• QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
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    I don’t understand what they were thinking

    “The Staff: A Different Kind of RPG”, and the picture is a naked minotaur looking down at a topless buff dude.

    You might as well have called it “The Really Big Dick: This Aint For Kids” and had the minotaur’s cock on the dude’s head. That’s the only way it could possibly have been any more suggestive.

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      It says LITRPG, not RPG. LITRPG is a story genre.

      (Edit: this is meant to be informative, not condescending. I hadn’t heard of that genre until semi recently.)

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      roll a D8, the result determines the outcome of your conversation:

      1. the minotaur fucks you
      2. you fuck the minotaur
      3. the minotaur attacks you
      4. a trap door opens under you dropping you into a sex dungeon
      5. the minotaur starts crying (you monster)
      6. the minotaur proposes
      7. you trip and accidentally stab the minotaur to death (you monster)
      8. the minotaur fucks you

      I’d play the shit out of that game

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        That’s literally just the text adventure video game Corruption of Champions (CoCs). The sci-fi version is Trials in Tainted Space (TiTS).

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    This is fantastic. Thanks for posting the reddit link, which has now been edited further:

    EDIT 2: Apparently I also owe an apology to the small (but vocal) contingent who really wanted this to be minotaur smut. I’m doing my part. Now get typing.

    Be the change you want to see in the world.

    And the linked thread is basically a writing competition that the author is hosting with a $100 prize. The title is “Announcing the 2026 Beefhammer Prize For Excellence in Minotaur Erotica”. Lovely!

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    The drawing is super suggestive, that Minotaur is ripped, face looking down while his chest pump up showing physical dominance while his “enemy” with his height only achieving the bare minimum to cover his massive huge humongous…personality

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    Ouch. Seriously, what was he thinking with that cover. Or the artist for that matter. Should have shopped it out to at least one friend and asked “based on the cover, what do you think this is about?”

    I mean the name literally has “The Staff” in it!

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    don’t think its gonna sell as good with a different cover. also “A NOVEL NOT ABOUT GAY MINOTAUR SEX?” should be its byline

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    He’s upset because everyone made the wrong assumption, it’s actually a story about a sentient staff that gets revenge for being used as a sounding rod for 30 years.

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    “Jason knew that this was beyond him. And some deep inside him rose. A deep knowing that he could take this the minataur. Sterlingly strong, the minataur stood with a knowing going in his eyes. This wasn’t his first rodeo. “Don’t fail me now” Jason thought as he gripped his staff ever tighter.”

    “The minataur thrust himself at Jason. A tangled mess of limbs and horns, they jostled for position. Jason held the minataur’s head down by the horns. “I’ve got you now” as he moved to thrust his staff deep inside the … The world a twirl, Jason found himself on his back, lurching. Something gored him and the man-beast had struck the first blow. He had never felt anything like this before. The power. The grace. The yearning for release. He was no longer in control. When was the last time he wasn’t in control?”