DarkMantle
Explorer
As you are likely aware, WoTC had announced in June 2020 that:
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Since then, the D&D community continues to engage around the portrayal of humanoids in D&D settings in the context of evil alignments and racially insensitive descriptors.
It seems unclear where we stand today. The intent of this poll is to get a baseline reading on the current status of people's games, no more, no less.
(*) Please participate in the poll everyone!
Also, due to the sensitive nature of this topic...
(+) Please participate in the comments only if you:
Throughout the 50-year history of D&D, some of the peoples in the game—orcs and drow being two of the prime examples—have been characterized as monstrous and evil, using descriptions that are painfully reminiscent of how real-world ethnic groups have been and continue to be denigrated. That’s just not right, and it’s not something we believe in. Despite our conscious efforts to the contrary, we have allowed some of those old descriptions to reappear in the game. We recognize that to live our values, we have to do an even better job in handling these issues. If we make mistakes, our priority is to make things right.

Commitment to Diversity | Dungeons & Dragons
D&D continues to be made as diverse as possible with the reminder that only a diverse group of adventurers can overcome obstacles.
Since then, the D&D community continues to engage around the portrayal of humanoids in D&D settings in the context of evil alignments and racially insensitive descriptors.
It seems unclear where we stand today. The intent of this poll is to get a baseline reading on the current status of people's games, no more, no less.
(*) Please participate in the poll everyone!
Also, due to the sensitive nature of this topic...
(+) Please participate in the comments only if you:
- want to offer constructive comments/feedback
- agree not to use or discuss here any of the racial/cultural descriptions that WoTC has been removing from published materials (="primitive", "savage", etc.)
- accept that this particular poll focuses only on orcs and drow, for practical reasons (including preventing debates about definitions of other monstrous people)
- accept that this particular poll focuses only on alignment, for practical reasons (including preventing debates about racially insensitive problem words)
- any of the above are not applicable to you
- you are going to debate any of the above