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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8050498" data-attributes="member: 6803643"><p>Also, these are one group of Vistani, but they're the only exposure 5e has to Vistani thus far. Your first encounter with a new group of people defines the baseline, from which later encounters can deviate.</p><p></p><p>For example, "All Dwarves are All the Same" emerged because Tolkien's 13 dwarves were interchangeable and had rhyming names, with the exception of Thorin, who was alone and different because he was the important one. The 1950s adaptation got rid of all the other dwarves. The 1970s adaptation made all the dwarves look interchangeable and hard to distinguish by sight. The 2010s adaptation made each Dwarf different and memorable in their own way, but at the cost of vastly expanding the early chapters of the book to take up an entire film (and then expanded the roles for Elves and Men later on to make this a trilogy rather than a single film). Likewise, in 2001-onward popular fiction, all Dwarves speak with Scottish accents because John Rhys Davies gave Gimli a Scottish accent and thereby set the standard for modern fantasy fiction depictions of Dwarves. </p><p></p><p>Early D&D players' first encounter with Drow was during G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King. The scheming, secretive force behind the Giants' alliance set the standard for their understanding of the Dark Elves. But ever since 1988, new fans have always thought of Drow instead as <a href="https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0044.html" target="_blank">entirely Chaotic Good rebels, yearning to throw off the reputation of their evil kin, carrying standard issue dual scimitars.</a> This speaks to the strength of archetype introduced to new players through Salvadore's writing (and through many cameo appearances in alternative media to TTRPGs). </p><p></p><p>D&D Orcs weren't usually green. But Warhammer Orks are, and by simile, Warcraft Orcs are. So now D&D Orcs are green, because that's what people expect Orcs to look like.</p><p></p><p>This box set (and reprinted book) is the first chance for many new players to meet the Vistani. It shouldn't be a racist caricature. This group needs to be representative, because it's going to be seen as representative regardless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 8050498, member: 6803643"] Also, these are one group of Vistani, but they're the only exposure 5e has to Vistani thus far. Your first encounter with a new group of people defines the baseline, from which later encounters can deviate. For example, "All Dwarves are All the Same" emerged because Tolkien's 13 dwarves were interchangeable and had rhyming names, with the exception of Thorin, who was alone and different because he was the important one. The 1950s adaptation got rid of all the other dwarves. The 1970s adaptation made all the dwarves look interchangeable and hard to distinguish by sight. The 2010s adaptation made each Dwarf different and memorable in their own way, but at the cost of vastly expanding the early chapters of the book to take up an entire film (and then expanded the roles for Elves and Men later on to make this a trilogy rather than a single film). Likewise, in 2001-onward popular fiction, all Dwarves speak with Scottish accents because John Rhys Davies gave Gimli a Scottish accent and thereby set the standard for modern fantasy fiction depictions of Dwarves. Early D&D players' first encounter with Drow was during G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King. The scheming, secretive force behind the Giants' alliance set the standard for their understanding of the Dark Elves. But ever since 1988, new fans have always thought of Drow instead as [URL='https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0044.html']entirely Chaotic Good rebels, yearning to throw off the reputation of their evil kin, carrying standard issue dual scimitars.[/URL] This speaks to the strength of archetype introduced to new players through Salvadore's writing (and through many cameo appearances in alternative media to TTRPGs). D&D Orcs weren't usually green. But Warhammer Orks are, and by simile, Warcraft Orcs are. So now D&D Orcs are green, because that's what people expect Orcs to look like. This box set (and reprinted book) is the first chance for many new players to meet the Vistani. It shouldn't be a racist caricature. This group needs to be representative, because it's going to be seen as representative regardless. [/QUOTE]
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