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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7437193" data-attributes="member: 23751">You are confusing bringing in real world issues, and people simply being dark or gay in the game.  They are different things.  If a race has dark skin in D&D, that race does not correspond to any real world race and real world issues of racism should not be brought into the game.  The same with someone who just decides to play a gay PC or NPC.  That decision has nothing to do with being pro or anti gay.  It's just a decision on something to play.If someone wanted to play a transgender PC in my game, I'd work with them to make it happen.  There are girdles of masculinity/femininity, curses, magical accidents, capricious fey, divine blessings(though I'd probably go with Sune), and much more.  That allows transgender without the blatant real world issues regarding transgender coming into the game like they are with what WotC is doing. And it's not limited to elf.  What's more, what WotC is doing doesn't actually fix anything.  Those that would disallow transgender in their game won't play with these rules, and those that would allow it don't need the rules as they would do what I would do and figure out a way.  Reject it all you like.  You can't be correct in your rejection.  The impact is based on perception, which is subjective. Just because it doesn't impact YOU, doesn't mean that it doesn't have an impact on those of us who want real world issues to stay out of the game.</blockquote>

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