D&D 5E Spelljammer Errata

[MonsterEnvy]

As I said, everything folks objected to in the 5E version was new to the 5E version. And they're apologizing for "our most recent release."


Then why is the original creation date of the Hadozee even mentioned?

Cause that is when they were made.

 

[Parmandur]

Good,though it really should never have happened at all.

 

[Charlaquin]

I imagine that their internal review is going to reveal oops, we didn’t hire a sensitivity reader. Hopefully they won’t repeat that mistake again.

 

[Parmandur]

I imagine that their internal review is going to reveal oops, we didn’t hire a sensitivity reader. Hopefully they won’t repeat that mistake again.

It's such a small thing and it would have been so easy to avoid...

 

[Demetrios1453]

I imagine that their internal review is going to reveal oops, we didn’t hire a sensitivity reader. Hopefully they won’t repeat that mistake again.

Which is weird, because they've had sensitivity editors before, for books such as Ravenloft. I have no idea how this was allowed to pass muster, and I'm pretty sure they'll go over everything with a fine-toothed comb in the future.

 

[Charlaquin]

Which is weird, because they've had sensitivity editors before, for books such as Ravenloft. I have no idea how this was allowed to pass muster, and I'm pretty sure they'll go over everything with a fine-toothed comb in the future.

I heard a rumor that they did a big training on sensitivity reading. It could be that they were hoping to get away with relying on the developers themselves having the necessary skills, instead of hiring someone to review every release. And it backfired because of course it did.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I heard a rumor that they did a big training on sensitivity reading. It could be that they were hoping to get away with relying on the developers themselves having the necessary skills, instead of hiring someone to review every release. And it backfired because of course it did.

Maybe they had budget constraints because of the new format and increased amount of art in these books?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I heard a rumor that they did a big training on sensitivity reading. It could be that they were hoping to get away with relying on the developers themselves having the necessary skills, instead of hiring someone to review every release. And it backfired because of course it did.

Frankly, I think it's a much easier mistake to make than people think. It's easy to think "I've done the training, I'm ideologically fiercely opposed to racism, I don't see a problem, so there is no problem". There is a reason it's called subconscious. You can't see it in yourself.

I saw the image before the product was released but didn't see the problem until it was pointed out. At which point realisation hit me like a ten-ton truck.

 

[CleverNickName]

Good,though it really should never have happened at all.

Yes, exactly. The apology was necessary and prompt. Now I want to hear about them hiring an outside sensitivity consultant to review future material, and hopefully prevent this sort of thing from happening again. And maybe that's what they meant by "we’ve initiated a thorough internal review of the situation and will take the necessary actions as a result of that review."

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

Then why is the original creation date of the Hadozee even mentioned?

For context. They are literally apologizing right now for something that just happened. You can try to find ways to hate that If you want. I don’t see the need to. The statement stands on its own IMO.