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Early DnD's weird love of humanity

Early DnD's weird love of humanity

and by 'weird' I mean 'racist'

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“In first edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, the Raise Dead spell was stated explicitly to not work on Elves and Half-Orcs for a… theologically fascinating reason: members of those two races did not have souls. A Wish spell would have to be used to raise them instead.”

—Vintage Geek Culture

An innocent D&D fact from tumblr, right?

Now pair that with th…

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