Hussar
Legend
And absolutely NO ONE is questioning that. Nor is the pdf questioning that. Bringing a list to the game is not an attempt to force anyone to do anything.You have to give people the room to say "this game might not be for you"
You talk about rape. Well, here's a f'rinstance. I ran an SF game a few years back where in that setting you had luddite colonies that refused higher technology. I designed a scenario (based on an excellent short story that I had read) where a high tech individual posed as an angel and impregnated numerous women. The babies were genetically modified so that the big genetic changes that came with transhumanism wouldn't express until several generations down the line. The only real immediate effect was a slightly healthier baby who was predisposed to having lots of children.
The idea was, several generations down the line, the genes would suddenly express across the planet and everyone would be uplifted in the same generation.
Now, here's the rub. All these women were essentially raped. The technology of the "angel" was such that he could more or less do mind control against those with no protection. The PC's come into the situation AFTER he has impregnated numerous women. And the PC's are sworn to protect the Luddite colonies from exactly this sort of thing. And so the scenario begins.
Thinking about it now, I had a group that I knew very well and were all groovy with what I had brought to the table. But, I could easily see any number of things I just did triggering all sorts of issues with people. Could totally see it. Now, since the scenario is largely self contained, should a player not feel comfortable enough to come to me and ask me to change things? Is it a bad person or disruptive player for saying, "Yeah, I like the game but, just not this one scenario. Do we have to do it?"
I certainly don't think so. And if I was running that same scenario for strangers, a list like that pdf would tell me beforehand that maybe this idea can go back on the shelf and I'll do something else today.
But, that's me. For others, I get that they don't want to do that. And that's TOTALLY FAIR. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to dump a pile of work for that one person. It's your free time and your fun time. It's YOURS. And that's groovy.
But, the idea that someone bringing this list to a game means that some DM's (which have expressly stated that they would in this thread) will eject them from the game shows that yeah, more conversation is probably a good thing. Make sure everyone's on the same page.