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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8869023" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>WotC will not use Ancestry or Origin in place of Race because they already use both those terms in the game already in other places and they'd have to re-write all those things to remove them.</p><p></p><p>My order was Kind, Species, and then Subtype, with my write-in stating I actually preferred 'Kin' because it was a homey, more medieval and fantasy type of word for a group of peoples... but that Kind would be an okay replacement. I'm fine with Species too and don't really care or am bothered by the "non-biological creature" argument.</p><p></p><p>I had Subtype last and stated quite succinctly that I don't think it would work because it would just look silly as a Chapter heading in a book.</p><p></p><p>"To create a character you will select your Class, Background, and Subtype." What? Subtype? A Subtype of what? What does that mean? It's referencing something we don't even know.</p><p></p><p>I basically said I didn't think it'd work for the PHB. It's fine for the Monster Manual because that's more of a taxonomical tome and that sort of categorization makes sense... but not so much for creating a character. We need an actual word for the Chapter heading that tells the reader quickly what is in it. Which is why I also suspect that it'll end up being 'Species'-- that's the word that most people will understand immediately on what the Chapter is about... moreso than Kin or Kind or Lineage or Origin or any of those words. Yes, it might be more 'scientific' than we might like for a fantasy game... but it's also the most recognizable word for telling us what its referencing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8869023, member: 7006"] WotC will not use Ancestry or Origin in place of Race because they already use both those terms in the game already in other places and they'd have to re-write all those things to remove them. My order was Kind, Species, and then Subtype, with my write-in stating I actually preferred 'Kin' because it was a homey, more medieval and fantasy type of word for a group of peoples... but that Kind would be an okay replacement. I'm fine with Species too and don't really care or am bothered by the "non-biological creature" argument. I had Subtype last and stated quite succinctly that I don't think it would work because it would just look silly as a Chapter heading in a book. "To create a character you will select your Class, Background, and Subtype." What? Subtype? A Subtype of what? What does that mean? It's referencing something we don't even know. I basically said I didn't think it'd work for the PHB. It's fine for the Monster Manual because that's more of a taxonomical tome and that sort of categorization makes sense... but not so much for creating a character. We need an actual word for the Chapter heading that tells the reader quickly what is in it. Which is why I also suspect that it'll end up being 'Species'-- that's the word that most people will understand immediately on what the Chapter is about... moreso than Kin or Kind or Lineage or Origin or any of those words. Yes, it might be more 'scientific' than we might like for a fantasy game... but it's also the most recognizable word for telling us what its referencing. [/QUOTE]
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