D&D is Dead

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https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/04/04/dungeons-dragons-to-remove-half-species-from-players-handbook-claims-entire-the-entire-idea-is-inherently-racist/

They can say all the nice things they want and put as many rules under the Creative Commons as possible, but they still work in a trash fire.

I went to school with plenty of mixed-background kids, we played D&D together, and I loved them as my friends. They shared the best of both cultures and had this incredible worldview and mix of families from different perspectives. To see them come together during the holidays was mind-blowing.

To be invited to an experience like that changed my world for the better.

Incredibly, this group of designers can't see that. They eliminate mixed-background cultures from the game in a highly regressive way. Even if a new system is replacing the"heritage system," the way they said this and painted mixed-race people - is just wrong. Perhaps these designers never experienced people being able to coexist and share culture.

They are trying to keep themselves relevant by making the older editions the enemy.

Also, calling the concept "inherently racist" will label players who choose them the same. Do you think anyone in D&D Beyond will pick these - or use the "build a" options, with the possibility of being called that? The Wizards team is doing its best to destroy the game and its community. They are idiots.

It is sad, really.

D&D is dead.