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It is, and isn't. "Dwarf" is a different species than Humans, true, but D&D also use the "subrace" classificatin for things like Mountain Dwarves, etc. D&D is
by thedz 12y ago
It is, and isn't. "Dwarf" is a different species than Humans, true, but D&D also use the "subrace" classificatin for things like Mountain Dwarves, etc.
D&D is hardly the only or even first offender in this regard (it's a common and much talked issue in the larger Fantasy/RPG milieu).
- guyzero 12y agoGiven the descriptions usually associated with subraces like the Drow or Mountain Dwarves I'm not sure if the racial stereotyping is a lot more offensive than the fact that the groups as portrayed have non-existent or stone-age economies. You know why Dwarves aren't portrayed as reading books? Because they're not portrayed as owning books or anything beyond pickaxes for that matter. Games and game worlds can and have been designed differently but this is how D&D is. There's definitely space for critical commentary, but complaining about it or calling it "evil" is like complaining about the physics in a "Transformers" movie. If you want an accurate simulation of reality, there's reality. Or GURPS.