No. They’re afraid of getting the POC characters “wrong” according to Kotaku, Polygon or Vice and end up being raked across the coals by all game journalist for it. 

Imagine a group of allies and progressives being like “hey we want to explore some other cultures in a fun and not appropriation way so let’s hire some people to guide us on that way and present it to people” and standing on the sidelines and being like NO YOU CAN’T DO THAT!!!!

“This may seem like an overly cynical and bad-faith interpretation of what Critical Role is doing with this new campaign.”

just wanting to be sure, you’re not a transphobe if you play this one, right?

Oh good, they fixed the headline, but still have this doozie in the opener:

…Quidditch, the favorite wizard sport of transphobes everywhere,…

Trans folks are experiencing an unprecedented onslaught from right-wing politicians seeking ways to legally discriminate against their existence.