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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7439364" data-attributes="member: 6779196">But is racial predjudice in your games on the basis of human ethnicity, or on race in the fantasy gaming sense of the term? Do bigots in your world hate people of certain skin color, or do they hate elves?I agree with people who say “I don’t want to bring real-life political issues into my gaming.” I have to live in a world where people are discriminated against on the basis of skin color, gender, religion, etc. every day. If I’mgoing to spend my free time in an imaginary world, i’d Kind of like it to be one where I don’t have to deal with those same issues. Now, my world does still have its own sociopolitical issues. But they are different from real life issues. You can play a black character without the guards profiling you, but if you want to play a character who deals with the long-term reprocussions of slavery even generations after its abolition, that’s halflings in my world. You can play a woman without having to worry about being taken less seriously as a warrior than your male party members, but if you want to explore gender-based discrimination in game, might I recommend a male drow? Likewise, I want to make sure you can play a trans character without NPCs misgendering you or disrespecting your identity. But if you want to play a character who’s identity isn’t considered valid by the rest of society, something like an Eladrin who’s seasonal fluidity is seen as an act by other, less mercurial races. Or a Changeling who doesn’t consider their “true” form to be who they really are.</blockquote>

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