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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 9503426" data-attributes="member: 6698278">Well I just took it as a point about one particular aspect of the game.&nbsp; I'm not sure it had to be one way or the other.Well.&nbsp; Even in 1e, I never imagined biological determinism was the thing.&nbsp; Drizz't seemed to be accepted easily and he came along before that concept ended.&nbsp; I always thought there were exceptions.&nbsp; Creatures have &quot;free will&quot; right.&nbsp; What we have obscured by going down the path we've went is that orcs are mostly evil.&nbsp; That is true in almost all fantasy genre where they are mentioned.&nbsp; It doesn't mean every orc is evil.&nbsp; It just means most orcs are evil.Not every soldier in the Third Reich as evil either but the Third Reich was evil. And yes, there is a feeling that the center of gravity of the WOTC D&amp;D design team is significantly left of the country.&nbsp; Not slightly but significantly.&nbsp; The fact is this game was being played in Indiana and Kentucky and Texas just as much as it was (per capita) in California or Washington.&nbsp; So the D&amp;D design team is at the forefront of a cultural movement that a lot of the country rejects or doesn't accept to the same degree.&nbsp; And I'm not making this political as you'd be shocked at who I voted for having said that.&nbsp; I'm just aware of how things are perceived.And to be honest we should break this into it's own thread if you want to take it into an email thread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 9503426, member: 6698278"] Well I just took it as a point about one particular aspect of the game. I'm not sure it had to be one way or the other. Well. Even in 1e, I never imagined biological determinism was the thing. Drizz't seemed to be accepted easily and he came along before that concept ended. I always thought there were exceptions. Creatures have "free will" right. What we have obscured by going down the path we've went is that orcs are mostly evil. That is true in almost all fantasy genre where they are mentioned. It doesn't mean every orc is evil. It just means most orcs are evil. Not every soldier in the Third Reich as evil either but the Third Reich was evil. And yes, there is a feeling that the center of gravity of the WOTC D&D design team is significantly left of the country. Not slightly but significantly. The fact is this game was being played in Indiana and Kentucky and Texas just as much as it was (per capita) in California or Washington. So the D&D design team is at the forefront of a cultural movement that a lot of the country rejects or doesn't accept to the same degree. And I'm not making this political as you'd be shocked at who I voted for having said that. I'm just aware of how things are perceived. And to be honest we should break this into it's own thread if you want to take it into an email thread. [/QUOTE]

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