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I'm a big fan of orcs. I really am. My favorite fantasy race.

So it hurts me to see how far they have fallen in Alien Archive 2.

First of all, they're purple now. I get it, Apostae is an underground world, they would have evolved, etc. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. But it is a thing, and it's gonna take some getting used to.

Secondly, they apparently go barefoot now. Both the pieces of art have them as such, and one is fully armored and still barefoot. Not an issue for me, just something worth pointing out, I think.

Third, they aren't dumb as dirt anymore. +4 Str, -2 Cha. I think that's pretty good. It certainly beats having a -2 to every mental attribute.

Now for the fourth thing, which IS a bit of a sticking point: They are now a subservient slave-race, almost genetically so. All of them. This is just... I can't really put into words how much it bothers me.

Overall, I still really like the orcs. But my inner orc is rebelling HARD about the in-built subservience.
Also, hobgoblins are stupid looking.

It may be a dumb question, but I'm genuinely curious about it. I know Wizards of the Coast are trying to move away from halflings being basically hobbits. I was wondering if Paizo was doing the same thing with Starfinder, since all art and miniatures of halflings so far have footwear.

So, to preface this before before people start calling me a pervert or something, I've been a nudist for many years now. I've played nudists in PF campaigns, while I myself was fully nude in a group of eight people, all of which were comfortable with it.

This is NOT a sexual thing.

Now, with how socially progressive the majority of cultures seem to be in Starfinder, I am curious as to how nudists would be received in most places.

It appears that at some level at least, social nudity seems to be ok when it comes down to certain aliens and races, as well as communal showers on space ships and stations.

A Skittermander doesn't seem to need clothing to go around in any areas. Would a human require clothing in a Skittermander-controlled area? If it's ok for some to go sans-clothing, shouldn't it be ok for the rest as well?

One designer of SF at least seems to be fine with nudity, as James Sutter participated in a naked bike ride while covered in Star Trek body paint.

What do you folks think? Do you agree, disagree, or am I just nuts?