Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.
Felt like sharing it here because I’m sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.
Well it is quite strange to be so offended of disabled people that you would leave the game But as a devil’s advocate what the problem is actually a world building one. If you establish that the world has magic, magic is widespread and powerful then the fact that there are disabled people could be slightly immersion breaking. For example in DnD lesser restoration a 2nd lvl spell would cure most blindnesses (well except if the person has actually lost their eyes). Hard to say anything more because you gave so little details. Ultimately that person had a disproportionate response but I find your meme both pointless what aboutism and generalization. Hope you have a good day.
I thought you were gonna make some cool points about world building but then the ending came. To address your DnD example; that’s already covered by canon. Adventurers and what they earn (monetarily, influence, and good old finders keeper’s wise) is at minimum a whole order of magnitude above what the level 0s that make up the world’s backdrop have access to.
A blind adventurer who is destitute could find a scroll of lesser restoration (not arguing it would work here or not, that’s DM fiat) or otherwise get access to restoration of some sort if sought.
The blind after mining accident level 0 beggar is screwed, but the blinded by hunting accident noble could see by the end of the day.
The blind from birth halfling who can not miss what they’ve never had before and who gets around just fine with blind sight, wouldn’t necessarily feel that there is anything to be fixed; use that wish people for legendary loot.
That’s the bleakest and reality is stranger than fiction angle tho.
They’re fictional worlds, it’s perfectly okay to make one in which differently abled people can feel represented without reality being a dick to them if you know, not being a dick is something that matters to you.
Edit: Some typos.
Exactly, lesser restoration is a spell 5th level clerics can cast, it won’t be super common but every temple should have someone in charge at that level at least. I’m not saying it’s impossible for people to be blind or otherwise have physical dysfunctions but magic on the scale dnd assumes means there will be lower rates of it. Did the player overreact? Yes, but he wasn’t 100% wrong
