D&D (2024) What new jargon do you want to replace "Race"?

[Yaarel]

D&D will finally discontinue the technical term "Race". Yay!

But what do you prefer replace it?

• Species
• Type
• Form
• Lifeform
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Taxon
• Genus
• Geneology
• Family
• Parentage
• Ancestry
• Bloodline
• Line
• Lineage
• Pedigree
• Folk
• Kindred
• Kind
• Kin
• Kinfolk
• Descent
• Filiation
• Extraction
• Origin
• Heredity

Nature versus nurture. The previous terms can emphasize biology (or construct). The following terms include learned cultural aspects, such as language, but might work.
• Ethnicity
• Ethnos
• People
• Peoplehood
• Kith
• Heritage

If you think of any other viable terms, I will try add them to the list.

Edit: Added later to the poll are the terms:
• Heritage
• People
• Nature
• Birth

You can choose more than one term.

 

[aco175]

I would vote to keep the word Race.

 

[Charlaquin]

Heritage would also be a good one to add, if you have space in the poll

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Chose kindred and kind. Kindred as the general term kind as an appendage to specific examples (i.e. Humankind, Gnomekind, Warforgedkind, ect).

 

[DarkCrisis]

Kink.

“What’s your kink?”
“Mmmm Female Dark Elf. In leather,"
"I'm right there with you, dude. Paint me a picture."

“I’m a Tiefling!”
“Ugh. Not another Tiefling!
“Don’t Kink-shame.”

 

[Xamnam]

Not my thread, obviously, but I'd suggest we keep it + and talk about why we like what we like, and not why other options are bad. Would just be copying the thread these came from otherwise.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Picked Species and Taxon. Most of the other choices is just 'race' with the serial numbers filed off.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

"Species". What it lacks in sounding right in a fantasy context it makes up in clearly meaning the thing that race most prominently means in D&D. It focuses in directly on status as a biologically distinct group and does not encourage the problematic eliding of biological, cultural, and immediate family heritage.

That said, it feels like if we focus in more explictly on species in place of race there should be a separate cultural heritage selecting step.

 

[Scribe]

• Parentage​

• Ancestry​

• Lineage​

• Heredity​

 

[Clint_L]

Schmorp