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<blockquote data-quote="Haldrik" data-source="post: 8029766" data-attributes="member: 6694221"><p>Heh, I liked that post.</p><p></p><p>As far as I can tell, D&D has most of the tools to resolve most of the difficulties.</p><p></p><p><strong>Customizability</strong></p><p></p><p>• Many players already want more customization for their characters anyway. So making races customizable sooner, helps remove the problem of essentialism and supremacism. Unfortunate tropes can be dropped. Players (and DMs) can pick the tropes and mechanics that they feel more comfortable with.</p><p></p><p>• Factions are already increasing in D&D design. To move the alignment off of a creature and onto a faction helps disconnect the Evil label from certain tropes. This defacto happens anyway. Gruumsh-faction Orcs are Evil. ManyArrow-faction Orcs are Nonevil. Lolth-faction Drow are Evil. Some Drow factions are Nonevil. The Eberron setting is skillful about implementing diverse factions.</p><p></p><p>• We need examples of factions that are "savages", namely, nomadic clans and tribes who − at the same time − exhibit high Intelligence. For example, nomads who migrate the traderoutes as merchants that link advanced civilizations. These nomads themselves are likewise advanced.</p><p></p><p>• I feel Orcs, Drow, Hobgoblin, and other humanoids deserve careful scrutiny (from reallife ethnic groups) and might need serious rethinking. But new factions might remedy the problematics. If I was African or East Asian, I would probably want to see examples of uniquely African or East Asian themes that are admirable and appealing, and also examples where different ethnic groups are sharing a common culture.</p><p></p><p>Customizability and factionalism in D&D deserve emphasis and further development. Monster entries can delete alignment from the statblock, and mention variant mechanical traits and variant factions, at least for the humanoid races.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Images</strong></p><p></p><p>I feel WotC has already made efforts to include women and various ethnic groups within the official images. These efforts have proven helpful and the player base has increased and diversified.</p><p></p><p>In a desert, even a cup of water becomes valuable. So even a few appealing images matter alot.</p><p></p><p>I would probably use the demographic of US youth, ages 13 to 20? So about 50% European, plus African, Latino, and diverse Asian. But I would over-represent smaller minorities, including LGBT, Native Americans, and so on, because their diversity can be "exotic" and fresh for narrative purposes.</p><p></p><p>I think white heterosexual males are important too, and we need to include idealized images of them too. And for them too: meaning images of sexy women − as long as these women look empowered.</p><p></p><p>WotC made transgenders a sacred identity among the eladrin. On the one hand, that broke a glass ceiling. On the other hand, it seems coherent with old school D&D tropes about Corellon. More images and stories about transgenders. I am curious about what kind of images and stories reallife transgenders want to see.</p><p></p><p>I want to see more images of male couples, and sexy goodlooking men. Also more stories about them.</p><p></p><p>I especially want to see images of masculine men being affectionate toward each other, and I feel this is important for male bonding for the psychological wellbeing of most men, whether straight or gay. Modernity and relocation to find work has damaged the ability of men to develop lifelong friendships. As men age, many men suffer loneliness and isolation.</p><p></p><p>My impression is, there are some images of lesbian women that are fun and sexy (such as drow). I assume, reallife lesbian women appreciate more serious images of female couples, maybe more professional or also more romantic images. I want all women to voice any concerns from their perspectives.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Worldbuilding. I want more religious diversity.</p><p></p><p>I want a setting that has zero to do with Forgotten Realms. Zero. Especially its religion.</p><p></p><p>Eberron already figured out how to make religious beliefs diverse. It is easy to use the Eberron setting to allow players to choose whatever fantasy religious beliefs they are more comfortable with (in reallife) for their characters.</p><p></p><p>When the Eberron setting guide tried to force Forgotten Realms gods into the Eberron setting, it felt counterproductive. Forgotten Realms and I need a divorce. This divorce has to be clean and final.</p><p></p><p>Worldbuilding. I want flavorless core rules to make worldbuilding easier. So, if there happens to be elements of D&D that turn out to be problematic, I have the tools to circumvent them more easily.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In sum: continue the direction WotC has already began. More customizability for characters and for settings. More inclusive images of characters. Factions are a great way to have ones cake and eat it too. Some factions can be offensive. And it is probably ok? Because it is only faction among other factions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haldrik, post: 8029766, member: 6694221"] Heh, I liked that post. As far as I can tell, D&D has most of the tools to resolve most of the difficulties. [B]Customizability[/B] • Many players already want more customization for their characters anyway. So making races customizable sooner, helps remove the problem of essentialism and supremacism. Unfortunate tropes can be dropped. Players (and DMs) can pick the tropes and mechanics that they feel more comfortable with. • Factions are already increasing in D&D design. To move the alignment off of a creature and onto a faction helps disconnect the Evil label from certain tropes. This defacto happens anyway. Gruumsh-faction Orcs are Evil. ManyArrow-faction Orcs are Nonevil. Lolth-faction Drow are Evil. Some Drow factions are Nonevil. The Eberron setting is skillful about implementing diverse factions. • We need examples of factions that are "savages", namely, nomadic clans and tribes who − at the same time − exhibit high Intelligence. For example, nomads who migrate the traderoutes as merchants that link advanced civilizations. These nomads themselves are likewise advanced. • I feel Orcs, Drow, Hobgoblin, and other humanoids deserve careful scrutiny (from reallife ethnic groups) and might need serious rethinking. But new factions might remedy the problematics. If I was African or East Asian, I would probably want to see examples of uniquely African or East Asian themes that are admirable and appealing, and also examples where different ethnic groups are sharing a common culture. Customizability and factionalism in D&D deserve emphasis and further development. Monster entries can delete alignment from the statblock, and mention variant mechanical traits and variant factions, at least for the humanoid races. [B]Images[/B] I feel WotC has already made efforts to include women and various ethnic groups within the official images. These efforts have proven helpful and the player base has increased and diversified. In a desert, even a cup of water becomes valuable. So even a few appealing images matter alot. I would probably use the demographic of US youth, ages 13 to 20? So about 50% European, plus African, Latino, and diverse Asian. But I would over-represent smaller minorities, including LGBT, Native Americans, and so on, because their diversity can be "exotic" and fresh for narrative purposes. I think white heterosexual males are important too, and we need to include idealized images of them too. And for them too: meaning images of sexy women − as long as these women look empowered. WotC made transgenders a sacred identity among the eladrin. On the one hand, that broke a glass ceiling. On the other hand, it seems coherent with old school D&D tropes about Corellon. More images and stories about transgenders. I am curious about what kind of images and stories reallife transgenders want to see. I want to see more images of male couples, and sexy goodlooking men. Also more stories about them. I especially want to see images of masculine men being affectionate toward each other, and I feel this is important for male bonding for the psychological wellbeing of most men, whether straight or gay. Modernity and relocation to find work has damaged the ability of men to develop lifelong friendships. As men age, many men suffer loneliness and isolation. My impression is, there are some images of lesbian women that are fun and sexy (such as drow). I assume, reallife lesbian women appreciate more serious images of female couples, maybe more professional or also more romantic images. I want all women to voice any concerns from their perspectives. Worldbuilding. I want more religious diversity. I want a setting that has zero to do with Forgotten Realms. Zero. Especially its religion. Eberron already figured out how to make religious beliefs diverse. It is easy to use the Eberron setting to allow players to choose whatever fantasy religious beliefs they are more comfortable with (in reallife) for their characters. When the Eberron setting guide tried to force Forgotten Realms gods into the Eberron setting, it felt counterproductive. Forgotten Realms and I need a divorce. This divorce has to be clean and final. Worldbuilding. I want flavorless core rules to make worldbuilding easier. So, if there happens to be elements of D&D that turn out to be problematic, I have the tools to circumvent them more easily. In sum: continue the direction WotC has already began. More customizability for characters and for settings. More inclusive images of characters. Factions are a great way to have ones cake and eat it too. Some factions can be offensive. And it is probably ok? Because it is only faction among other factions. [/QUOTE]
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