I was astonished by the line about stereotypes in tabletop RPG.  Find another
game group without the idiocy.  We have long used actual cultures as character
background in our TT games because it brings along all the cultural baggage of
food, clothing, religion, roles of women, attitudes toward strangers, how cargo
is carried, etc. that make a three-dimensional character in the game.
 
In fact, the amount of research involved in doing this in a non-stereotypical
way actually convinced a thirty-something year old player in the group to go to
college and study anthropology.  Needless to say, this was Mythworld, not D&D,
although it could be used there with only a minimum imposition of house rules.
 
The "real culture" background can be applied to other species as well by using
the culture directly or some historic culture's view of that species (dwarf,
elf, centaur, etc.)  as the basis.
 
Paul Cardwell
 


--- On Sat, 2/21/09, arcady0 <arcady0@...> wrote:

From: arcady0 <arcady0@...>
Subject: [RoleplayersOfColor] Re: Grouply Invite But No Posts...?
To: RoleplayersOfColor@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 3:56 PM






The group is dead, and yet not dead.

IE: Its one of those places that well, doesn't get a topic unless
there's something of note to discuss.

Every now and then I come back here and ponder whether or not to
delete the group or try to spark it up some more.

I myself have largely moved on from table top RPGs over to MMOs. The
race stereotypes and outdated modes of thinking in table top gaming
were just too taxing for me, so when life got a little busy and my
group went on pause, I took a break and never bothered to come back.

Which is not to say MMOs don't have their own issues, they have plenty
- but the crowds are large enough that I can avoid the problem people
a little easier.

--- In RoleplayersOfColor@ yahoogroups. com, "Lord Hades"
<hades3030@. ..> wrote:
>
> I received an invite to join this Group but it appears dead? What's up?
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