I’m working on a comedy skit making fun of modern day hero groups where you have people playing as all these exotic races, where you don’t see a single human, dwarf, elf or gnome, where every hero group you hear of is also this bizarre mix of oddities, some of which the average person has never heard of (like the collection of Pathfinder 2e ‘ancestries’ (races)).

I don’t want to offend, but I do also admit that I’m personally frustrated with how rare it is to see a party where most people take traditional races and instead opt for strange beings that go beyond even goblins and orcs.

I recognize that it’s got to be hard to make this joke and hope it lands especially if people are themselves excitedly choosing exotic races; I feel like they’d take it as an attack, which it’s not intended to be but is understandable if people interpret it that way.

I also don’t want people to think this is supposed to reflect real world racism on my part, like racist 40k fans who barely disguise their racism by talking about ‘Xenos’ and fantasizing about war crimes (which nothing best reflects as when you have 40k fans in youtube comments talking about the military invading other countries and how they should be allowed to commit war crimes).

Honestly I’m not even sure why I’m asking as I already feel that it would come off as mean spirited and probably shouldn’t make this; I guess I’m hoping I’m just overestimating how this skit would come across.

I’m thinking maybe one way of making this joke land is if I have one of the heroes point out that humans, elves and dwarves all traveling together is SUPPOSED to be weird because you don’t usually see these races befriending each other, or that historically they’ve warred with each other.

  • TheRedWedge@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m working on a comedy skit making fun of modern day hero groups where you have people playing as all these exotic races, where you don’t see a single human, dwarf, elf or gnome, where every hero group you hear of is also this bizarre mix of oddities, some of which the average person has never heard of (like the collection of Pathfinder 2e ‘ancestries’ (races)).

    I don’t want to offend, but I do also admit that I’m personally frustrated with how rare it is to see a party where most people take traditional races and instead opt for strange beings that go beyond even goblins and orcs.

    I am the person who has brought human fighters to the party filled with exotic oddities and I find this pretty silly. Is this something that actually affects your enjoyment of the games you are actively playing in or are you merely frustrated at how other people play pretend? Either way there are more constructive ways to address your issues rather than making a skit because you are mad at people have fun incorrectly.

    If you are a DM you can simply curate the races you allow in your campaign. I do this and so far I haven’t had any issues or people pestering me that they will leave if they can’t play a centaur. If you are a player you can look for a group that is more suitable to your preferences or be the change you want to see in the world and become a DM yourself and apply the previous suggestion.

    You can also play something that isn’t DnPathfinder. OSR games tend to be much more conservative with the races they make available for play. Someone I know does art for that scene and it’s all very traditional humans, dwarves, and elves. Seems like a better match for your tastes.

    If this isn’t about one of your games, then just like chill out. Divert your creativity to things that bring you joy instead of cracking jokes at how others engage with the hobby. Let strangers you will never interact with play their silly half tiefling half aarakocra in peace. I know people who were reluctant to get into the hobby out of fear of being ridiculed for the characters they want to play and stuff like this isn’t helping.