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General Discussion /
July 07, 2011, 07:34:55 PM
Seanzie is right to the extent that it's not okay to go hating PC's because they have a darker skin color. If you see a Chultan or Thayan, don't go calling them monsters due to their skin color, and certainly don't go using real life derogatory terms for them or for any other ethnicity. Calling them a dino-lover or a tattooed freak, well, that's fine (it may net you a few spears or fireballs to the face, though).
Real Life Racism=Bad
Forgotten Realms Racism=Good
No sense getting upset over any of it. EfU is rife with all the 'bad elements of society,' drugs, slavery, mugging, murder, poverty, used to be a few prostitutes around (may still be). It's a far from perfect world, and it's better to keep it so.
As for a list, here.
Humans: Neutral in most regards.. monsters are monsters and they're often raised hearing stories about how the drow will take them away if they don't behave.
Elves: Deep hatred of drow. Occasionally a rivalry with dwarves, the two don't see eye to eye but violence is very rare.
Dwarves: Orcs and goblins are hated, while giants are absolutely despised. Hatred of elves is rare (but existant) but there is usually a rivalry between the two races. Dwarves, halflings and gnomes all get along very well, dwarves are even sometimes accepted into the Order of the Hin Fist, and the 'Golden Alliance' very nearly became a haven for Halflings as well some time ago.
Halflings: Bitter enemies to goblins.
Gnomes: Bitter enemies to kobolds.
Half-Orcs: Dwarves are their main foe, rarely being trusted by or trusting them. They are shunned by mostly everyone for their orc blood, and even shunned by orcs for their human blood.
Real Life Racism=Bad
Forgotten Realms Racism=Good
No sense getting upset over any of it. EfU is rife with all the 'bad elements of society,' drugs, slavery, mugging, murder, poverty, used to be a few prostitutes around (may still be). It's a far from perfect world, and it's better to keep it so.
As for a list, here.
Humans: Neutral in most regards.. monsters are monsters and they're often raised hearing stories about how the drow will take them away if they don't behave.
Elves: Deep hatred of drow. Occasionally a rivalry with dwarves, the two don't see eye to eye but violence is very rare.
Dwarves: Orcs and goblins are hated, while giants are absolutely despised. Hatred of elves is rare (but existant) but there is usually a rivalry between the two races. Dwarves, halflings and gnomes all get along very well, dwarves are even sometimes accepted into the Order of the Hin Fist, and the 'Golden Alliance' very nearly became a haven for Halflings as well some time ago.
Halflings: Bitter enemies to goblins.
Gnomes: Bitter enemies to kobolds.
Half-Orcs: Dwarves are their main foe, rarely being trusted by or trusting them. They are shunned by mostly everyone for their orc blood, and even shunned by orcs for their human blood.
#3
General Discussion /
July 07, 2011, 03:58:17 AM
Down with racist scum! Elves, dwarves, humans and hin are all equal (but we prefer not to talk about the gnomes)!
Also, we prefer the term "Undead-American."
Ahem... But seriously, IG racism is great. A rivalry between elves and dwarves, hatred between dwarves and orcs (even half-orcs), elves hunting drow and vice versa, wanton slaughter of kobolds and goblins by gnomes and halflings... Many races even get racial feats to deal with their race's enemies. There is a line, though, and that line is where people start bringing in RL racism into RP, like not liking people based on the color of their skin.
Also, we prefer the term "Undead-American."
Ahem... But seriously, IG racism is great. A rivalry between elves and dwarves, hatred between dwarves and orcs (even half-orcs), elves hunting drow and vice versa, wanton slaughter of kobolds and goblins by gnomes and halflings... Many races even get racial feats to deal with their race's enemies. There is a line, though, and that line is where people start bringing in RL racism into RP, like not liking people based on the color of their skin.
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