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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8350563" data-attributes="member: 82106">So... what about the whole topic gets you excited enough about it to create a thread? I'm just not really understanding what the point is here. Since demi-humans/humanoids/etc are all fantastical things that we have imagined, what is the point of putting artificial constraints on them? I mean, does anyone CARE if people have Elves who have some features which are similar to those of, say, Asian people IRL? I just don't see how anyone can have an objection. Nor is it 'silly' to want to play a character who looks a certain way. Would you make an issue if my halfling wanted to wear polka dots because that isn't 'traditional' or something? I hardly think so! It might be noted as a quirk of that character, at most.Overall I'm just not super thrilled with the logic here. I mean, it seems fairly plain to me why, say, a POC might want to play a brown-skinned character. It seems equally logical that ethnicities of non-humans might exist, and exhibit some of these sorts of characteristics, and that including such descriptions and groups might be a legitimate part of world-building, right?So, there seems very little to discuss, overall...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8350563, member: 82106"] So... what about the whole topic gets you excited enough about it to create a thread? I'm just not really understanding what the point is here. Since demi-humans/humanoids/etc are all fantastical things that we have imagined, what is the point of putting artificial constraints on them? I mean, does anyone CARE if people have Elves who have some features which are similar to those of, say, Asian people IRL? I just don't see how anyone can have an objection. Nor is it 'silly' to want to play a character who looks a certain way. Would you make an issue if my halfling wanted to wear polka dots because that isn't 'traditional' or something? I hardly think so! It might be noted as a quirk of that character, at most. Overall I'm just not super thrilled with the logic here. I mean, it seems fairly plain to me why, say, a POC might want to play a brown-skinned character. It seems equally logical that ethnicities of non-humans might exist, and exhibit some of these sorts of characteristics, and that including such descriptions and groups might be a legitimate part of world-building, right? So, there seems very little to discuss, overall... [/QUOTE]

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