Why the Concept of Evil Races Needs to Die

Jennifer R. Povey
4 min readJun 26, 2020
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Dungeons & Dragons is still the world’s leading roleplaying game, especially if you count its various spinoffs and variants such as Pathfinder.

There are a number of concepts that make something D&D. And one, which has existed from the very start (and for which I blame the wargamers involved in the game’s creation) is hugely problematic:

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.