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minus-square Excel ( @Excel@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoExcept 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. arrow-up114reply1more-vertical
minus-square Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink10•edit-22 months agoI 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 arrow-up110reply1more-vertical
minus-square einkorn ( @einkorn@feddit.org ) linkfedilink14•2 months agoCan’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. arrow-up114reply1more-vertical
minus-square Uninvited Guest ( @uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink7•2 months agoExtra Fabulous Comics. arrow-up17reply1more-vertical
minus-square einkorn ( @einkorn@feddit.org ) linkfedilink1•2 months agoThank you! arrow-up11reply1more-vertical
minus-square doubtingtammy ( @doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink5•2 months ago“species” is simply more accurate, and makes multiracial games a little less awkward arrow-up15reply1more-vertical
minus-square Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink2•2 months agoAlso, did the game not have things like half orcs and such? That wouldn’t be a thing with species arrow-up12reply1more-vertical
minus-square doubtingtammy ( @doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink1•2 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology) Like mules arrow-up11reply1more-vertical
minus-square Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink1•2 months agomultispecies? multispecial? speciesiously diverse? That is a good point tho, I like it arrow-up11reply1more-vertical
minus-square doubtingtammy ( @doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink1•2 months agoI meant the players lol arrow-up11reply1more-vertical
minus-square Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink2•2 months agoNot just humans playing the game? arrow-up12reply1more-vertical
minus-square cerement ( @cerement@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilink5•2 months agoAncestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e at DriveThruRPG arrow-up15reply1more-vertical
minus-square 10_0 ( @10_0@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink3•2 months agoHonestly don’t mind the change, but it should be “kinds” and not “species”. Or don’t change at all, no change was needed in the first place. arrow-up13reply1more-vertical
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.
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:
People can hate each other for any reason imaginable. Looking differently is just the simplest one.
Extra Fabulous Comics.
Thank you!
“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
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology) Like mules
multispecies? multispecial? speciesiously diverse? That is a good point tho, I like it
I meant the players lol
Not just humans playing the game?
Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e at DriveThruRPG
Honestly don’t mind the change, but it should be “kinds” and not “species”. Or don’t change at all, no change was needed in the first place.