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From your latest comment I've noticed now that you've made it, or at least tried to make it personal. I am sorry, but I am not your Dungeon Master nor your co-player.

This is Homebrew, it's something I spend time on and something I will only tweak, not alter. I do not mandate anyone to use it nor really to return here if they don't find said content appealing. This could be due to excess rolling, or finding some trait, disability, or quirk lacking in quality compared to others.

On the contrary of what you're trying to imply, I do read your criticism and I am not here for a quick laugh; save for my last comment because reasons.

But I do have a solution based on observations I've made. If you're actually interested in using the table, but don't like the names, then don't use the names or even alter it to incorporate it better into the world of your character(s).

The other solution is actually one that's a bit more personal, so I do apologize on that in advance. But you seem to be coming back to the thread, even after stating "you're offended". Whatever weight that has to anything considering we're stranger-and-stranger, I do not know. But you do so out of your own accord. It gives me the feeling you're actually not interested in the concept, but rather making sure I affirm to your way of thinking. Because, after all, if you really didn't like the whole thing you wouldn't return here and let it catch dust at page 100 or further.

On the latter note of "the names don't fit", that's in the alley of making a backstory for each one. 120 backstories is quite the task, not something I will do now since I am already on my way with the 120 of part 2. Hope everyone interested looks forward to it.

 FYI - creating a reason why the "disease," which burping after eating is NOT a disease or disability, is called whatever is NOT going to make it better.  Coming up with some out of Lore reason that having buck teeth or being smelly is attributed to a whole race will not make your names good.  Frankly, the biggest issue most of us have is you should be not taking such trivial things and writing them out a RP "flaws."  You want PCs to have disabilities? Why? You are the the character designer, the PC is.  If they want their characters to have disabilities, and I mean real one not some "haha this is a disease" type stuff then you can make actual HB, that would address things like crone's disease, MS, amputations, autism, etc.  But to sit here and say "Well don't use it" is wrong when you asked us for feedback.  

To some up our feedback:

Don't use ridiculous names for things that have 0 connects, and making a background for it will not help.
Don't Sit there calling buck teeth and other small stuff disabilities while having ACTUAL disabilities on this list.  This trivializes these real issues that players face in the real world.
Creating HB and putting out for the public means it needs to be adaptable by them. In it's current state there is too much to change for (as per the responses) many people to use this - hence our feed back.


The last thing I want to address is this notion that anything that is a "flaw" is therefore a disability.  And that is just wrong, and not at all the approach anyone should be bringing when trying to incorporate disabilities into PCs characters.  Frankly I still don't even think some mechanic is needed either, PCs should be choosing what their character has, not the game.  In my group I have a tabaxi with an amputated tail, she chose to have it, but it is not going to harm her character either mechanically or RP wise.  why? because from my experience, most people with disabilities don't make it a defining feature of their person, so it doesn't need to be approached that way.  Yeah, I'm not going to be using your thing.  But that does not mean I have no right to make my opinion heard or comment on how you could morph this thing you created into something more widely usable.

 A flaw weakens someone or something.

A disability is a limitation, disadvantage, or handicap.

For sake argument, their is a lot of gray area similar to INT and WIS.

Also this is fiction, so what may not connect for you may for others.  No matter how much anyone points and says racists, discrimination, and offensive.  These could be that, but also not.  Again, fiction which isn't reality.  Homebrew makes this even more fluid.  Individual groups makes this even more so.

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Except gnomes are not know for beings smelly or bucked teeth

Half-elves are not known for multiple skin colors.

accept criticism.  this comment isn't even about the offensiveness of what you made, this was "These names don't make sense".  I know you probably expected nothing but praise for your "totally original idea" and "The Edgy funny concept".  but people are giving you real notes.

Also, some of us are telling you they find it offensive.  which, yes is subjective, but consider: Do you want to offend people?  if not, consider if you could re-work some of this to be less offensive.  Because whether you intended it or not, you have offended people.

 The act of doing something has potential to be offensive to someone in someway.  Heck doing nothing can even do that.  So just living can be offensive.  It's an opinion.  Most all the opinions here also contain assumptions.

So make something good natured.  Then if people are offended, then that is that so long as it isn't your play group.

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Wow... just... unbelievable the amount of willful ignorance you are displaying.  People are pointing out SERIOUSLY problematic things with this, and the most you will take away is "Oh, I need to change the dice rolling". 

You've named things after races in ways that are utterly nonsensical to many.

You've accidentally made light of serious conditions

Part of being a creative is listening to all people and criticism and genuinely reflecting on it. 

You have two choices at this point: really re-read your list from an outside perspective and accept that there are some issues

Or stand your edge-core ground, put your fingers in your ears and just sing "wubba-lubba-dub-dub" to yourself all day long.

 

Oh, and as someone with "Fighter's Eye", you're take on it is horse-crap.  It does affect depth perception if you don't have corrective lenses, and doing things like reading without those lenses causes painful headaches.  Not that you care what life with the actual conditions you make fun of is like, but whatever.

 Your problematic issues are opinions based on assumptions.  Then acting emotionally on opinions grounded in assumptions by judging other is a good definition of ignorance.

Its homebrewed fiction, it doesn't have to make sense to you.  Just because your making it out to be racist, means nothing to the truth because your acting on assumed ignorance.

He calmly, unlike you, summarized his reflections over your attacks and judgements in ignorance.

You assume your right, not even knowing the full picture due to your assumptions in ignorance.

I feel like you need to stand back and look at yourself. You have described yourself so much by putting your fingers in your ears, singing to your same tune, while ignoring the fact that you are judging on assumptions about a homebrewed fiction you know only the surface level about with this author and his group.  

Natural 1 isn't falling for the bully tactics.  I don't remember him ever saying he was going for accurate mechanics and names.

May I please suggest this conversation be over?

It's derailing into arguing. Some of it coming across almost like attacks against the OP. This isn't the way to go about things.

Even if something is not perfect or just not for my or your personal preferences - I'd rather we continue to encourage the efforts made by the OP into homebrewing something like this. Rollable tables for various aspects of character making - be it quirks/diseases like this, character background like in XGTE or to help fit the character into settings like those in EGTW - can be very useful. While feedback can be given, even if we don't like something, we should want to be positive where we can. I'd rather a homebrewer get feedback, choose to do/not do as they want and still be inclined to continue making more they want to share, than to get petty and argumentative and discourage them from wanting to do more.

Some feedback has been given. The OP is free to do what they want with that information - to make some changes (and they have done) or to not change. They have that right. It's their homebrew, use it if you like it or don't use it if you don't. Let's move on and keep things happy.

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And with that I think everything that needed to be said, has been said and laid down. So in the meantime I hope everyone will be excited for the sequel.

Thank you all for the discussion on this homebrew creation.

While many may agree or disagree with the premise of this submission, please remember that homebrew content is user-created - not provided as official or sanctioned content by WOTC or D&D Beyond.  As such, users have the freedom of creative expression to bring their ideas to life.  If there are those that you might not align with, that's perfectly fine.  However, we will not condone attacking users who do not opt to conform nor censor on your behalf.  We must remember that diversity works in all directions - not just the ones we agree with.