Dungeons, Dragons, and the OTHER Phallic Desire
"You may be a group of unsightly men sitting around a card table on a Friday night, but your players will still be looking for chances to meet girls" -Shamus Young, DM of the Rings XII: NPC Non Grata I've been reading through old Dragon Magazines, and one of the things I've noticed is that, despite largely being by sweaty wargamers for sweaty wargamers, about Advanced Dungeons and Dragons with an approximate guy/gal ratio of 9/1, a lot of early Dungeons and Dragons material is... distressingly horny. via Dragon 33, "The Eyes of Mavis Deval" by Gardner F. Fox. I needed a header image, but also holy shit this story is emblematic of everything I'm gonna talk about today. This post came to me when I saw the mechanical term "Sexual Charisma," used in Dragon 33's Bazaar of the Bizarre entry for the lotion potion Cleo May, Cleopatra, Come to Me . Which...seriously, what the fuck. Just above this is "African Ju Ju" if you were curious ...
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