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<blockquote data-quote="Haldrik" data-source="post: 8054543" data-attributes="member: 6694221">In the book, Air Earth, Fire and Water,yikes,&quot;Shamans. More&nbsp; common&nbsp; among&nbsp; the&nbsp; primitive&nbsp; tribes&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; shaman kit.&quot;That animists are &quot;primitive&quot;, is one of the appalling ethnocentric (even racist) offenses that WotC is currently working hard to weed out.Thank you, WotC.Uggg. rolleyes&quot;A&nbsp; shaman makes&nbsp; the&nbsp; same&nbsp; pact&nbsp; as&nbsp; other&nbsp; clerics, but often mistakes the elemental beings granting his power for vicious and angry gods. Many earth shamans are known to worship the God of the Volcano, for instance. That deity does&nbsp; not&nbsp; exist. But&nbsp; entire&nbsp; cultures&nbsp; have&nbsp; arisen&nbsp; based&nbsp; on such false beliefs.&quot;Yeah. I really want WotC to end such ethnocentrism ASAP when describing religions. Especially when using reallife religious terms like &quot;shaman&quot;.Drop the &quot;gods&quot; and the &quot;worship&quot; already! It is ignorant to use these words in inappropriate contexts. Nevermind, the racist overtones.When it comes to the Four Elements, remove any and all personifications.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haldrik, post: 8054543, member: 6694221"] In the book, Air Earth, Fire and Water, yikes, "[B]Shamans[/B]. More common among the [B]primitive [/B]tribes is the shaman kit." That animists are "primitive", is one of the appalling ethnocentric (even racist) offenses that WotC is currently working hard to weed out. Thank you, WotC. Uggg. rolleyes "A [B]shaman [/B]makes the same pact as other clerics, but often [B]mistakes [/B]the elemental beings granting his power for vicious and angry [B]gods[/B]. Many earth shamans are known to [B]worship [/B]the God of the Volcano, for instance. That deity does not exist. But entire cultures have arisen based on such [B]false[/B] [B]beliefs[/B]." Yeah. I really want WotC to end such ethnocentrism ASAP when describing religions. Especially when using reallife religious terms like "shaman". Drop the "gods" and the "worship" already! It is ignorant to use these words in inappropriate contexts. Nevermind, the racist overtones. When it comes to the Four Elements, remove any and all personifications. [/QUOTE]

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