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Daryl76679@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Follow

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Other Games, and Gamers, Should Follow

www.scientificamerican.com

Daryl76679@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago
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The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species
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    “species” is simply more accurate, and makes multiracial games a little less awkward

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      Also, did the game not have things like half orcs and such? That wouldn’t be a thing with species

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        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology) Like mules

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      multispecial, then?

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      multispecies? multispecial? speciesiously diverse? That is a good point tho, I like it

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        I meant the players lol

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          Not just humans playing the game?

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