Subj : Re: Most memorable modern
To : Arelor
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue May 20 2025 06:56 am
-=> Arelor wrote to phigan <=-
Ar> think this is madness you ought to check how the cancer used to grow in
Ar> the RPG industry: *some* people were mad because elves are better with
Ar> bows than everybody else, because that implies an ethnic group is
Ar> superior to others in certain fields - and therefore the game is racist
Ar> and must be burnt. The solution is to ensure elves are as lame with
Ar> bows as everybody else. Now you realize this people wants to accomplish
Ar> the same thing in the real world.
Oh, my god - really? Elves and dwarves are different SPECIES!
I'm imagining a key and peele episode where the different species in D&D
are racial stereotypes...
(aside: I loved playing elves in D&D. Stealthy as all hell, and roll
high enough on dexterity and they'd get 3 attacks every 2 turns...)
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