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<blockquote data-quote="Mecheon" data-source="post: 8612695" data-attributes="member: 6801776"><p>Its the description that's made Kender the most maligned, hated, disliked of all D&D races in the entire history of the game.</p><p></p><p>Seriously, not even gnomes get as much flak at Kender do, and there isn't a whole heap of people writing stories about "This one player played a gnome and disrupted the party". No other race has the reputation Kender do. Nothing in the history of the game has that exact same, controlled, "We will ensure this never spreads" level. You can blame players all you want, but, they're basing it off something. The original descriptions and 'you should play them like this' details deliberately lead people down this path. If you're blaming players at this point, then you're basically saying "Anyone who picks a Kender is going to lead to this" which.... Well, I think that says a lot about Kender. Why is it only Kender this happens with and nothing else?</p><p></p><p>Kender failed at their original job of being heroic small-folkls, instead being type-cast as obnoxious, and there has been a massive outpouring of positivity for the UA Kender because they take the idea that Kender were aiming for (Short, blatently fairy-esque being good at stealing) and carry them across the line. Kender did not work originally. They were a failure</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mecheon, post: 8612695, member: 6801776"] Its the description that's made Kender the most maligned, hated, disliked of all D&D races in the entire history of the game. Seriously, not even gnomes get as much flak at Kender do, and there isn't a whole heap of people writing stories about "This one player played a gnome and disrupted the party". No other race has the reputation Kender do. Nothing in the history of the game has that exact same, controlled, "We will ensure this never spreads" level. You can blame players all you want, but, they're basing it off something. The original descriptions and 'you should play them like this' details deliberately lead people down this path. If you're blaming players at this point, then you're basically saying "Anyone who picks a Kender is going to lead to this" which.... Well, I think that says a lot about Kender. Why is it only Kender this happens with and nothing else? Kender failed at their original job of being heroic small-folkls, instead being type-cast as obnoxious, and there has been a massive outpouring of positivity for the UA Kender because they take the idea that Kender were aiming for (Short, blatently fairy-esque being good at stealing) and carry them across the line. Kender did not work originally. They were a failure [/QUOTE]
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