I don't recall if it was a google ad originally or someone linked it to me as we were bashing 5e and the bullshit. Odd, but drivethru doesn't have it but DMs Guild does. The author of QUEERCODED is a furry dude called Oliver Darkshire on DM's GUILD.I can't imagine the other "villains" inside. I'll take it that is Xanathar. Drizzt is pribably in there and eho the hell knows whag else.
It must not be popular since I can't find it anywhere in my sailing.
I don't recall if it was a google ad originally or someone linked it to me as we were bashing 5e and the bullshit. Odd, but drivethru doesn't have it but DMs Guild does. The author of QUEERCODED is a furry dude called Oliver Darkshire on DM's GUILD.I can't imagine the other "villains" inside. I'll take it that is Xanathar. Drizzt is pribably in there and eho the hell knows whag else.
It must not be popular since I can't find it anywhere in my sailing.
The retards say:
1) Orcs are dumb, violent and dark-skinned, so they MUST be analogues for blacks.
2) SINCE orcs are analogues for blacks, they mustn't be portrayed as dumb and violent, because that's racist. Fucking brilliant, I love circular arguments.
Furthermore, that the fantasy genre in general, and D&D in particular, is derived from Tolkien's creation is a fact. Tolkien in his turn drew heavily on old, Norse/Germanic myths and legends, in which evil, dark and traitorous creatures are prevalent (trolls, goblins, dark dwarfs/elves [nibelungen], jötnar, etc -- call them what you will). These serve as the basis for evil creatures, such as orcs, in his Middle-Earth and by extension for orcs in D&D. Since the ancient Scandinavians and Teutons had never even seen a single fucking black person when they envisioned their myths, one should think that it would be a bit illogical to equate dark-skinned people with orcs (or any other fantasy being), but what do I know?
The retards say:
1) Orcs are dumb, violent and dark-skinned, so they MUST be analogues for blacks.
2) SINCE orcs are analogues for blacks, they mustn't be portrayed as dumb and violent, because that's racist. Fucking brilliant, I love circular arguments.
Furthermore, that the fantasy genre in general, and D&D in particular, is derived from Tolkien's creation is a fact. Tolkien in his turn drew heavily on old, Norse/Germanic myths and legends, in which evil, dark and traitorous creatures are prevalent (trolls, goblins, dark dwarfs/elves [nibelungen], jötnar, etc -- call them what you will). These serve as the basis for evil creatures, such as orcs, in his Middle-Earth and by extension for orcs in D&D. Since the ancient Scandinavians and Teutons had never even seen a single fucking black person when they envisioned their myths, one should think that it would be a bit illogical to equate dark-skinned people with orcs (or any other fantasy being), but what do I know?
I blame Blizzard.
Back before the LOTR movies and Warcraft games, Tolkien Orcs did not have any resemblance to blacks. It would be a huge stretch to make the comparison, because Orcs were obviously more advanced than blacks, using metal armor and European / Middle Eastern style weapons. Which made them more worthy as opponents for civilized adventurers. Savages who don't wear armor tended to have low defensive stats.
However, the Warcraft games and especially World of Warcraft, did kind of turn orcs into a stand in for Bantus, by making them more primitive and savage, fighting in their underwear and living in huts in the middle of a savanna, ironically this was part of an attempt to make orcs less evil and turn them into noble savages.
of Orcs.
なるほどにゃん! 若い頃のセクション!There was the village of nigerians that had iron weapons. But conviently that's the same area the Phoenicians were known to sell overpriced pottery and other items for gold.
Unless the creators for those particular settings have outright stated that they're derivative, nah. Just because triggered snowflakes make the connection between orcs and certain real life racial stereotypes doesn't make one derivative of the other.Tolkien's orcs sort of were. Warcraft's orcs certainly are. Not sure about Dungeons and Dragons, though; the lore's kind of generic.
In Tolkien's case, he did make direct allusions.
This was from an interview he did in 1964:
Tolkien: The dwarves of course are quite obviously-
D. Gueroult [interrupting]: wouldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews?
Tolkien: Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.
I don't think Blizzard ever came out and said, "yeah, trolls are kind of like Jamaicans crossed with Aztecs, tauren are basically Plains Indians, and orcs are generic Mongols/Turks." But that's only because they don't want to be canceled. Though, as it turns out, it didn't save them any way.
The word you're looking for is sapient. Dogs and goats are sentient.I don't know what drugs are you hooked up on, but comparing SENTIENT and NON-SENTIENT creatures is a creative way to look at that quetionRPGs are using species, basically dogs and goats. Are dogs inherently criminal because when wild dogs and one goat would be in the same place, the goat ends as a snack?
Except by Eberron, everything that Woketards did in story/lore is trash.
Neither they did after the LOTR and Warcraft games. Because I never thought of black people playing DnD, watching/reading the LOTR or playing any Warcraft game. If someone wants to see something, he will see it in anything. It's simply the mark of the times we live in now, nothing more.Back before the LOTR movies and Warcraft games, Tolkien Orcs did not have any resemblance to blacks.
In my opinion for evil to be interesting it has to be intelligent or alluring. You can make villain "just evil" and it can work (Lord of the Rings, for example), but this is very specific use of a villain.I find that in modern mainstream media or books they always give the villain too much forgiveness and redemption, especially if they are women. How to ruin a villain? Try to make the them sympathetic and likable for no reason, or give them some cheap tragedy flashbacks.
Not just them. I also tired of to see the heroes always suffer from too many stupid moral dilemmas.
fantasy is a completely natural place for applying communism because it's the only place it works
All that got was devils and shit renamed. Kind of funny how this is still considered a big thing when it's not even close to the kind of censorship caused by SJWs now.In 80s/90s = Satanic Panic