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<blockquote data-quote="VelvetViolet" data-source="post: 8359827" data-attributes="member: 6686357">This is why I prefer 13th Age’s take on orcs. They pop out of chasms in the ground as adults holding weapons and don’t reproduce, so all the “other” symbolism is absent. I don’t understand why 5e couldn’t have taken a similar approach. They retconned the ecologies of tons of other monsters.I’m honestly astonished that we even need to explain that invoking classic “other” symbolism is something that we just don’t do in modern society. I’ve seriously explained this to certain people, and they can’t grasp why you shouldn’t invoke “other” symbolism. They think it’s perfectly okay. This attitude is present worldwide, even among gamers from colonized countries. I like to think that I’m a rational person most of the time. But hearing that rebuttal from those specific people makes me seriously wonder which side is right, or whether there even is a right side. Saying anyone who disagrees has “internalized colonialism” feels suspiciously like confirmation bias to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VelvetViolet, post: 8359827, member: 6686357"] This is why I prefer [I]13th Age[/I]’s take on orcs. They pop out of chasms in the ground as adults holding weapons and don’t reproduce, so all the “other” symbolism is absent. I don’t understand why 5e couldn’t have taken a similar approach. They retconned the ecologies of tons of other monsters. I’m honestly astonished that we even need to explain that invoking classic “other” symbolism is something that we just don’t do in modern society. I’ve seriously explained this to certain people, and they can’t grasp why you shouldn’t invoke “other” symbolism. They think it’s perfectly okay. This attitude is present worldwide, even among gamers from colonized countries. I like to think that I’m a rational person most of the time. But hearing that rebuttal from those specific people makes me seriously wonder which side is right, or whether there even is a right side. Saying anyone who disagrees has “internalized colonialism” feels suspiciously like confirmation bias to me. [/QUOTE]

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