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Toph Bei Fong posted:To add to what folks say above, some of this stuff comes out whether you mean it to or not. My favorite bit of Awkward Drow Bullshit comes from 4E where one of the drow-specific Epic Destinies you can choose from is "Redeemed Drow." Now understand that Epic Destinies in 4E are where your character hits such a high level that they become gods, apotheosize into pure magic, give birth to new planes of existence, become undying legends that will live on through the ages, etc. So what's the grand reward for the Redeemed Drow? Why, being reborn as a light-skinned elf! The blood-taint of your sins made manifest upon your skin expunged from your body! Isn't that just wonderful?
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Ronwayne posted:^Warhammer 40k's policy of never ever having more than one black person on screen at the same time* has likely solved more problems than its caused. Genocidal crackers 24/7. Wasn't the deal with the Salamanders chapter some sort of hilarious clusterfuck where the original description talked about them having black skin (due to their geneseed, all space marines tend to be pretty cookie cutter) and so some Games Workshop artist painted up a bunch of them in African skintones. Only whoops, there was later an official retraction where it turns out that they actually meant "coal black, not, y'know, the other sort of black."
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Mar 13, 2015 02:26
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Yeah, the Salamanders thing was all GW, this was way before the 40K RPGs were a thing. I just think it's hilarious that they had to issue an official retraction to the effect of "when we said 'black skin' we meant, y'know, not like that."
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Mar 13, 2015 02:41
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Also the Slaaneshi Black Crusade book is remarkably free of Nipple Clamps of Exquisite Agony, Savage Genitalia, or Nazi Rape Machines.
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