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Because bringing it back would likely annoy some people, even if it was for fantasy no-human races. I mean I wouldn't have a problem, but some people would, hence "contentious".

Yes and if the peak male halfling and a peak male goliath can have the same stats, you might as well have a peak minotaur or peak dragon also be limited to 20 STR. So it's not exactly the best justification. Still removing sexual dimorphism it stats was a good thing, because it reflects the...

I'm just recalling the stink that came about when new comers to the D&D discovered that was a thing briefly. To say introducing sexual dimorphism isn't likely to be an issue seems unlikely. Considering how it has been viewed in the past.

So you'd be fine giving a Strength bonus to male human characters?

Yeah because god forbid we reflect reality, where many species have sexual dimorphism. Yeah but it really wouldn't make sense for a solider ant to try and do the job of say a farmer one would it or the reverse.

Hmm considering having dimorphic male/female is contentious to say the least... But yeah I'd really like to see some dimorphic or polymorphic races, anything that isn't humans with a different skin, which seems to be what WotC is determined to turn all races into.

Because the core game has generally had a default setting.

Not many people have which was their point. "Affected by" not wiped out. There are considerably less farriers around now. Same with the other professions mentioned.

I'm not saying they represent a particular real world group of people, I'm saying real world people can see parallels with the experiences of fantasy races. Thus find representation.

Well drow were also called out at being subject to racism, tieflings too, animosity between elves and dwarves use to be a thing, the problem is they keep sanitizing everything so yes they end up being the only ones, but only because they have already white washed everything else.

Because it unfortunately reflects reality, thus it gives representation to those real world groups. Allow it to apply to every race is diminishes the real world experiences of people that are actually born to two different heritages. The prejudice happens because of coming from two heritages...

By changing things from how they have been for years they are effectively indicating that is wrong way to play. As if it was right there would be no need to change it.

That's not the problem that's the feature. Look at the #7 post in this thread @doctorbadwolf shows that this sense of being part of both cultures, but at the same time not part of either is a real lived experience for lots of people of mixed heritage and something they can identify with, with...

Yeah I find that hard to believe when they are also saying things like... "We also haven't been thrilled for years with anything that begins with "half." The half" construction is inherently racist. They'll still be in D&D Beyond and the 2014 PHB if you want to play them." Basically means they...

Erm Mr Brightside has three arms? Don't remember that in the lyrics. Could you do A twenty three year old female British police officer of Armenian descent, in uniform on Blackpool pier. Photorealistic

They aren't. It was the second part of the post (after all the emojis) that that, that part was responding to, about using PCs backstory in planning your campaign, which is unrelated to Microscope as you don't have PCs with existing backstories in that.

My point is you aren't responsible for a particular character. You might play the King of Blogsville one minute and a nameless marauding orc the next, and then someone else might play the King of Blogsville later. In Kingdom you have your own character, that only you play, although you can also...

Yeah but there aren't any player characters in that game, it is very untraditional, you don't play a character, time hops around all over the place, it is much more building a setting or a story than playing an roleplaying game as most of us would understand it. It is certainly worth it as an...

Call that singing? You're being generous.

I would imagine 100 Gnolls is an instant absolutist killer, so the problem will fix itself.