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Reddit: Racism in D&D

Started by ArrozConLeche, June 09, 2020, 08:50:54 AM

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Shawn Driscoll

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July 03, 2020, 05:36:29 PM
Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1133248Racism in Dungeons and Dragon

Because of current events, the topic of racism is all I have been thinking about lately. D&D is my favourite pastime and something I love to debate and discuss and play. I have no qualifications to lean on, I am not a person of colour, if this post makes you uncomfortable I encourage you to sit in the feeling for a moment. This post does not say you are a racist for playing Dungeons and Dragons, this post does not say you have committed a moral sin by enjoying D&D. This post is about some of the uncomfortable history, tropes, and conventions of D&D and how it relates to racism.
I'm pretty sure that Democrat is a race now.

Rhiannon

#211
July 04, 2020, 01:17:21 PM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1137792I'm pretty sure that Democrat is a race now.

You get out of the house much?

Opaopajr

#212
July 04, 2020, 10:34:23 PM
Reddit is still a silly place. :p
Just make your fuckin\' guy and roll the dice, you pricks. Focus on what\'s interesting, not what gives you the biggest randomly generated virtual penis.  -- J Arcane
 
You know, people keep comparing non-TSR D&D to deck-building in Magic: the Gathering. But maybe it\'s more like Katamari Damacy. You keep sticking shit on your characters until they are big enough to be a star.
-- talysman

S'mon

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July 05, 2020, 02:24:56 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;1137543Which one has the ruling magic council of 36 36th level magic-users?

Dawn of the Emperors. I don't know why Allston made them 36th level; when they are first mentioned (in Test of the Warlords I think) they are 1,000 Wizards, a level title gained at I think 11th level. That's still incredibly powerful; many nations' armed forces are a few thousand 1-3 hd mundane soldiers. And it fits far better with the way Alphatia is presented overall - incredibly magically powerful, but not post-human Dancers At the End of Time type level. So I stuck with 11+ for my campaign, keeping the number of Wish-users (level 33+ in BECMI) low. I still had stuff like the Master of the Desert Nomads, the main campaign villain who had been winning a war with the Thyatian Empire, get his armies & sky fleet kerbstomped when a CHA 18 PC M-U courtier/lady-in-waiting of the Alphatian Empress Eriadna persuaded her to go dispatch a naval patrol to deal with a little local difficulty over in Alasiya.
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