Editing Freakshit (section)

==Words of Wisdom from some Oldfags==
Point of advice from some Oldfags who has seen fights over snarl words like this before: If you're going to use it at all, try and reserve a word like "freakshit" for those races who don't just look nonhuman, but actually inspire the questions "Where's the fucking appeal?" or "Why would '''anyone''' want to play this?" You can thereby avoid much of the standard stupid arguments that using such an insult will eventually inspire.

To provide a few examples of races that get called "freakshit" but probably don't deserve it: [[dragonborn]] exist to cater to the "I wanna play a dragon!" feeling that some players have had since the 70s, to the point that [[Council of Wyrms| there used to be an entire setting just to accommodate them]], and [[tiefling]]s cater to those who want to either play "obvious Bad Boy/Girl" or "[[Drizzt]] clone" types; all of which count as solid, if somewhat basic, starting points for character appeal. Similar points can be made for [[dhampir]]s (who share most of the tieflings' baggage) and [[goblin]]s (playing a goofy character can be fun and goblinoids tend to get less-shit rules than [[orc]]s, while all three [[goblinoid]] subraces have a bit of flexibility to them that doesn't pigeonhole them into a tiny selection of classes).

Remember: being a non-erotic [[Furry]] fan is not a bad thing<ref>It is only when ''[[ERP|erotic]]'' Furries enter the picture that things actually start getting [[Magical Realm|really horrifyingly terrible]], rather than the ordinary fandom levels of bad. (And let's face it, [[/d/M|erotica in gaming]] never ends well unless ''everyone'' at the table is cool with it for whatever reasons.)</ref> and [[Monstergirls]] are popular for a reason; the true Magical Realm line only starts once you add in actual erotica or weird fetish shit.

Further, if a player insists "I'm only playing a [[catfolk]] [[dhampir]] because that's how the build worked out"<ref>Hilariously, "[[catfolk]] [[dhampir]]", whilst the sort of thing that would have been attacked as a "sparkledog" back in the dawn of /tg/ and is now cited here as "freakshit" for its seemingly unlikely combination of catperson and halfbreed [[vampire]], is an actual legitimate (sub)race in [[Pathfinder Second Edition]] due to the racial mechanics of that system. Both races even appear in the same [[Player's Handbook]] 2 - the Advanced Races Guide - meaning you can literally make them straight out of the book, thereby explaining why we use it here.</ref>, don't try and contradict them. While they're probably lying, it's still a dick move to push them if they aren't making a big deal about it and disrupting the game.