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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8236755" data-attributes="member: 6879661">That is a fair reason not do these things.The downside is that if that were the case a broad swathe of artistic expression wouldn’t be possible... at least 4 Assassins creed titles for example, anything set in ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, medieval Scandinavia.There is a difference between saying that I don’t want to be sitting across the table from someone playing an escaped slave, and saying No one anywhere can play an escaped slave including the DM.I’m uncomfortable with the blanket statement that no one anywhere can represent slavery in a game. As detestable as it was/is, it is a part of human existence, along with the other bad things I have referenced. Now if there was a conversation here about how to reference it sensitively, then that would be a different question. Shutting it down completely, as a history student, feels disproportionate and deeply troubling.Now a completely different question is whether WOC can be bothered to go to the effort, when they have lots of other IPs.I hope they chart a middle path, reference it, but in a sensible, mature non-sensational way. With advice written by POC on how not to be a douche about this stuff at the gaming table.</blockquote>