D&D 5E WOTC Possibly Removing "Druids" for Religious/Cultural Sensitivity Reasons

[RhaezDaevan]

Way to dismiss the concerns of others with humor in poor-taste. Thanks.

I guess just ignore me then. I don't think we can be friends.

 

[Dire Bare]

I guess just ignore me then. I don't think we can be friends.

Done! Thanks!

 

[Vaalingrade]

Way to dismiss the concerns of others with humor in poor-taste. Thanks.

There was humor there?

 

[Lanefan]

There was humor there?

Maybe, overlying a valid (if probably unworkable) suggestion to rename all the classes using made-up words. Kind of along the same lines as when 2e renamed devils and demons, only for different reasons.

Advantage (to the IP holders anyway): those made-up class names could then be copyrighted.
Disadvantage (to the users): loss of familiarity.
Disadvantage (to the IP holders): most people would likely go on using the already-familiar names anyway. Odds are high I'd be one of them.

 

[Umbran]

...by bashing one of the participants in the head hard enough to knock him out...

That's "...by applying corrective phrenology..."

 

[MGibster]

Maybe, overlying a valid (if probably unworkable) suggestion to rename all the classes using made-up words. Kind of along the same lines as when 2e renamed devils and demons, only for different reasons.

This is the Games Workshop approach. I don't call them the Astra Militarum, they're still the Imperial Guard to me. A lot of companies that produce paint for the miniatures market also does this. Instead of just calling it Green they'll name a color Cultist Robe or a yellow Zealot Yellow. Hats off to Monument Hobbies who gives us normal names like Transparent Yellow, Pale Pink, and Bright Pale Green.

I guess there can be some friction when some people see problems with a name and other do not. I can at least see why some people aren't happy with Shaman in that I can follow their argument even if I don't necessarily agree. But if people are genuinely offended by the use of Barbarian or Druid, I just don't care in the slightest to make any concessions there. But if D&D ever decides to change the names, I'm not going to get overly upset. It's just a game.

 

[Gradine]

Baatezu & Tanar'ri > Demons & Devils

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Baatezu & Tanar'ri > Demons & Devils

All of them could be better, though. D&D devils, by any name, only periodically act like devils and there's no significant mechanical support for the most famous tropes around them in the west.

 

[Mind of tempest]

All of them could be better, though. D&D devils, by any name, only periodically act like devils and there's no significant mechanical support for the most famous tropes around them in the west.

the deals yeah?

 

[BookTenTiger]

the deals yeah?

Hardly any of them are proficient in fiddle.