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Of course you are right, death of the author and all that, you can ascribe meaning to things that weren't intended. If you continue to insist your orcs are racist stereotype of a particular race, you go for it. I shouldn't try and stop you. But similarly you shouldn't keep trying to invalidate...

You were told they aren't allegorical to a particular ethnic group of people, not that they weren't allegorical at all. (At least by me, I can't vouch for what other people have said).

I see the opposite. Rather than normalizing it "Thanks to the magical working of the multiverse Humanoids of different kinds sometimes have children together." "wonderous pairing" - Implies to me it is weird, and unusual, while they have made it clear all sapient species can do it, when it...

I refer you to my earlier post, this is a feature not a bug. As for the only race called out as being subject to fetishization and bigotry, are you sure you've read the PHB. Dwarves talking about halflings "How can you take them seriously?" Dwarves on Humans "You have to admire that kind of...

Not really the case if you remove the mechanics, they are effectively removed.

:ROFLMAO: No.

Nothing beats the thrill of driving in the country lanes not knowing what's round the next corner, is it a herd of sheep, a tractor carrying silage or a boy racer doing 60mph on the single lane carriageway.

Sounds a tad, racist.

It doesn't matter we are already seeing people not willing to publish stuff because of the restrictions of inclusion, and small publishers worried because they can't afford to run things by a sensitivity reader. Publishers editing authors words of their own experience or racism because the words...

No it is not. Restrictions on speech, like the comic code, or Hays Code, stifle creativity, it been seen time and time again. Really so did the fact all the Empire were white human men, in uniforms that shared a lot in common with the Nazi army just float over your head? That's the main reason...

Don't want a sword slashing that close to my nether regions.

No, because then it isn't remotely the same example. It's not a slight change in the analogy, in this new case the person has to go out of their way to step on your toes, so they are clearly intending to do it. You might not be able to prove intent, but you can clearly infer it from the fact...

Right but the example the person can't avoid stepping on your foot. So other than apologise their is nothing they can do. So it all falls down on how the person that got their foot trod on reacts they are the only person with any options in that situation. Do they assume it was an accident...

I can totally see that, but that's why context and intention matter, when it comes to taking offence. You might overhear @Incenjucar or someone who uses the term ironically or affectionately and take offence when none is intended. Yes your experience of the word matters to you, but you can't...

It’s not a great analogy as you’ve said the room was crowded. These people aren’t doing it on purpose, and in fact can’t avoid it unless the situation changes and they will be standing on each others feet as well. However you are the only person complaining about a situation everyone finds...

Also thinking what is being presented in UA is what will eventually appear in OneD&D, they are throwing a lot of stuff out in the playtest and seeing what sticks. I mean we could get....

The counter point to that is most people don't like dramatic change either.

What would your solution be here if you believe that the new intake is making WotC handle it wrong? ;) At the moment they don't seem to be pleasing anyone. Still you folks don't need to worry about this old guard, I'm not answering the surveys. I'm happy to past this version of D&D off to a...

What government conspiracy, they literally said if you changed the words and ignored the bit about gorillas and dolphins. It could be offensive, yes and if my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.

Except a lot of source books existed for different playable fantasy human ethnicities/cultures (often based on real world ones) at the same time, so clearly the none-human races weren't just stand ins for those cultures as they were represented by humans. Why are you for example saying savage...