleset and it hurts to see folks crediting someone else for my work!
*Dagen Underthorn* is Matt's creation. The *Combat Wheelchair* is NOT.
Thanks for understanding and take care! 💜
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Y'all don't know how hard it was to keep quiet about this!!!
Thank you
@matthewmercer
and the Crit Role team for using the combat wheelchair in your game! I am beyond humbled 💜♿💜
Dagen is going to be their guide. Mighty Nein, if they need his help, just come find him. He moves in a chair of scuffed metal and wood, slanted wood affixed to it sides with various tools and plates bolted to it.
#CriticalRole
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MATT MERCER LIKED THE WHEELCHAIR????? I !!!!!
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DM culture is putting the characters you wish you were playing into your campaigns as NPCs
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Say hello to new Champion, Talin Uran! A Combat Wheelchair-using Tiefling Rogue from the streets of Waterdeep, coming to
@idlechampions
next week!
Anyone can be an adventurer!
#dnd
#ttrpg
#disability
@Wizards_DnD
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I've been saying it for years, but D&D should change its 'blinded' and 'deafened' conditions to 'disoriented' because players and DMs don't seem to understand that the condition of 'blinded' or 'deafened' isn't the same as being legally Blind or Deaf/HoH.
It's a quick fix- 1/4
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I hope that one day I get to make the Combat Wheelchair canon in D&D because boy would that piss off a load of these babies in the comments lmao
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Out of context quote from a dnd game I'm in:
"If you have to ask then yes, it's a war crime."
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I also want to put out there that I'm doing a complete address of mechanics to play blind/limited vision and/or deaf/hard of hearing spellcasters in D&D 5e. It will cover *everything* from combat to AOE and targeted spells as well as a section on roleplaying.
This will be free.
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It's 3 am and I'm crying in my room over my wheelchair rules being in CRITICAL ROLE what the heck
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Hey Jeremy,
It was me. I made the combat wheelchair.
D&D is a co-op game, in which we weave fantasy tales for our mutual bliss.
If someone wants to play a hero in a wheelchair, for example, uphold their bliss, especially if that hero reflects their real-life experience.
We're all happier when we support each other like this.
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#opendnd
Be prepared for tomorrow as I will very likely be pulling the Combat Wheelchair from off the open Google drive it is stored on. If you want to download it for private use in your homegame, follow the links. DON’T PUT IT ANYWHERE ONLINE.
Thanks for the 3 years we had.
THE COMBAT WHEELCHAIR v3.0.1 is here! Errata has been made to clarify and streamline rules both core and for the 14 subclasses (including a whole new class with 4 subclasses &
@matthewmercer
's blood hunter). Everything else remains & still 100% FREE
#dnd
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Me: Book Geralt is such a sweet and gentle man.
Meanwhile, book Geralt:
- Told 10 yo Ciri she was ugly because she was rude to him
- Threatens to beat Dandelion to death with his lute
- Thought a Higher Vampire was a tax collector
- Growls at people
- Spends entire-
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Reminder that Geralt of Rivia is canonically into astrology, to the point where he attended Oxenfurt University, taking classes on it and overall did very well on the course. There's just something lovely about a disillusioned and shunned man finding some joy in the night sky ✨
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Can I now say that I am the official 'Ruiner' of Dungeons & Dragons?
My Combat Wheelchair has destroyed it all lmao
D&D is a co-op game, in which we weave fantasy tales for our mutual bliss.
If someone wants to play a hero in a wheelchair, for example, uphold their bliss, especially if that hero reflects their real-life experience.
We're all happier when we support each other like this.
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7) Remember, language is constantly in motion! It's a living thing. Be open to changes and be aware that sometimes you'll mess up - even I still get terminology wrong from time to time! When you make a mistake, apologise, and ask how you can do/be better going forward!
💜♿💜
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3) Don't say 'wheelchair bound'. It is ableist and doesn't account for ambulatory wheelchair users! Additionally, wheelchairs are not confining, they are freeing and give a lot of disabled people independence!
4) 'Cr*pple' lame' & 'r*tard' are slurs! Do NOT use them. However-
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pressed on us by able-bodied people in the Disability Studies field. It comes from the idea that you should 'see the person not the disability' which is gross. However, older disabled people may prefer person-first language. If you're unsure of a person's preference ask politely!
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I'm unsurprised but still downhearted at the level of vitriol that came from the D&D community yesterday just because a disabled person dared to make a wheelchair for the game. But I'm moving on. I've muted those threads because ableists aren't worth my time.
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I've just seen some confusion going around and wanted to address it so it was clear to both fans and just ttrpg folks in general! I hope this clears things up! 💜
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(And if the Witcher TV show gang are ever looking for an experienced disability consultant with the same disabilities as Geralt, I'm more than happy to offer my services!)
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I will never let you forget that Geralt of Rivia, renowned monster hunter, was scared of a Higher Vampire, not because of its nature, but because he thought it was a banker come to tax him.
Geralt has committed tax fraud canonically and lives in fear of being discovered.
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As a bi person the LGBA doesn't speak for me and will *never* speak for me. Being against trans rights is not only bigoted, but also serves to disregard the work the trans community's put into advancing LGBTQ+ rights since the beginning.
The LGBA should lose its charity status.
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Geralt of Rivia is disabled and a hero and it's important we don't erase that part of him.
/end.
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some disabled folk have reclaimed 'cr*pple' and may refer to themselves and their disabled friends as 'crips'. If you aren't disabled, this is not you word or term to use.
5) 'Aspergers' is no longer a medical diagnoses term, it has since been replaced with ASD (Autism Spectrum-
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Dungeon Masters really sit there all concerned, saying 'Are you sure you want to do this?' whilst looking like this behind their DM screen:
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Rogue One is an extremely good Star Wars movie from start to finish and didn't deserve the hate it got at the time. It's a good plot, with great characters who grow and change as they drive the story onward before sacrificing themselves to change the galaxy.
Also it has K-2SO.
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Top notch comment from some dude on OkCupid today:
"Sorry but you really don't look like someone who likes the Witcher."
Me, having WROTE for the Witcher ttrpg and played a game with Doug Cockle: "I- ....huh???"
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All I did was make a wheelchair.
I've been told disabled people can't exist in D&D, told this is unrealistic in a game about magic and dragons, and been met with insults and death threats.
For making a chair that is completely optional to use.
What does that sound like?
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#dnd
Curse of Strahd, but all the vampires are replaced by the What We Do In The Shadows vampires, send tweet.
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he isn't portrayed as his life 'suddenly being over', he is still just as capable and strong and learns to compensate his sword fighting techniques to work *with* his disability.
When I read the novels, I saw a lot of myself in Geralt because he had some of the same- 11/20
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Today has been me walking around the house and telling anyone who'll listen to me that there is now a WHEELCHAIR-USING CHARACTER IN A LICENCED D&D GAME HELL YEAH
#dnd
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osteoarthritis).
Why is it important that Geralt is disabled?
It adds a lot to Geralt as a character and a protagonist. When you think about Geralt of Rivia, you think about a strong and capable (if sometimes reluctant) hero. 9/20
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experienced a complete upheaval of the nervous system and everything is out of alignment now despite the broken bones having healed.
This is an accurate portrayal of not only chronic pain from lasting injuries, but also nerve damage and arthritis (particularly- 8/20
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Disorder(s)). However, some autistic people may still use aspergers when describing their own experiences. Be aware and respect this!
6) Here's a free resource on terminology you can download/bookmark/keep a note of!
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Ableists: *leave any comment on the combat wheelchair that they genuinely believe is a real zinger 'gotcha' moment*
Me, who has currently published it in 4 different official table top games:
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That isn't something you see very often in fantasy novels or the genre as a whole and as someone whose disabilities include osteoarthritis and nerve damage, it meant the world to see someone like me be a famed and powerful monster hunter. When Geralt becomes disabled- 10/20
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Fun fact: Mobility aids in ttrpgs that serve only to allow a disabled character to do *everything* an able-bodied character can do isn't 'overpowered'. If you think that then no character you play should have glasses because correcting your vision is 'overpowered'.
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Hey yo, apparently 'controversial opinion' but representing more people in The Witcher isn't "ruining" or "damaging" the franchise in any way. Some of you really missed that message in the franchise about how damaging it is to treat anyone as less than a person and it shows.
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My Combat Wheelchair (v1.0) for 5e
#dnd
!
You have access to a book version, a dyslexic-friendly font version, and an audio version completely for free! Please give me feedback/let me know if you use this in your adventures! ♿️💜⚔️
#ttrpg
#disability
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Sometimes you've just got to sit there and write fanfiction about your own dnd character
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Wolf School sword style (it involves a lot of pirouettes) because of his knee and hip.
In Baptism of Fire, we get the first clear address of Geralt's condition in a conversation between him and Regis (pics below). Regis explains that Geralt's body has- 7/20
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disabilities as me and it meant an awful lot to see a character I admired going through the same things I was. He'd get angry/frustrated with his disability, the pain would sometimes be too much for him... these were all my lived experiences too.
Geralt becoming disabled- 12/20
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It's so very important that media normalises disabled heroes/protagonists and stops erasing the disabilities of those who were already established as being disabled. It's damaging.
There are disabled people out there who, like me, need someone like Geralt of Rivia to- 18/20
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the CDPR videogames - a grizzled but able-bodied monster hunter - without realising that CDPR removed that disability.
'It's only a disability, it's not that important' you may say, but it's actually VERY important. Geralt becomes disabled shortly towards the end of novel- 2/20
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relate to, to remind them that their experiences are valued and that they aren't going through them alone.
I truly hope that when the time comes in the story,
@witchernetflix
,
@LHissrich
and Henry Cavill don't make the same mistake CDPR made. 19/20
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in Brokilon Forest by its magical waters, but the healing doesn't negate or lessen his disability. In fact, after healing, Geralt finds a lot of the things he used to do has become more difficult.
He complains of severe aches and pains in his sword arm (specifically the- 4/20
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Ah yes, the D&D community that sent me death threats and openly mocked me for making a wheelchair in a game where submarines and magic exists is so very 'accepting' of marginalised people.
/s
@NalaWu
@TSR_games
Original D&D players were absolutely marginalized as nerds, geeks, dorks, etc. Then stuff like Big Bang Theory, video games, comics, movies, made it cool.
We've come a long way let's not ruin it by being jerks to each other. Peace. ☮️✌️🏳️🕉️🕊️
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I'm going to print off the comment from Matt Mercer that the combat wheelchair is "badass" and stick it on my wall because honestly it gives me motivation to keep on going despite the backlash from some folks in the community.
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Hello
@Wizards_DnD
,
Please address what has happened in the community. Stop ignoring things.
Sincerely,
Not just me but every disabled person who has had to put up with all of this ableist bs.
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and dealing with the frustration, the pain, and eventually coming to terms with it helped me, a disabled reader, come to terms with my own disability.
Geralt isn't treated like his life is suddenly 'over' because of his disability and his friends don't treat him as any- 13/20
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lot from it. So I braved it and told him that I use they/them and don't consider myself as a 'woman'; that I just see myself as 'me' and my makeup and (androgynous) style expresses that. It was terrifying but I wanted him to know.
He said he accepts me.
My dad accepts me.
💜
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elbow) and his leg (specifically about the knee and sometimes his hip) throughout the books after Time of Contempt and onwards. It affects his gait, causing him to walk with a limp that increases in severity depending on the weather. He finds that riding Roach for long- 5/20
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Matt Mercer RT-d the Combat Wheelchair minis!!! AAAAA
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Din Djarin just wanted better clothes and somehow managed to sidequest himself into becoming King of Mandalore and goddamn if that isn't the most ttrpg character thing I have ever seen-
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me, a disabled person with a knee brace and a limp seeing Blackbeard with a knee brace and a limp on ofmd: "My crops? Watered. My day? Blessed. My depression? Cured. My heart? Full."
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periods is very uncomfortable. He is restless sitting down because suddenly his knee will seize and needs to stand up again to stretch it out. Sometimes the pain is so bad he drops his sword because his elbow can't take the impact, and he can't always fight in the typical- 6/20
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Time of Contempt after taking a severe injury that shatters his elbow and his thighbone and leaves him screaming in agony and delirious until the Dryads help him.
'But he was healed by the Waters of Brokilon!' I hear you book fans decry and you're right, Geralt was healed- 3/20
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