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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 7914743" data-attributes="member: 27385">Another thread got me thinking about traditional evil races and the consequences of playing them.  In the other thread a gold dragon was attacked by a drow and then killed.  Is/ should there be problems with playing evil races in your game?  In my games monsters are monsters and villagers will hire PCs to kill them if they come into town.  On the other hand how do you accord your friend who wants to play a drow or bugbear and walk into town.  I'm sure this has been done before, but interested in thoughts not about playing lawful good, but about how to play and give the players what they want, but at the same time have the DM put parameters on the world.  I have seen where you can play in the outskirts of society where the roadside inn caters to anyone with coin or a nation that is more lawless and has some elements like slavery so other races are tolerated.  I see in FR where Waterdeep is supposed to be very cosmopolitan and everything is accepted.  I'm not sure if this is Hasbro selling books and making FR allow these races since players want to play them or if I'm being a gronard and applying some sort of bias by not allowing them.</blockquote>