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| '''Demihuman''' is a term adopted into the [[/tg/]] lexicon from [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]. Prior to 3rd edition, it was a term used in-game to refer to humanoid races - well, specifically, "demihuman" referred to the [[elf]], [[dwarf]], [[gnome]] and [[halfling]] races, whilst other races, such as [[orc]]s, [[goblinoid]]s, [[kobold]]s, [[xvart]]s, [[ogre]]s and so forth were all lumped together as "humanoids".
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| With the release of 3rd edition, this term dropped from the official D&D lexicon, under what a troper would call "Unfortunate Implications" - basically, the combined ideas that 1, "civilized humanoids are still less than true humans", and 2, "only humanoids that are allied with humans should be considered civilized".
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| Still, the term does occasionally pop up; aside from the obvious approval for both of those ideas by the [[Humanity Fuck Yeah]] crowd, the plain truth of the matter is that "demihuman" is a simple shorthand way of referencing all of the "traditionally non-evil humanoid races" in a short amount of space. And what fa/tg/uy is opposed to the idea of having a shorthand name to call something, really?
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| [[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Gamer Slang]]
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