D&D won't be using 'race' anymore thanks to it being "a problematic term"

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The term 'race' is being stripped out of Dungeons and Dragons ahead of the game's upcoming rules overhaul known a🐟s One D&D.

Announced via a D&D Beyond , this change will first be seen in playtest material set to launch on December 21. Moreover, 'race' isn't going to be referenced again in the game's future - it's being replaced with 'species', an alternative chosen in "close coordination with multiple outside cultural con💛sultants."

Throughout the history of D&D (including its most recent edition in 2014), the word 'race' has been used to reference playable species like elves and orcs across 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dungeons and Dragons books. However, it's been given less emphasis over time - particularly thanks to new character creation rules in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything - because the developmen🍎t team "understand 'race' is a problematic term that has had prejudiced links between real world people and the fantasy peoples of D&🥂D worlds."

Although 'species' might not be the final term used in One D&D (the blog post notes that "we welcome your constructive feedback on this evolution and the many more evolutions to One D&D that make this game exciting, open, and accessible to everyone"), 'race' is being jettisoned no matter what. This is a change already implemented in some of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best tabletop RPGs, with variants such as 'lifeforms' bei🐻ng favored🌳. 

It's a decision that reflects an often-referenced mandate for D&D to be more inclusive. As an example, this new arrives shortly after a controversy where the team had to revise 澳洲幸运5开奖﷽号码历史查询:lore💦 containing harmful tropes following backlash to the recent 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Spelljammer: Adventures in Space.


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