D&D General Old School DND talks if DND is racist.

[Horwath]

Self-defense can reasonably be presumed to include defending your home, or your loved ones.

of course. I wan thinking about the "we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here"

 

[prabe]

of course. I wan thinking about the "we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here"

Yes. I was agreeing. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

 

[Oofta]

That's the point. I created a fantasy fiction completely separate from real life.

So if someone claims I created something resembling real life and its offensive, I will threaten to slap them with my DMG to knock the sense back into them.

Which is fine.

That means that creating a fictional creature called an "orc" that is always evil is also fine and if someone claims it was created as something resembling real life can I slap them with my Monster Manual?

 

[Oofta]

of course. I wan thinking about the "we have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here"

Right. Which is why you go into an area overrun with orcs (killing orcs as you go) because you need to stop the BBEG that's behind their latest rampage.

 

[Minigiant]

Which is fine.

That means that creating a fictional creature called an "orc" that is always evil is also fine and if someone claims it was created as something resembling real life can I slap them with my Monster Manual?

Sure if they can't prove it.

I prefer the DMG as my whacking book.

 

[Horwath]

Right. Which is why you go into an area overrun with orcs (killing orcs as you go) because you need to stop the BBEG that's behind their latest rampage.

Is there any other way?

 

[Horwath]

Sure if they can't prove it.

I prefer the DMG as my whacking book.

I prefer my phonebook. It is it's only purpose in life for the last 25 years.
D&D books are to valuable to be damaged on some thick skull.

 

[jayoungr]

If not, then there's no reason to have the concept of "good" or "evil" in the game.

I was following your line of thought up to this point. Why are "good" and "evil" rendered useless as concepts if there are not creatures with default evil alignment?

 

[Umbran]

But there have been many, many studies not just of D&D but video games and other popular culture. There is no causal events between violence in games to real world violence.

Who said anything about violence? I'm talking about inspiration and reinforcement of ideas.

And, when research studies say "no causal connection" that does not mean "no influence".

 

[Remathilis]

I prefer my phonebook. It is it's only purpose in life for the last 25 years.
D&D books are to valuable to be damaged on some thick skull.

Phone... Book? Is that like a an eBook or something? [emoji16]