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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7925849" data-attributes="member: 23751">There was nothing racist or sexist about the 1e PHB race and gender maximums.&nbsp; Women are factually weaker physically than men.&nbsp; Just look at the speed records and strength records for both sexes.&nbsp; A representation of that in the PHB is not sexist.&nbsp; Now, if he had given female PCs a lower int or wis maximum than male ones, THAT would have been sexist.&nbsp; He didn't do that.The same goes for racial maximums.&nbsp; Gary got to design the races and whether those races were weaker, stronger, faster, slower, etc. than humans.&nbsp; It's not racist to have some races deviate from humans in a game with multiple races.&nbsp; He also didn't make all non-humans worse than humans.&nbsp; He gave them significant advantages that humans just didn't have, plus higher than human stats in some areas and lower in others.&nbsp; That's fair treatment of those races in his game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7925849, member: 23751"] There was nothing racist or sexist about the 1e PHB race and gender maximums. Women are factually weaker physically than men. Just look at the speed records and strength records for both sexes. A representation of that in the PHB is not sexist. Now, if he had given female PCs a lower int or wis maximum than male ones, THAT would have been sexist. He didn't do that. The same goes for racial maximums. Gary got to design the races and whether those races were weaker, stronger, faster, slower, etc. than humans. It's not racist to have some races deviate from humans in a game with multiple races. He also didn't make all non-humans worse than humans. He gave them significant advantages that humans just didn't have, plus higher than human stats in some areas and lower in others. That's fair treatment of those races in his game. [/QUOTE]

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