Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzM to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 12 days ago[Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - April 2026pinmessage-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10
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minus-squareflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoGetting into Esoteric Ebb. Enjoying it so far, though I do dislike some aspects of it (the combat fucking sucks and the D&D racism is tiring).
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-212 days agoWhat is D&D racism? Orcs are barbaric ace wielders and elves are sophisticated archers?
minus-squareflamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoYeah, the whole race bioessentialism, especially the concept of evil races, that is so endemic to D&D and fantasy as a whole.
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoI guess that stuff is based a lot on the Tolkien race concepts. It’s an interesting thing when mythical creatures, often understood as inherently evil or chaotic, transform into playable races and fellow citizens in a fantasy world.
Getting into Esoteric Ebb. Enjoying it so far, though I do dislike some aspects of it (the combat fucking sucks and the D&D racism is tiring).
What is D&D racism? Orcs are barbaric ace wielders and elves are sophisticated archers?
Yeah, the whole race bioessentialism, especially the concept of evil races, that is so endemic to D&D and fantasy as a whole.
I guess that stuff is based a lot on the Tolkien race concepts. It’s an interesting thing when mythical creatures, often understood as inherently evil or chaotic, transform into playable races and fellow citizens in a fantasy world.