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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3979843" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p>Arguments about how attractive orcs are aside, I don't see why anyone should be giving WotC flak for wanting to re-examine how a race with connotations of rape (whether they all arise from that explanation or not) are depicted in their flagship product. Rape is an extremely sensitive subject. Addressing it within the scope of an RPG is something that not every group is going to want to do, and those that do are probably going to be drawing some lines and veils, assuming they are rational, mature adults. If WotC wants to take some time to come up with a more palatable way to present the race to their consumers, or at least segment it out of the core rules and present a no-holds-barred version in a product or context geared at a more mature audience (or at least presented with some caveats about introducing the subject matter into your game), I don't see how we can fault them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzz, post: 3979843, member: 6777"] Arguments about how attractive orcs are aside, I don't see why anyone should be giving WotC flak for wanting to re-examine how a race with connotations of rape (whether they all arise from that explanation or not) are depicted in their flagship product. Rape is an extremely sensitive subject. Addressing it within the scope of an RPG is something that not every group is going to want to do, and those that do are probably going to be drawing some lines and veils, assuming they are rational, mature adults. If WotC wants to take some time to come up with a more palatable way to present the race to their consumers, or at least segment it out of the core rules and present a no-holds-barred version in a product or context geared at a more mature audience (or at least presented with some caveats about introducing the subject matter into your game), I don't see how we can fault them. [/QUOTE]
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