Daryl76679@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoDungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Followwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down123
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minus-squarecryptiod137@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months ago“oh that race doesn’t make good wizards they are less intelligent than others” With the word race out of the descriptions, its less likely that someone will get mad over something like that. This is a real example from early 5e that some people got upset over, to the point some people still mention it, acting all wigged out. Anything that pushes real world politics away from me games is inherently good.
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI guess that’s a natural consequence of just having a lot of people on a platform
“oh that race doesn’t make good wizards they are less intelligent than others”
With the word race out of the descriptions, its less likely that someone will get mad over something like that.
This is a real example from early 5e that some people got upset over, to the point some people still mention it, acting all wigged out.
Anything that pushes real world politics away from me games is inherently good.
I guess that’s a natural consequence of just having a lot of people on a platform