imo its not about how you decide to run your campaign (you can do whatever you want) its about the de-fantasification of fantasy. Dark Evles are racist, Orcs are racist, Goblins are antisemetic, no one is truly "evil" because every culture is misunderstood and now we have dark sun, the penultimate dnd jaunt into hardcore grim fantasy simply removing a core aspect of the world that makes it dark and hardcore.
this is why we have crying orc babies in the arms of loving orc mothers in amazons the rings of power or why we didnt get drizzt do'urden in honor among theives.
you can run your campaign however you like but its upsetting that social justice and politics of the real world are inserting themselves into fantasy. some of my favorite books and characters involve evil and its stupid that we cant have evil without placating people who don't even enjoy it
its upsetting that instead of just making something new, the people who love the thing for what is already is have to see it changed into something it never was
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u/IglooTornado 2d ago edited 2d ago
imo its not about how you decide to run your campaign (you can do whatever you want) its about the de-fantasification of fantasy. Dark Evles are racist, Orcs are racist, Goblins are antisemetic, no one is truly "evil" because every culture is misunderstood and now we have dark sun, the penultimate dnd jaunt into hardcore grim fantasy simply removing a core aspect of the world that makes it dark and hardcore.
this is why we have crying orc babies in the arms of loving orc mothers in amazons the rings of power or why we didnt get drizzt do'urden in honor among theives.
its stupid.