doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Okay, but...so what?Yet.
Listen, I want to see inclusiveness be a part of the hobby, but I do question how much of the game will change to accommodate it. I'm assured by others that it will be fine if we remove the alignment tag off orcs or allow races to put ability score mods where they please, but tomorrow another thing must change to allow inclusiveness. The lineage UA has already implied that future races (er lineages) will lack racial ASI, proficiencies, alignment tendency and languages.
Today we say orcs are no longer majority evil. Tomorrow we say ogres perpetuate the same tropes and they must treated similarly. Maybe vampirism or lycanthropy becomes a metaphor for chronic illness or disability, or the succubus a symbol of mysoginy. I don't think I'm over-exaggerating to wonder what's next and to think on how to future-proof things. And to wonder, despite reassurance that "ze game will remain ze same", what else will need to change to fix those deep seated issues.
Seriously, so what if succubi are changed to make them less misogynist? So what if vampires become more like Anne Rice vamps, rarely good by possessed of free will?
making D&D demons capable of good would be like making fire elementals capable of turning into water, but if we say that they can change and that when they do they become a different creature type, I’m fine with that.
also, what @Charlaquin said