The REAL Reason Wizards of the Coast Removed Orcs from the Monster Manual

Описание: It’s been four months since we got the orc-less, drow-less Monster Manual. I still have some thoughts.

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CW: Discussions of real-world racism

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:17 - A Word From Our Sponsor
00:07:00 - Monsters Mean Things
00:17:58 - How We Got Modern Drow
00:22:13 - How We Got Modern Orcs
00:29:52 - Game Masters Shouldn’t Have to Fix This Themselves
00:47:12 - Wizards of the Coast Didn’t Choose a Side
00:51:28 - D&D’s Core Books Can’t Worldbuild
01:02:10 - Outro

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