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Daryl76679 ( Daryl76679@lemmy.ml )  to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Follow

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Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Follow

www.scientificamerican.com

Daryl76679 ( Daryl76679@lemmy.ml )  to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species
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  • Excel ( Excel@beehaw.org ) 
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    Except Pathfinder already switched to “Ancestry” 6 years ago.

    Stop trying to act like you’re leading the pack, when the reality is that you’re lagging behind.

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    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

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      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.

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        Extra Fabulous Comics.

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          Thank you!

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      “species” is simply more accurate, and makes multiracial games a little less awkward

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        Also, did the game not have things like half orcs and such? That wouldn’t be a thing with species

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          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology) Like mules

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        multispecies? multispecial? speciesiously diverse? That is a good point tho, I like it

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          I meant the players lol

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            Not just humans playing the game?

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    Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e at DriveThruRPG

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