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I don't know if there's any misunderstanding, I think there's just disagreement. IMNSHO, magical mind control, complex deception, and...

Mind control that allows the target a chance to resist, like a save, sure seems like them having the free will or mental fortitude as it...

When the utilitarian calculus overrides the deontological one. That point will vary for everyone, but a good place to start is the...

Lots of grandmothers were alive for Pearl Harbor and the ones who weren't grew up in the aftermath of WWII, under the shadow of global...

I quoted the post where you called people’s real life religious beliefs just “imagination” and compare them to Lady Gaga. But go ahead...

Dexter's code was created by his father to protect Dexter from incarceration and to protect normal people from Dexter. Dexter is...

I’m pretty sure that criticizing and being condescending about people’s religious beliefs is going to get this thread shut down

But that's just people's imagination, a fictional myth. If you take this as evidence, then there are too many so-called evidences...

In that case I wonder to what extent it is a useful distinction. I think it is real--but most games are more linear than Skyrim, so it...

I think Skyrim is closer to a theme park, since most of those experiences are so simple or linear.

I think I see the distinction. In some of the sandbox threads sandboxes were described the way you use "playground". I'd wonder whether...

As a separate thing from sandboxes or theme parks. This is one of those threadss where I am literally just thinking on the keyborad, so...

So what kind of Paladin is Dexter?

I've never seen a d&d character kill because they can't help it, code or no. Usually it is because the bad guys are bad in some way.

I don't think I've ever played a D&D game where this was true. Oh, our characters are killers, but the motivation is very different...