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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6113074" data-attributes="member: 8835">I tend to avoid racism, sexism, and such because it tends to hit too close to something my players may have had to actually dealt with in real life.&nbsp; Most of us have never been attacked by an angry horde of orcs.&nbsp; Some of us may have been discriminated against or worse.I also avoid it because it tends to be exclusionary and divisive on what's viable to play in the game.&nbsp; Don't play a female PC because everybody treats women bad in medieval times.&nbsp; Don't play an elf, because all the other races hate them.&nbsp; Worse, it can cause the players to &quot;get into the spirit&quot; of things and justify treating their friend like crap, just because the setting encourages it.I might have cultures on the periphery of the main area where PCs come from that have racism or such.&nbsp; But that's easy to manage like Star Trek does.&nbsp; The good guys travel there, and discover what jerks the natives are, and try to change things.&nbsp; or leave.But I'm really wary of inflicting that on a party in the beginning or in a way they can't really choose a way to deal with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6113074, member: 8835"] I tend to avoid racism, sexism, and such because it tends to hit too close to something my players may have had to actually dealt with in real life. Most of us have never been attacked by an angry horde of orcs. Some of us may have been discriminated against or worse. I also avoid it because it tends to be exclusionary and divisive on what's viable to play in the game. Don't play a female PC because everybody treats women bad in medieval times. Don't play an elf, because all the other races hate them. Worse, it can cause the players to "get into the spirit" of things and justify treating their friend like crap, just because the setting encourages it. I might have cultures on the periphery of the main area where PCs come from that have racism or such. But that's easy to manage like Star Trek does. The good guys travel there, and discover what jerks the natives are, and try to change things. or leave. But I'm really wary of inflicting that on a party in the beginning or in a way they can't really choose a way to deal with it. [/QUOTE]

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