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This would be really cool, and I agree. I'm sure that people are doing this, and splatbooks are doing this. The point is that the GENERIC core books should not impress anything upon their audience. The original question was about artwork in the core books, which are designed specifically to be...

Fair enough. But you could have said European, African, and Asian. That doesn't really encompass much, but your point would have been made. :)

The problem is that, in the United States, skin color plays a huge part in our history and society. Africans and descendants of Africans were enslaved by Europeans and European descendants. (East) Asians were put into concentration camps by whites. Middle Easterners have been detained without...

Exactly, thank you. Ditto. Ditto ditto ditto. Yes, it is racist and I doubt that most people would be able to argue that it's not. However, we aren't talking about racism's dictionary definition. Someone else has already mentioned it, but yes--if it's relevant to the situation, of course. It can...

I have been mulling over the idea that "I cannot identify with X because it is not representative of me," and trying to figure out why that doesn't resonate with me. After the past few days, I have figured it out (eureka!). For me, it's not that I can't identify with an all-white cast. It's...

My parents are Scottish on both sides all the way back. ;) (I, however, am not.) As for Conan, the different ethnicities take the place of the nonhumans. If in D&D, frex, dwarves are stone-loving, underground-dwelling midgets, and any other types of dwarves (i.e., duergar) are given merely a...

Thank you for the link. The secondary post she wrote was great. What is CTHD? :o I didn't. :shrug: I'm not black, though. I sure as heck NOTICE it, but it doesn't bother me, and it doesn't shape my opinion of any dark(er)-skinned people I know. Yeah, everyone knows the Scots are far superior. ;)...

Feel free, but I did link your ENW threads, so hopefully people will come over here to sign up. :)

I don't think that's what CountPopeula was saying, and it's certainly not what I was when I agreed with him. I can't think of how to say this, so forgive me for being inarticulate, but just because the book reflects a progressive, liberal, what-have-you 2008 mentality does not mean that the...

Sheesh! I go away for less than 24 hours and the thread grows by 3 pages! ;) Right, so when they run into someone wildly different in media, they tend to append that view. Which is more memorable? The guy who acts and thinks like you and happens to look slightly different, or the guy who looks...

I added this to the CM schedule to. If you want me to take 'em off, let me know. :)

This was alluded to in another post, but, yes, there is a reason for it. In something that is meant to be as general and generic as D&D (in the sense that players can customize the world as much as they want), it's shorthand. Rather than recreating an east Asian or north African nation from...

Saw WALL-E last night. It was great. Definitely recommended. :D

Wall-E and Hancock got my votes, but I'll probably end up seeing some of the others, too. :)

For a second there, I thought you were saying Bretbo = Mr Wright! :eek: (Awesome nickname there, BTW. ;)) As for bumping me, I'm down as an alt even though there's space for a reason (how's that for twisted wording). Too much to do, too little time. I have 11 ENW/CM games scheduled already...

Congratulations! That's so cool! You'll definitely have to let us know if/when you hear more. :D

Um, yeah. Cool. So far I'm still confirmed, but this works for me! :)

ROFLOL . . . You and Fraisala seem to have the same problem with reading comprehension. ;)

Okay, go ahead and put me in! :D

I am officially excited now. And it has nothing to do with Legolasgimli24's baked goods.