Cordwainer Fish
Imp. Int. Scout Svc. (Dishon. Ret.)
Oh, sorry, is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?
D&D General D&D Assumptions Ain't What They Used To Be
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Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Yes, it is. Even if you disagree with that opinion, it's still engaging with the substance of the discussion; catty remarks don't.
Lovecraft stories are really not about "good guys" or "bad guys". That's both an extremely odd take on the literature and very far removed from anything I would relate to TTRPG alignment systems.
Hussar
Legend
Lovecraft stories are generally about thinly veiled screeds decrying the pollution of the master race and how miscegenation is destroying reality. Shadows Over Innsmouth isn't really subtle about it.
It's not, really.
Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Yes, it really is. The opinion is about the topic, and advances the discussion in question, which makes it more of a contribution than just snarking on someone else.
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Enough, both of you. Go find something more constructive than this, please.
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I’m expanding on Umbran’s directive. There’s more than a couple people in here being uncivil.
Everyone, dial it back a notch.
I’m expanding on Umbran’s directive. There’s more than a couple people in here being uncivil.
Everyone, dial it back a notch.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
All you have to do is have in place a No Evil PCs policy and you won't get bitten by that sort of thing. It's already a very small percentage of games that goes the evil PC route, but if that's not your thing, ban it.
Removing slavery and other societal evils from the game doesn't prevent evil PC games as they will just add it in if removed, so there's no real point in removing things like slavery. Conversely, societal evils play an important role in the vast majority of games where the PCs do play heroes by giving them things to stand against.
payn
I don't believe in the no-win scenario
No, I mentioned this before, I like having evil PCs. I dont like low hanging fruit real scumbag type evil characters. While the slavery path is one an evil character will walk down, its not inevitable or necessary.
Yeap, Ive mentioned this too. Nobody yet has asked me where the slavery is at. I dont make it a plot or game topic. I find it more challenging to come up with interesting stories of conflict that dont require topics like slavery. I dont begrudge folks that do, but that type of white hat play is too simplistic for me (also often times offensive). Clearly, our miles vary on this.
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