“Dungeons & Dragons introduces its first canonically autistic character”
‘Designer Makenzie De Armas discusses putting a little bit of herself into the game’
https://www.polygon.com/23850698/dnd-dungeons-dragons-autistic-character-asteria
#Asteria is “a princess turned paladine”.
‘De Armas herself is autistic, and was able to incorporate a lot of her own experiences into the character.’
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@youronlyone @autism @actuallyautistic @autistics @actuallyautistics @neurodivergence Sounds like a really nice character development. Had to laugh at this paragraph though “They represent a very different kind of community than the traditional white, male, neurotypical player base that for many people is the traditional image of the D&D player.” I don’t think ‘neurotypical’ describes the stereotype of ‘obsessive’ or ‘socially awkward’ that is normally applied to role players 😁
I was thinking the same thing.
Seems like they subconsciously used the “minority representation -> the traditional demographic is part of the majority” template without giving it much thought, but ended up being hilarious in this case
“Dungeons & Dragons introduces its first canonically autistic character”
Wait I thought that was the DM?
@Manifish_Destiny LOL! Very good point! _
Paladins have been a class for years.
Lol
@Fafner LOL. Ironically, may favourite class in D&D when I was younger was Paladin. _;;
You know, now that you mentioned it… yeah Paladins!
The player?
Thought the point was that you can create any character you want?
