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<blockquote data-quote="Scribe" data-source="post: 8182317" data-attributes="member: 6807152"><p>Why? Nothing was stopping you before, and Tasha's already gave you an option.</p><p></p><p>As far as at a mechanical level, looking only at Ability Score, you dont.</p><p></p><p>You then have to look at what other mechanics apply. Size? Race...errr no Lineage specific mechanics? Well what if (when) WotC deems those as 'cultural' and does away with 'Racial' feats? Because again, the issue here is the codification of what a race is. The prevailing line of thought is that to even do so at all is racist, and it will get to that point, and anyone looking around will see it.</p><p></p><p>It wont be good enough until a Dwarf can 'be' an Elf, and race is obliterated from the game, like Alignment which actually IS a cultural thing, oddly enough, at least until you realize that this is a setting with actual Gods, who actually created these distinct (for now) races, and imprinted on them a world view.</p><p></p><p>I mean honestly if one wishes to read those Wired articles, you can convince yourself that the entire foundation of Fantasy is fatally flawed, and needs to be wiped out, that LoTR is a treatise on fascism, and that while WE may not be racist (though its certainly been implied that those who dont like these changes are) that D&D foundationally is.</p><p></p><p>I dont buy it, but hey, I'm old enough to no longer be the target market, so what does my opinion matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scribe, post: 8182317, member: 6807152"] Why? Nothing was stopping you before, and Tasha's already gave you an option. As far as at a mechanical level, looking only at Ability Score, you dont. You then have to look at what other mechanics apply. Size? Race...errr no Lineage specific mechanics? Well what if (when) WotC deems those as 'cultural' and does away with 'Racial' feats? Because again, the issue here is the codification of what a race is. The prevailing line of thought is that to even do so at all is racist, and it will get to that point, and anyone looking around will see it. It wont be good enough until a Dwarf can 'be' an Elf, and race is obliterated from the game, like Alignment which actually IS a cultural thing, oddly enough, at least until you realize that this is a setting with actual Gods, who actually created these distinct (for now) races, and imprinted on them a world view. I mean honestly if one wishes to read those Wired articles, you can convince yourself that the entire foundation of Fantasy is fatally flawed, and needs to be wiped out, that LoTR is a treatise on fascism, and that while WE may not be racist (though its certainly been implied that those who dont like these changes are) that D&D foundationally is. I dont buy it, but hey, I'm old enough to no longer be the target market, so what does my opinion matter. [/QUOTE]
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