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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 9733066" data-attributes="member: 25818">It doesn't seem bad to you and I because it's just fictional dwarves leaving the Dwarf homeland because, say, the Elves devastated it in the War of Kin after claiming they had lived there long before and the territory belonged to them; it's all fictive positioning. But if, as the player, I'm from Ukraine, and my family and I came to the United States to get away from the front... You can see how there might be a parallel I find uncomfortable, depending on how it is presented.Sensitivity isn't a generic band-aid. My home group, I can approach these things and not worry about it because none of the situations apply to myself and the players. But at a hobby shop or a convention game, you don't know the other people at the table. They may have signed up for the session not knowing anything about it other than "It's escapism" only to have something deeply personal rear up and bite them.People might not even know they are sensitive. I had an extreme emotional reaction some time ago to someone I knew who passed from cancer. After thinking about it, I suddenly remembered my best friend died from cancer -- 40 years ago. I had harbored it buried inside me for decades without realizing, until it came up again. I could easily see something similar happening in a game. And, at a convention among strangers is not the place to suddenly have a breakdown.</blockquote>