Lind Whisperer

"That...must have been a lot of ogres." "All there on the board." Lind stepped forward again, and pointed. "The Hanging Gardens - there's a map in the Library. Our employer is being attacked by his plants. Apparently they've become carnivorous.Huh. That'll be right in the middle of Sungold territory." He said the name pointedly. "Y'all have any understanding of the current political situation in Eubric?" "Yep. And they are disappointingly rare, these days. But when they happen - they happen."The black knight proudly regarded the wipe sweep of his dragon-winged armor.

"I'm in need of a steady customer base, pretty set on noble acts of kindness.There might be some rats in the basement that need killing, though..." "There's a new quest on the board, someone bought the wrong type of plant seeds and they're a-hunting him. Or something. I thought there was going to be a quest to collect Ten Dire Wolf tails, but that hasn't popped up yet for some reason..."

Please, please, we're adults here - let's abstain from childish humor and juvenile jokes.

Has anyone checked to make sure the sheep isn't some third party mold? I seem to remember reading that LEGO once cameoed a fan vendor pig in an Indiana Jones video game - could this not possibly be the same case?

Lind smiled as he watched the new addition enter the Hall. "That brings back memories...Granted, I was all dressed in black - hard to find a rogue that isn't - but big rush of memories..." The Black Knight nodded to the new arrival. "Welcome to the Hall, friend."

Well, he's a "wonder," so I'm guessing he's supposed to be a child prodigy, perhaps?Either way, neat, and congrats Palathadric on acquiring a second character!

Mostly I just keep finding myself wondering when Heroica suddenly had a LEGO Dimensions quest start up. I've seen Mafia and Role-Playing on the bottom of Special Interests for so long that it's become ingrained on me.

That's because Heroica(the LEGO board game) used LEGO dice with printed tiles - here's the tile in question.

These are beautiful. :cry_happy: :cry_happy: :cry_happy:

What a generous chap! :laugh: :laugh:Speaking of Meads/Drinks, if anyone has any ideas for a drink/potion they'd like to see become a thing, but don't have a place for it, please feel free to PM me! I'm working on a short (newbie) alcohol centered quest, and I could use any spare drink ideas.

...I've heard horror stories. That's all I'm going to say on this topic. Eurobricks is...a fairly free-minded site. But were a horror story to somehow happen, I was just trying to set up an "really nice knowing you all, shame it had to end, here's a goodbye present" thing. Sandy ruled against it, and that's the end of it.

"Quite." The Black Knight nodded to Johon to follow them. "So - water for me, what'll you have?"

Pathaldric's character is called Monk Pretzel. He's saying Windus is like a junior version.

Fair.

I just assumed it was that it need a human to activate its powers, but looking at the video, it does just create monsters on its own. That's...kind of a big plot hole, really. Maybe we'll get an explanation eventually, but for now...

You are re-framing this to fit your narratative.People are not attracted to "sexism," they are attracted to real-to-life portrayals of history, in history themes. Pirates/Armada/French Navy/Redcoats=real people, real things. Timing is off. But real-to-life - enough - portrayal, of real people. Lady knights=just did not exist. And I was saying that your sorceress example was an example in name only, and was not what people would most likely think of when they hear that a person is a sorceress. See guys, sexism is a word! And if you call something sexist, that...Okay, Lind, just step away. Which is why I said it. And you missed the second point here, so... I was pointing out that if there's this large audience of girls and adults wanting to buy sets with girl knights, you'd think it'd be a little more fondly remembered for having had a female knight. ... Okay, you are clearly... Okay, people if you want to hear my reply to this...go back and actually read the post s/he's quoting. Just...just go back and actually read the post. This is what's called "out-of-context". As I said before, go back and read the original post.

The one time Lind's under-gearedness might actually be useful... Hmm...

With LEGO's pricing style, it wouldn't be possible for "one-and-done" theme runs, a la Castle 2013, but for their larger themes...Yeah, I could see this happening. Bionicle had an "animals" set - I don't see why something like this couldn't theoretically work.

Actually, Classic Castle directly referenced...Never mind, not worth it. Well, if they aren't learning about them in school, toys aren't the worst way to teach 'em... Examples needed, because that's how debating works. I'll...let that comment speak for itself.Also, examples of Victorian revisionism needed. Because historical inaccuracies in Pirates are "those two groups wouldn't have met when they were active". Not "that gender did something they didn't do". ... Fair. ^^^^^This, is a well-argued rebuttal. You provided examples, and gave good reasons. Well, according to Google...a bunch of robes. Very few feathers... Yes it would. No, they don't. But LEGO does follow the typical marker in general design, and the general design of a sorceress would, unless the plot called for something different, follow...common depictions of sorceresses. ...Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...For starters...You're the one assuming that I'm assuming something... You know, I was on the right track when I said I should leave this discussion. This...is heating up.

Sandy: Just in case I ever get banned - for any reason - could I set a will, stating that Lind auto-distributes his gear to x, y, and z? (In the case of such an event happening.) Everyone: (No, I'm not planning on doing anything crazy, I was just having a...conversation that was starting to heat up in another thread, and I wanted to make sure that if something ever did happen - as I could see future conversations on the same topic arising, and possibly become even hotter - that my gear wouldn't go to waste.)

If anyone has a response to my last response, I will reply to that response, but beyond that, I believe I should withdraw from this conversation. My piece has been said; and I fear that I am starting to kindle a flame war...

Correct, and I apologize. I forgot to type Princess knight. Good point. Historical accuracy is irrelevant.That statement speaks for itself, as to what's wrong with this argument. I will agree that female knights in a fantasy theme are perhaps, not the worst idea - although they are rather unrealistic, just in terms of how people behave* - but in a realistic setting, it's just not realistic, nor is rewriting history-which is what you're effectively doing to the minds of all of the kids who will play with these-a constructive end. We're all adults, or nearly so, on these forums - let's type like we are. "If you don't like the book, just don't read it!" Agreed. Also, there's no need to deprive me of my Purdue Pete Ideas set, darn it! Except that LEGO deemed the audience clamoring for it not large enough to pursue. LEGO sells what will sell, and the wallets for politically correct, re-written history, are far smaller in number than the millions for normal, normal history. Fantasy? Yes. Re-written history? No. I was just reminding everyone that there had been a Castle line before with a female knight.It also was the second-least favorably remembered Castle line. Not that the two of those are connected. But since there's this large audience of girls and adults who want to play with bright-colored castles and girl knights...well, you'd almost think it would be remembered a bit more fondly than it is... Mage, archmage, battlemage, cleric, and I'm not even out of Heroica job traits yet... I'd type, "Does typing history!sad give you a false sense of superiority through mocking another person," but I know we're all adults here, so you wouldn't do a thing like that. Strawman here, I was strictly having an issue with female knights in a historical, non-fantasy context. So...moving on. Rad, mon. Groovy slang.Also, I thought we were talking about female spellcasters, not swapped-gender Falcons. But nice picture.** Point partially ceded, however, only partially. This is what most people think of - if Google Search can be considered most people - when they think of sorceresses. Sorceressi? Sorceri? Hard to determine plurals aside, it looks nothing like your picture. Yes, I will admit that "good-aligned" characters called a "Sorceress" have been in at least one children's theme - but said character also looks nothing like the typical image created by the name "sorceress". Parents might buy a box with a strange wierd winged female on it, without looking at the title too closely, but a box with a magic-user, dressed as magic-user, called a sorceress? Yeah...they're going to at least take a second look before clicking buy. *Armor is freaking heavy. You can't just lower the standards on armor. Would some women still go into battle? Possibly. But not enough so that it's such an imperative thing as it must be done.

It's totally true - just look at this picture: Would anyone who wasn't brainwashed dress like that? * *No offense meant towards anyone here who actually would/does wear something like this, it's..just not the normal sort of thing to wear.

But that is a new Spaceship!

You're making a better argument here for "selling princess fantasies" than against it. Companies will sell what sells. Unless it's a fantasy universe, that's just not going to happen. You can't rewrite history just because it "would be more politically correct". They all look like pretty good sorceresses to me, unless you mean good as in Lawful Good, in which case..That's not what sorceress implies. So..."Princess=bad," but "Girl-colors=good"? ...Your standards kind of feel like they're flopping all over the place. ...They're not supposed to make sets that are "gritty" - because that would be too "boy-ish," I presume - but they are supposed to make sets in "girl-friendly colors" - in a theme that by your standard is supposed to be "unisex," but no realistic female knights because they would be too "girly"... That's just not financially viable.