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<blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 6383205" data-attributes="member: 6182">Pretty sure that baby murder is not a &quot;21st century liberal&quot; thing. D&amp;D is also not a medieval Earth game. It features magical robots, air ships, lizards that are smarter than humans, and angels and demons you can play poker with.I agree that it is a bit myopic to make monstrous humanoid infants a monster type, but in all fairness, 5E is aiming for the old days, which were built heavily on fantasy racism and little thought put into what being a murder hobo really means from an ethical standpoint.As a DM, I might just use these creatures specifically to put some massive guilt down on the PCs, and to basically put them in the shoes of being the real monsters.Overall, I agree that WotC really should keep the problematic nature of these sorts of depictions in mind, and to avoid having infant forms of intelligent monsters in this way. It may not be the most vile of acts to create such a bit of fiction, but there are many other ideas available which are less prone to problems.--Worth keeping in mind that &quot;it's a game&quot; isn't a defense any more than &quot;it's a book&quot; or &quot;it's a conversation.&quot; Games are expressions of ideas, along with their mechanics. One does not automatically agree with the implications of their art (good people can write stories about evil people!), but it does still express ideas, and offers them up for criticism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Incenjucar, post: 6383205, member: 6182"] Pretty sure that baby murder is not a "21st century liberal" thing. D&D is also not a medieval Earth game. It features magical robots, air ships, lizards that are smarter than humans, and angels and demons you can play poker with. I agree that it is a bit myopic to make monstrous humanoid infants a monster type, but in all fairness, 5E is aiming for the old days, which were built heavily on fantasy racism and little thought put into what being a murder hobo really means from an ethical standpoint. As a DM, I might just use these creatures specifically to put some massive guilt down on the PCs, and to basically put them in the shoes of being the real monsters. Overall, I agree that WotC really should keep the problematic nature of these sorts of depictions in mind, and to avoid having infant forms of intelligent monsters in this way. It may not be the most vile of acts to create such a bit of fiction, but there are many other ideas available which are less prone to problems. -- Worth keeping in mind that "it's a game" isn't a defense any more than "it's a book" or "it's a conversation." Games are expressions of ideas, along with their mechanics. One does not automatically agree with the implications of their art (good people can write stories about evil people!), but it does still express ideas, and offers them up for criticism. [/QUOTE]

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