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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8847906" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Species sounds off to my ears as well, and I think there can also be an issue with revising language too much (where it makes it more difficult to understand editions over time). Like I said, I think it is better if we put the critical engagement on the reader end so writers and designers can more freely use evocative and colorful language, provided these things are not intentionally being used in a way that is meant to advocate real world evils. But given that they have established this is a problem they want to address, I do think species is the best term because it has the least amount of the issues they are trying to avoid (next to type, which is probably too neutral) and it most accurately captures what race meant in D&amp;D in the first place: which is something like the difference between a human and neanderthal (maybe a slightly larger difference due to the presence of magic, but essentially that analogy is sound IMO).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8847906, member: 85555"] Species sounds off to my ears as well, and I think there can also be an issue with revising language too much (where it makes it more difficult to understand editions over time). Like I said, I think it is better if we put the critical engagement on the reader end so writers and designers can more freely use evocative and colorful language, provided these things are not intentionally being used in a way that is meant to advocate real world evils. But given that they have established this is a problem they want to address, I do think species is the best term because it has the least amount of the issues they are trying to avoid (next to type, which is probably too neutral) and it most accurately captures what race meant in D&D in the first place: which is something like the difference between a human and neanderthal (maybe a slightly larger difference due to the presence of magic, but essentially that analogy is sound IMO). [/QUOTE]

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