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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8736989" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Exceptional skill at archery is not a genetic trait, so it is appropriate that this (along with the bow and longbow proficiencies) be moved to background instead of race.Ah, yes. The race with the genetic resistance to getting drunk, and the genetic knowledge of how to use brewer’s supplies. And the conspicuous Scottish accents. Classy.It’s not about optimization. It’s about not wanting eugenicist rhetoric to have a place in our hobby any more.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤣" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" title="Rolling on the floor laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> trust me, new D&amp;D players these days have no problem with being nerdy and pretending to be an elf, and are less and less invested in combat than D&amp;D players have ever been. They just don’t want to be able to pretend to be an elf who’s rubbish&nbsp; at archery, or a teetotaling dwarf, or a halfling power lifter, or a bookish orc. The old tropes are tired, they want to explore a wider range of possible fantasies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8736989, member: 6779196"] Exceptional skill at archery is not a genetic trait, so it is appropriate that this (along with the bow and longbow proficiencies) be moved to background instead of race. Ah, yes. The race with the genetic resistance to getting drunk, and the genetic knowledge of how to use brewer’s supplies. And the conspicuous Scottish accents. Classy. It’s not about optimization. It’s about not wanting eugenicist rhetoric to have a place in our hobby any more. 🤣 trust me, new D&D players these days have no problem with being nerdy and pretending to be an elf, and are less and less invested in combat than D&D players have ever been. They just don’t want to be able to pretend to be an elf who’s rubbish at archery, or a teetotaling dwarf, or a halfling power lifter, or a bookish orc. The old tropes are tired, they want to explore a wider range of possible fantasies. [/QUOTE]

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