Library: Suggestions about diversity and social issues on Bat

Hmm.. This book is about choices, and the lack of them for people under level 10. One has 2 choices when one is created, the choice of background (four options) and the choice of race (perhaps 15 reasonable choices. (by reasonable choices I mean those that make sense, like a civilized hobbit, not a civilized giant)) then after that, for about 4 levels, one is expected to adventure solo, and after that, up to about level 10, parties might take you. Then you have more paties and more choice of evil or good. After level 15, one has many more choices (though still restricted by your first choice of background). Now, ones path in normal life has many more choices, and if someone really stupid wants to become a scholar hard enough, they can. Or someone raised with slavery can decide they are against slavery. And if the new scholar was a quite talented basketball player, after working hard in collage and so on, they are probably still someone with an aptitude for basketball. There are many choices that are reversible, and there are many choices that are permanant. But, as a generalization, there are more reversible choices about ones disabilities than ones about ones abilities. (to explain, our basketball player/scholar can reverse his decision to become a scholar anytime while he is in school, and train to become an athlete) and choices that are permanant or just natural quirks that are permanant, like the scholar's talent for basketball, are abilities, not disabilities. To rephrase: (and regenralize) all disabilities can be worked with and all things that can't be worked with don't limit you. Now, to translate into batmud terms, things that are permanant, such as your choice of background, should not limit you, and should determine your aptitudes, while additional choices, (which don't exist right now) can reverse your backgrounds disablities, such as a nomad learning to read.. or so on.. just thinking

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Library: Suggestions about diversity and social issues on Bat