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Really? You told james501 he shouldn´t as he told you The he elaborated where he thinks this is going: And then you go there and apply this logic *facepalm*

But "Orientalism" is not "Orient/Oriental" and "Race" doesn´t equals "Racism" And here´s someone who answers (for her) the question:"The term 'Oriental' is outdated, but is it racist?"http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-tsuchiyama-oriental-insult-20160601-snap-story.html

Every time I read "O-Word" to think of Shakespeare´s "Much ado about nothing" aka "Much ado about an o-thing" (with o-thing being Elizabethan slang for... well.. some lady parts *blush*

Congratulation! :) I disagree. 1.) Take for example the 3.5 Edition "Races of ..." Books. There is so much material to distinct the races. 2.) But the bigger reason is that the D&D (basic) races must keep approachable - the more "alien" a race is the harder it is to play (and if I remember...

So, to settle this: Why are you asking?

I think you missed my point: There are some things that one species "have in their genes" that other species could only achive with active learning. PS: I´m maybe wrong but I believe D&D 5 is the first edition that calls it explicit "weapon training", D&D 3/3.5/4 and Pathfinder call it (elven)...

Regarding the "nature versus nurture" discussion or When songbirds develope their songs witout learning (and there are other examples for such animal behaviour) then why shouldn´t (wood) elves automatically gain proficiency with bows in D&D? PS: A link to the birds...

But it´s the right word for the (right) thing :erm:

I think the using of "race" is not a bug, it´s a feature - meaning: Using "race" in the real world for human categorization is wrong (we all are one subspecies of the species Homo Sapiens) or at least debateable in scientific context (it seems to depend on the scientific field). But there a...

D n D is great, but EN World is greater yet. I love them both - Yay!