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D&D is anti-medieval (2016) (www.blogofholding.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@sirblastalot @Ziggurat And it's pretty clear that orcs and goblins and such started out as the stand-ins for those Natives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Orcs in Tolkien’s work were rather a stand in for German soldiers since he fought them in WW1. Gygax simply sourced monsters from everywhere. Only later they became elevated to sentient beings and a playable race… uh… species now (D&D 2024).