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<blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 3969545" data-attributes="member: 31898">I think thats' a false dichotomy. D&amp;D can include both. I'd like it to include both.I never suggested that WOTC remove Gary Gygax's creation the Drow from the game. At this point, black-skinned elves are iconic fantasy.&nbsp;But of the two, Kull's the one that's got people who actually believe it's mythology is true.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiloids" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiloids</a>. Scroll down to the &quot;Modern Claims&quot; section to see what I mean.I won't dispute that. My point was that WOTC is creating things and expecting us to accept their creations as if they were already popular and iconic. I actually wish they'd rip off more ideas that were already iconic. I've got no problem with swords of light as magic items, or magic bracers with claws that shoot out of them.&nbsp; By all means, WOTC, introduce stuff from Neverwhere, the X-men, or even Harry Potter. But don't call something a halfling when you mean &quot;short Creoles&quot;. I wouldn't mind so much if they were called Kender. But halflings have no history of being short Creoles.And just to make myself clear, my Campaigns have always included dark-skinned, Africanesque cultures presented in a positive light. Call the new Halflings River Pygmies, and I would no longer have a problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clavis, post: 3969545, member: 31898"] I think thats' a false dichotomy. D&D can include both. I'd like it to include both. I never suggested that WOTC remove Gary Gygax's creation the Drow from the game. At this point, black-skinned elves are iconic fantasy. But of the two, Kull's the one that's got people who actually believe it's mythology is true. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiloids[/url]. Scroll down to the "Modern Claims" section to see what I mean. I won't dispute that. My point was that WOTC is creating things and expecting us to accept their creations as if they were already popular and iconic. I actually wish they'd rip off more ideas that were already iconic. I've got no problem with swords of light as magic items, or magic bracers with claws that shoot out of them. By all means, WOTC, introduce stuff from Neverwhere, the X-men, or even Harry Potter. But don't call something a halfling when you mean "short Creoles". I wouldn't mind so much if they were called Kender. But halflings have no history of being short Creoles. And just to make myself clear, my Campaigns have always included dark-skinned, Africanesque cultures presented in a positive light. Call the new Halflings River Pygmies, and I would no longer have a problem. [/QUOTE]

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