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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kichwas" data-source="post: 705163" data-attributes="member: 891">I consider these two statements to be in direct opposition to each other.One is telling us to be sensitive and 'show good judgement'.The other is telling us that the best way to reflect ethnic differences is to create racial stereotypes and abilities only available to certain ehtnic groups.This is why I really didn't like regional feats. If I see something that -if I were to try and apply it to reality- would cause accusations of racism or worse, then I tend to find that something flawed and insensitive.In other words, if you tried to build a regional feats and equipment bonus list for say, a d20 modern game, there is no way you could do it without seriously offending large numbers of people.I could give specific examples of potential abilities we might assign certain ethnic groups in the real world, but the moment I posted such a list, we would probably devolve into some nasty commentary. Any such list I built would have to be constructed out of stereotypes, and would likely cause offense.That's what regional feat systems are, they are stereotype options matched to the ethnic groups present in a campaign world. They fail my -map to reality equivalent and check for offensiveness test-, so I find them a misguided mechanic.</blockquote>