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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 4210938" data-attributes="member: 31898">Racism is a major theme in my campaign world. The Human nations are unified into a decaying, but still continent-spanning Empire, and Humans are dominant over the other races. Demi-humans, who have largely been relegated to reservation-like "freeholds", are treated as second class citizens almost everywhere. Humanoids are considered animals, and can be enslaved or hunted for sport.The Campaign opened with the Gnomish Illusionist and Half-Elf Fighter passing through a village where a racist comedy was being staged in the town square. I used it as a narrative device to demonstrate human stereotypes about the Demi-human races: Elves are lazy, drug-addled loafers who use sex to seduce humans into lives of debauchery; Gnomes are dishonest schemers who pull cons on trusting people and are conspiring to control human society; Dwarves are dull and stupid, and care only about gold; and Halflings are ignorant, maudlin bumpkins who will steal anything that isn't chained down.Goblins slaves are bought and sold in the marketplace, and killing one to test out a blade isn't considered wrong (although it's a waste of good money). There's even a holy festival (the warrior's festival) where its considered traditional to hunt "wild" humanoids.And no, the wild Humanoids aren't just misunderstood; they really are filthy creatures that will rape, kill, and eat (not always in that order) every human they can get their hands on. The racism against humanoids (as opposed to that against the Demi-humans) actually is justified.</blockquote>

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