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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8877112" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Symbaroum as well. Or, for that matter, D&D for much/most* of its run. Look, there's no one answer and nothing works well for everyone. Many games include prejudice in their game worlds (/implied settings) and I'm sure I've seen at least one where it was done well*. Many of them also include experiencing prejudice as a character option and that's theoretically the point/they're making it an option because someone might want to try roleplaying that experience (again, I've seen one or maybe two that have done it well). I don't really think that was the logic behind their inclusion in AD&D. There I think there were half-orcs because at the time orcs were unambiguously 'Bad Guys(tm)' and sometimes it's fun to play bad guys/quasi-bad guys** and Tolkien conveniently had half-orcs (so that was easy). What that means for AD&D (or basic-classic D&D, but with half-orcs)-inspired OSR games, I don't know. If they do it well, good for them. When I see it, I'll be sure to call it out with praise. In the meantime, if the emphasis is on "this is a role-play opportunity," I look past it. If it is "selfish, brutish, unpleasant half-breeds reinforce the hatred they receive," then I am a lot less likely to give things a pass.*depending on your reading of 3e, and even early 5e.**definitely not the ones that try to justify it with "unpleasant demeanor" ***despite you also sometimes allying with or hiring them, if the reaction table rolls right.****same way that Vader or Boba Fett (or at least Han) might be more appealing than Luke, and so on. </blockquote>

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