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<blockquote data-quote="transmission89" data-source="post: 8321607" data-attributes="member: 6688441">I have no qualms with the notion of evil creatures, hordes of savage orcs pillaging the lands whilst the bastions of civilisation defends against them. They are what they are, fantastical tropes drawn from literatures and mythology to be played against with little concern.Quibbling over then contemporary thinking that may or may not have influenced their design and only looking at historical sources with a modern contextual lens to justify accusations of racism or not is a form of genetic fallacy I have no wish to indulge in at the table. My table has always been, and always will be inclusive to everyone who wishes to sit at it, as have many tables been since D&amp;D‘s inception (despite recent attempts of historical revisionism suggesting otherwise).The full rainbow of humanity’s uniqueness and diversity has always been represented at my table (as indeed, that is one of the defining aspects of humans as a race in D&amp;D), but we won’t have a bland homogeneity of just humans but with green skin or pointy ears at our table .Tools that use creatures as ethnic stand ins for their racist fantasies will always do so, despite any attempts to change the rules, the way to deal with them is the same as it’s always been, to walk from their table.Of course, as always, what you do at your table is your business. But I would not seek to hand wring and denigrate your game as morally unacceptable either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="transmission89, post: 8321607, member: 6688441"] I have no qualms with the notion of evil creatures, hordes of savage orcs pillaging the lands whilst the bastions of civilisation defends against them. They are what they are, fantastical tropes drawn from literatures and mythology to be played against with little concern. Quibbling over then contemporary thinking that may or may not have influenced their design and only looking at historical sources with a modern contextual lens to justify accusations of racism or not is a form of genetic fallacy I have no wish to indulge in at the table. My table has always been, and always will be inclusive to everyone who wishes to sit at it, as have many tables been since D&D‘s inception (despite recent attempts of historical revisionism suggesting otherwise). The full rainbow of humanity’s uniqueness and diversity has always been represented at my table (as indeed, that is one of the defining aspects of humans as a race in D&D), but we won’t have a bland homogeneity of just humans but with green skin or pointy ears at our table . Tools that use creatures as ethnic stand ins for their racist fantasies will always do so, despite any attempts to change the rules, the way to deal with them is the same as it’s always been, to walk from their table. Of course, as always, what you do at your table is your business. But I would not seek to hand wring and denigrate your game as morally unacceptable either. [/QUOTE]

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