loverdrive
Prophet of the profane (She/Her)
On the topic of racism, I'm gonna try to kiss myself again.
Here's an excerpt from the GMing section of a system I'm working on:
Here's an excerpt from the GMing section of a system I'm working on:
"Of course, humans, the descendants of the First Men are special, but the Sun above unites all people against the Beast, horrible spawns of the Dark."
It’s a crapsack world, and the religion (at least, the only one you’re allowed to profess) openly plays favourites, so, of course there’s racism. But keep it tame.
“No dogs and greenskins” sign in all and every bar is cartoonish, boring and wears thin after five minutes. “Oh, that’s an elf, let’s burn him alive!” is stupid and the person playing an elf would be officially allowed to punch you in the face and kick you on the ground until your legs don’t work.
This is some deep naughty word, and all deep naughty word is more nuanced than cartoonish stereotypes. You don’t have to make everyone violent psychos to drive the point home. Make them patronizing, pitiful or suspicious. Then, from time to time pull out your aunt who posts naughty word on Facebook.
Your goal isn’t to make the PCs suffer for no reason, your job is to test their faith. Make them doubt the priests. Make them doubt themselves. Make them doubt the Sun.