“Dimension 20” has made a noticeable effort to diversify the show’s most recent seasons feature transgender and queer players, more people of color than white people and more women than ever before. Lastly, players choose their class, which governs their character’s personality and skills classes are general archetypes that define what a character can do.īoth “Dimension 20” and “Critical Role” have put diversity and inclusive storytelling into practice.
Second, players pick their character’s gender, which is entirely up to the player’s preference since skills in the game are not gendered. First, players select the race of their character, which could be anything from human to orc, and even to dragon born. Each player creates a completely new character for each game they play.Ĭharacter creation is a deeply nuanced process that takes years of practice to do without a guide, but the most important parts are easy. Unlike most tabletop games, TTRPGs have no preset list of characters. While mentions of D&D usually bring visions of dice and figurines, the most important phase of a game, character creation, doesn’t involve any of that. Most importantly, popular actual play shows have diversified both their players and their game masters. The game itself is built for diversity, but beyond that, its creators have tried to make it even more inclusive. As the entertainment industry further attempts to diversify, D&D creators and actual play shows have been leading the charge.
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