D&D 5E WOTC Possibly Removing "Druids" for Religious/Cultural Sensitivity Reasons

[AnotherGuy]

Fighting-Man!

That class would get knocked for being sexist.

 

[Aldarc]

I feel pretty confident that the copyright on the Egyptian gods has expired and they're in the public domain now.

Neil Gaiman's Public Domain Gods.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Exorcisms, praying for people to recover from wounds/illness, prayers that are supposed to halt or reverse curses - modern Catholicism may not like to do these things but they're in older prayer books (I'm not familiar enough with old Orthodox groups to say whether that's true there).

You're applying such a broad approach to anything that is spiritual or religious that you might as well be saying all religious beliefs are the same. Shamanism (or animism) is not remotely close to believing in Christian beliefs of Hell. Saying a prayer to God to heal you isn't holistic medicine either. I mean, there's only 1 spirit in Catholicism (the Holy Spirit), and it's literally just the goodwill and love between God and Jesus. Shamanism (and animism) believe there are spirits everywhere, in near everything around us, including the spirits of the dead, and they can be communicated with. Exorcisms isn't the spirit world. They are completely two different things.

 

[Mannahnin]

Has someone actually found a druid who objects to elfgames borrowing the term?

No. None of us care.

And anyway, it's a clickbait article discussing internal ruminations about Magic: The Gathering creature typology.

I did see some criticism years ago about the the inclusion of the Egyptian pantheon being culturally appropriative of PoC even though I think that is the only ancient religion included in the DMG that doesn't have an associated contemporary neopagan movement. Even the hotepiest of hotep brothers seem to embrace some form of Islam as the basis for their religious practice.

Years ago I dated someone who practiced Kemetism.

 

[MGibster]

Years ago I dated someone who practiced Kemetism.

I ran into one of those years ago as well. They really, really hated Cleopatra. I'm not even sure how we got on the subject, but this dude was not shy about voicing his hatred of the Ptolemy line. "Usurpers to the rightful rulers of Egypt," is what he said I think. Dude, it's been more than 2,000 years. Let it go.

 

[jasper]

And neo-pagans aren't also appropriating "druid" from ancient history?

Shush. They are loud, they shout alot when you point this out.

 

[Mannahnin]

Shush. They are loud, they shout alot when you point this out.

Or at least, when we respond quietly and calmly, you can easily ignore us.

 

[Remathilis]

Dude, it's been more than 2,000 years. Let it go.

It's amazing how much of our modern world conflicts can be summed up with that statement...

 

[MGibster]

It's amazing how much of our modern world conflicts can be summed up with that statement...

I'm not one to talk. I once got into a very heated discussion with a British subject on whether the American colonist were justified in their little rebellion. By the end of the discussion I was ready to throw all his tea into the harbor and he was prepared to press me into the navy.

 

[Tony Vargas]

That class would get knocked for being sexist.

Fighting Persun