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Gary Gygax was a racist :)

Started by Shawn Driscoll, August 17, 2012, 03:54:58 AM

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Shawn Driscoll

I'm reading through my Dungeon Masters Guide of AD&D 1st edition and looking at the character charts for thieves and assassins and there are no humans listed in them.  Only elfs, half-elfs, half-orcs, gnomes, dwarfs.  But no humans.  What the H?!

Fiasco

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;572309I'm reading through my Dungeon Masters Guide of AD&D 1st edition and looking at the character charts for thieves and assassins and there are no humans listed in them.  Only elfs, half-elfs, half-orcs, gnomes, dwarfs.  But no humans.  What the H?!

It's racial adjustments from the statistical norm (humans).

flyingcircus

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Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;572309I'm reading through my Dungeon Masters Guide of AD&D 1st edition and looking at the character charts for thieves and assassins and there are no humans listed in them.  Only elfs, half-elfs, half-orcs, gnomes, dwarfs.  But no humans.  What the H?!

What page are you talking about, pg. 17 mine has humans listed.  IDK what you're looking at.:confused:

If it's racial adjustments, humans have none as Fiasco pointed out above.
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