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[–] pteryx@dice.camp 5 points 1 week 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.

[–] copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week 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).