I can understand the point, but it is a weird one actually. It's more like people congregate around similarities and people who have been in a wheelchair before are more likely to discuss how having a character with that disadvantage might make for some interesting roleplay.
Remember, table top isn't meant to be played as you do a videogame, you're not going in guns blazing kill, kill, kill. Disadvantages and negative quirks make roleplay more interesting, having to carry a disabled member up a cliff because they can't do so themselves offers interesting obstacles. Or your DM might just decide to break your legs and have you walk around on crutches.
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kukuxu (5409)
4 years ago
Yes and no. Be aware we're talking about dungeon crawling in D&D. A character in a wheelchair is just beyond ridiculous.
If we were talking about more narrative tabletop RPG, that'd be a different thing. For example, a Call of Cthulhu scenario, trapped in a house with one of the characters being in a wheelchair could be really interesting. But that's a different story. This is about fucking wheelchair-friendly dungeons in D&D. It's like including regiments of wheelchair soldiers in a Napoleonic wargame, for the sake of political correctness.
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Terez (236)
4 years ago
I can agree that wheelchair accessibility in a dungeon makes no bloody sense, but the whole idea of creating official wheelchair rulesets doesn't affect anyone negatively at all. Though, a dungeon really only needs a fair bit of flat terrain and wide enough spaces to be wheelchair friendly. Your article doesn't actually explain what changes they made to the new dungeon just that the dungeon is wheelchair accessible.
Since wheelchair combat rules do allow for traveling up and down staircases we don't actually know that anything has been changed, do we? Maybe they added a handicap parking sign and that's it. Before there it outrage, there needs to actually be something to be outraged about.
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