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Racism abounds in the world of Sundering Shadows. Your race determines your strengths, weaknesses, and in many cases your demeanor and potential allies/ | Racism abounds in the world of Sundering Shadows. Your race determines your strengths, weaknesses, and in many cases your demeanor and potential allies/ | ||
- | Though there is only one human race, some animosity exists between the human ethnicities, | + | Some animosity exists between the human ethnicities, |
- | Racism in the world of Sundering Shadows is structural and systematic: Beast races are banned from most civilized cities and Tonovi considers any race not human or drow as lower rate. If a crime is committed in a village, the tiefling or kitsune passing by is easily accused. In most cases, racism in this world is also a well-founded and important survival strategy: In a world where your race often determines your alignment and outlook, it is considered naïve to believe that an ogre can be anything but a man-eating monster that needs to be put down before you become its next meal. | + | Racism in the world of Sundering Shadows is structural and systematic: Beast races are banned from most civilized cities and Tonovi considers any race not human or drow as beneath them. If a crime is committed in a village, the tiefling or kitsune passing by is easily accused. In most cases, racism in this world is also a well-founded and important survival strategy: In a world where your race often determines your alignment and outlook, it is considered naïve to believe that an ogre can be anything but a man-eating monster that needs to be put down before you become its next meal. |
It is important to differentiate between the game and the real world. The Sundering Shadows community is open to people of all ethnicities and real-life racism in any form is not allowed or supported. Similarly, real-life racial slurs have no place in a fantasy setting. | It is important to differentiate between the game and the real world. The Sundering Shadows community is open to people of all ethnicities and real-life racism in any form is not allowed or supported. Similarly, real-life racial slurs have no place in a fantasy setting. |