Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Follow
Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Follow
The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species
You're viewing a single thread.
I don't know how this helps anything? People's disdain for each other is not about what you call it.
Regardless of my understanding though it's good to see them working to improve the game like this
Can't find the comic at the moment, but it immediately came to my mind:
- Dude holds a purple flag
- Sees guy with a yellow flag greeting him
- Looks at his flag
- Thinks "Fuck that guy"
People can hate each other for any reason imaginable. Looking differently is just the simplest one.
Extra Fabulous Comics.
Thank you!
Race was always a flawed idea. To be honest i think it's not that bad in a fantasy setting but it can also lead to some weird and uncomfortable stuff and i don't think there's a good reason to keep it.
On the flip side, "ancestries" or backgrounds or whatever are a lot more flexible as a concept and let you do some cool stuff.
yoo, that is a hella cool idea. Kinda like how some vampire movies work
"species" is simply more accurate, and makes multiracial games a little less awkward
Also, did the game not have things like half orcs and such? That wouldn't be a thing with species
multispecies? multispecial? speciesiously diverse? That is a good point tho, I like it
I meant the players lol
Not just humans playing the game?
multispecial, then?
"oh that race doesn't make good wizards they are less intelligent than others"
With the word race out of the descriptions, its less likely that someone will get mad over something like that.
This is a real example from early 5e that some people got upset over, to the point some people still mention it, acting all wigged out.
Anything that pushes real world politics away from me games is inherently good.
I guess that's a natural consequence of just having a lot of people on a platform