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I think the essence of good gnome characterisation & character design is based in the assumption that gnomes can't be sexy. Gnomes are so unfuckable that a gnome can't be UNattractive because that's just "looking like a gnome. As a result, they are free to be exactly who they are without pretension or self-consciousness. Which is super hot in a human or other race, hence the 'almost hotness' of gnomes.
I think the debate on wether D&D should use the metric system or keep using the Imperial system even when being translated to players abroad is stupid.
As someone who lives in a country that uses the metric system, I think the imperial ststem adds another layer to the fantasy aspect of the game, where a metric system would make it too modern and familiar to me. It's kind of like how kings and queens feel inherently fantastic to people who live in countries that don't have to deal with the monarchy anymore. And if for some reason you just can't visualize it, it's fairly easy to convert the measures used.
That being said, we should really talk about how quickly some USAmerican players start using imperialism and white supremacy to justify the use of the imperial system. That's just really fucked up.
Something about LOTR nerds coming to DnD and assuming dwarves have some racial beef with elves for some reason
DnD: cool magic items, cool feats, cool classes, cool worlds
Me: nice
DnD: fun characters, good stories, roleplay
Me: NICE!!
DnD: all or most races are inherently good or bad. Evil is a set in stone principle in peoples DNA. Some races are just inherently more dumb then others. Talks about morals in a black and white sense. More often than not all the inherently good races are white coded. So many "raised around good people doesnt stop there evil nature" monsters and races, like way too many.
Me:
Cantrip Discourse in dnd 5e really be like:
Sacred Flame:
Sacred Flame is not optimal because it's a dex save cantrip
RIGHT? SACRED FLAME SUCKS!!
Ok, let's tweak it.
HELLS YEAH!!! FIX IT NOW!!!
we'll make it a CON save!
NO THAT'S OP
Ok, a WIS save.
NO, THATS OP
A ranged attack?
WHY ARE YOU GIVING CLERICS AN ATTACK SPELL?!?!?!?
Ok let's keep as dex save...
<interrupting>NO NOW ITS USELESS AGAIN
... But we'll make it a d8 damage dice.
YOU MADE IT OP AGAIN!!!!
-_- sigh.
But it's also like:
I LOVE TOLL THE DEAD!!! TOLL THE DEAD IS A D12 CANTRIP!!! A D12 DAMAGE!!! THAT'S SO FUXKING GOOD!!!! THERE IS NO OTHER D12 CANTRIP EVER! THANK YOU XANATHAR FOR GIVING US A D12 CANTRIP!!!
<cries in poison spray, the d12 cantrip from the PHB>
People who are sticklers to the DND race designs are so boring to me. Like, who hurt you my guy???? Why don't you like fun??? Look at my bengal tiger tebaxi??? my changling has a tail???? Bitch?????
/j
I think there should really be more of a discussion about the uncomfortable origin of most typical Fantasy humanoid species, specifically DnD.
Orcs are always portrayed using stereotypes of real world racial minorities, made to be the bad guys in nearly every story involving them. It’s very common to see DnD stories where the plot is “All Orcs are evil!”, without anyone at the table or writing the story really thinking about the implications of that message.
Tolkein himself, the man who most worlds DnD and Fantasy Literature base their work off of, made his Orcs incredibly racially coded (because he was racist). I don’t want to quote any of the racist things he’s written, but if you’re interested please look it up in your own time.
Other DnD species that have similar racial coding, are Drows and Elves. Elves are very much White Coded (typically having extremely white or pale skin), while Drow have very dark skin. Drow are another evil species that’s racially coded, although not as much as Orcs are. It’s actually kind of rare to see Elves (who are 80% of the time good guys) have dark skin.
So anyways, what I’m saying here is.. I want to see more stories where Orcs are treated like just another group of people in the world, where the Heroes are both fighting and befriending Orcs. Maybe the Bar Keep’s an Orc, maybe the kindly old man who gives the Party clues to a Treasure in the mountains is an Orc. Maybe the shop keep’s an ex-adventurer Half-Orc Half-Elf.
Also, not all Elves have to be light skinned. Elves can have any skin colour. More POC Taako headcannons please.
Drow don’t have to be enemies, if you still want to play with the idea of the Underdark, maybe have NPCs who grew up there and have them discuss their experiences escaping from it? Maybe there’s Drow Rebels who want to change the Underdark for the better? Drow and Half-Drow who never grew up there?
The great thing about DnD is, you can change any part of the story to better suit you and your players, so you can absolutely take racist shit out of it.
Time to take a poll
My dnd group (Tolkien's Trusted Team 2.0) and I had a very heated conversation last night that ended up with me saying, "WELL MAYBE DRAGONS ARE JUST VERY HORNY LIZARDS."
Opinion: Dragons are reptiles. What do y'all think?
