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5e already leaned into a distinction between PC stat blocks and NPCs. The 2024 revision has deepened this divide; whereas giving...

This seems more like the author working through some personal stuff than a criticism of Star wars. Given the strongest examples...

Of course, religion and tradition are both cultural (possibly multi-cultural, but certainly not *omni-*cultural), and thus relative to...

That’s because we assume everything we are allowed to use has a therapeutic function. We don’t get to use potassium cyanide or arsenic...

I feel that way because certain word choices indicate to me whether this is a person I really want to have a discussion with. Framing...

It’s not what the thread is supposed to be about and I apologise for derailing it there, but one thing that’s always bothered me about...

The point is that that definition of poison is of very little use unless it’s situational. All drugs (and so many other things) are...

Duties of a Doctor, GMC, I think the 2002 version? I read it through when I qualified in 2003. It’s quite lengthy and explains that all...

Yes, I’m sure. The distinction I just made is very clear and is morally, ethically, legally, and professionally essential. It’s one I...

If you take a drug in full understanding of its effects and with full consent hoping for it to affect you, then it’s a drug, not a...

There are always circumstances where it would be worse. Still not sure it's true as a general, objective fact (as it was presented).

I'm aware of what mind control is. Sorry, I just disagree insofar as one being more or less inherently bad than the other. Doesn't...

IMO, if mind control is a thing, then it doesn't work or not work based solely on whether or not the target is controlled by a player...

Just so we're on the same page, are we assuming some kind of objective, black and white morality regarding what's good and what's evil...

In recognition of how many free maps I have collected, I figure I'd give back with a freebie. The concept here is that an old...