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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8375188" data-attributes="member: 23751">Evil human organizations are occasionally the bad guys.&nbsp; I don't do much in the way of politics with the humans.&nbsp; I also occasionally have a good orc or hobgoblin encountered.&nbsp; I just don't generally do it en masse.No.&nbsp; I've just made virtually all hobgoblin encounters with evil hobgoblins.&nbsp; Even if I were to tell them that all the races have all alignments, they'd still primarily be encountering bad guys, because it's D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's a game designed for lots of fights and good guys don't generally fight good guys.It didn't, really, though.&nbsp; The Nazis weren't mass murdering a race that was actually evil.&nbsp; The gnoll thing would make it a little weird, but it wouldn't really reinforce the Nazi ideology.Huh.&nbsp; I wish I would have known that before I never got into discussions about real world good and evil when discussing the game until the invention of D&amp;D internet forums.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" title="Person shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :person_shrugging:" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />&nbsp; As I said, not all races have a type.&nbsp; Were I going to make an attempt at it, though, I might go opposite the element.&nbsp; So maybe a Fire Genasi water/ice wizard or something.I've seen one dwarven wizard and it was in 2e.&nbsp; And yes, I know they couldn't be wizards in 2e.&nbsp; That's what made him cool.&nbsp; Dwarves are also typed in other ways as I mentioned in an earlier post.Why take something away from people?&nbsp; As I explained to you earlier in the thread.&nbsp; It's always better to add something than to take something away.&nbsp; People don't get nearly as upset when you add.&nbsp; Lots get upset when you try and take something away.&nbsp; Leave dwarves alone and enjoy your non-typed GenasiWhy try to homogenize things?&nbsp; If you have both typed and untyped races, that's the best of both worlds.&nbsp; Everyone can play what they want.&nbsp; You can pick non-typed races to play and someone who wants to go against type can play the races that have types.Homogenize things too much and there's no point in even having races.&nbsp; Just make everyone human and let them pick a few abilities or roll a few abilities from a table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8375188, member: 23751"] Evil human organizations are occasionally the bad guys. I don't do much in the way of politics with the humans. I also occasionally have a good orc or hobgoblin encountered. I just don't generally do it en masse. No. I've just made virtually all hobgoblin encounters with evil hobgoblins. Even if I were to tell them that all the races have all alignments, they'd still primarily be encountering bad guys, because it's D&D. It's a game designed for lots of fights and good guys don't generally fight good guys. It didn't, really, though. The Nazis weren't mass murdering a race that was actually evil. The gnoll thing would make it a little weird, but it wouldn't really reinforce the Nazi ideology. Huh. I wish I would have known that before I never got into discussions about real world good and evil when discussing the game until the invention of D&D internet forums. 🤷 As I said, not all races have a type. Were I going to make an attempt at it, though, I might go opposite the element. So maybe a Fire Genasi water/ice wizard or something. I've seen one dwarven wizard and it was in 2e. And yes, I know they couldn't be wizards in 2e. That's what made him cool. Dwarves are also typed in other ways as I mentioned in an earlier post. Why take something away from people? As I explained to you earlier in the thread. It's always better to add something than to take something away. People don't get nearly as upset when you add. Lots get upset when you try and take something away. Leave dwarves alone and enjoy your non-typed Genasi Why try to homogenize things? If you have both typed and untyped races, that's the best of both worlds. Everyone can play what they want. You can pick non-typed races to play and someone who wants to go against type can play the races that have types. Homogenize things too much and there's no point in even having races. Just make everyone human and let them pick a few abilities or roll a few abilities from a table. [/QUOTE]

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