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I think one important difference is that a species can be portrayed however you like in your own game, but insisting that your preferred...
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I'm really sick of this argument because it misses the point by trying to redefine the point. The problem is NOT (for example) that...
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Bio-essentialism is the idea that we are more biologically based, than social, is wrong; we are a social animal. Even the old idea that...
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uh-huh. So, if you belong to an ethnic group traditionally maligned by loaded terms like "savage" or "primitive", feeling kind of...
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Yeah, adventurers should always be the exception. I'd almost do the attribute bonuses, as the old saying goes, by guidelines. You...
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So change that lore? Why is that hard? If you like the existing lore, change it back in your campaign. EDIT: I am taking this in the...
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The goal I was describing wasn't to get people to try something different from their own, but simply to feel like they can try...
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Exactly this. Bioessentialism is also what gets us things like stat bonuses or penalties for gender.
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The examples the OP gives are not a problem. Bioessentialism becomes problematic when two things happen: 1. The essentialism is about...
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It's frankly a crime that Dugnutt still isn't in the Hall of Fame
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They should harken back to Leisure Suit Larry. When you booted the game up, you were presented with questions no young person would know.
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