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The first errata I am calling for...the credits for the illustration attached to this thread!

Your strawman fails and you should feel bad.

No, not at all. I am for changes when they are needed and are offensive, but this begins a whole descent into things that are unnecessary. People that do a little research into real world barbarian cultures will realize that many were advanced. In games and fiction are they presented as the mindless savages. Even the real world Berserker is very different from what is presented in fantasy.

There is absolutely no strawman argument. If you make a simple change as I stated, then it stands to reason that those with mental health issues...I have PTSD from my time in the Marines...could find issue with rage, berserking, etc. I don't personally because one is fantasy and one is not, but who can say what others think...especially since something such as Barbarian is now being looked at a certain way.

Also, being snarky on the internet doesn't make you tough, it makes you an ass. Most people here are talking and contributing.

If you down that rabbit hole of renaming Barbarian because its connotations to a "class" of people then going with Berserker can be associated with a mental illness or intense rage...which of course can cause its own problems. I don't have a problem with Barbarian or Berserker. In fact there are so many issues to find if you are looking for them....the fighter has a name that promotes violence...a warrior promotes war...there is fighting in the game to solve situations....you steal from dead bodies....you take part in heists...you kill...you drink....you trash people's property....blah blah blah. You see how crazy this can go?

In history people that were called Barbarians were seen as not belonging to a specific culture, yet they were known to be artistic and be able to work metals even by the people that called the Barbarians. Robert E. Howard and like writers are what made the Barbarians into fur wearing maniacs.

Anyways, I can see limits based on certain things such as inequality but ....