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Druna, the Silver Lady, tenth born daughter of the high gods, controls the dominion of magic. At the announcement of her birth, her sisters crafted her an orb of silver, called Druna’s eye, which they em- bedded in the night sky. She is the goddess of potentiality, transformation, and witchcraft. She demands her followers pursue silence and stillness, and in exchange transforms them by the hidden magic of the moon into immortal beings of power. Those who draw on this power are considered witches.

john_lollard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:04 am ...

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serendipitous wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:24 am

john_lollard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:04 am ...

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Looking over the sample: I won't use it, myself, because of the gender distinctions it requires: only female clerics may take Druna as a patron, and the patron taint, spells, etc. assume a female PC.

First, as a woman playing & judging DCC, I've hit a very low-tolerance mental space for the DCC gender situation. There are certain things in this patron writeup that push gender buttons: literal silencing, for example. Anything that is targeted at women and specifies either that they become more voluble or that they are silenced plays to tropes that I don't want in my own RPG space.

Second, this Sunday I met a fellow who's been playing RPG for years & years. His wife & kid were pretty tolerant as we stepped away from the party we were at and wandered over to his house nearby, and he pulled a banker's box of old-school manuals out onto his porch for me to look through. Really nice guy, enthusiastic, kind.

Guess what the first class he ever wanted to play was? Witch. I want guy witches to be a possibility in my world.

PS: Just to be clear, while I myself wouldn't use this as is, I can see where gender-specific "witches" is something that makes sense to a lot of folks. There is a lot of interesting flavor, and the "feel" is very consistent through the taint, disapproval, and spell tables.

john_lollard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:39 am Fair enough. However, I think you misread:

"Males cannot be clerics of Druna, though they may still become witches and serve her in other ways."

The limit was on being a priestess, not on taking her as a patron or becoming a witch.

dustle wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:16 am Totally tangential, but my eight year old son is a big fan of a short graphic novel series, the first of which is called The Boy Witch. It's about a society where females are expected to become witches and males are expected to become shapeshifters. I read it, and it's good. Definitely for kids but handles gender roles in a smart way.