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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8455777" data-attributes="member: 7032025">Yeah right, because it is absolutely forbidden to give a PC Orc a -2 to Int, but it's totally acceptable to say that the species has 7 Int ? Or it's not acceptable because they are orcs, but totally acceptable for xvarts (because they are blue and no-one knows who they are anyway) ?I'm sorry, but all of this is only about people deciding to be offended, sometimes not even for themselves. but on behalf of other people who could not care less, and for reasons that have nothing to do with reality. The most incredible example I've seen was of someone of mixed parentage, who decided to be offended at AD&amp;D because half-orcs had -2 to charisma and who thought that he was being punished for wanting to be a social character, totally forgetting that, in the book, half-elves are listed ahead of half-orcs, are also of mixed parentage and extremely social. It's total cherry-picking, with no rhyme or reason, just seeking reasons to be offended. Just leave the game alone, especially 5e, it's not inherently offensive to anyone. Now, if some bad people are using the game to offend, it's because they are bad and want to offend, don't blame the game...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8455777, member: 7032025"] Yeah right, because it is absolutely forbidden to give a PC Orc a -2 to Int, but it's totally acceptable to say that the species has 7 Int ? Or it's not acceptable because they are orcs, but totally acceptable for xvarts (because they are blue and no-one knows who they are anyway) ? I'm sorry, but all of this is only about people deciding to be offended, sometimes not even for themselves. but on behalf of other people who could not care less, and for reasons that have nothing to do with reality. The most incredible example I've seen was of someone of mixed parentage, who decided to be offended at AD&D because half-orcs had -2 to charisma and who thought that he was being punished for wanting to be a social character, totally forgetting that, in the book, half-elves are listed ahead of half-orcs, are also of mixed parentage and extremely social. It's total cherry-picking, with no rhyme or reason, just seeking reasons to be offended. Just leave the game alone, especially 5e, it's not inherently offensive to anyone. Now, if some bad people are using the game to offend, it's because they are bad and want to offend, don't blame the game... [/QUOTE]

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