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Oh, I know what a certain modern audience would say. Starts with 'w' and ends with completely being stripped of its actual meaning over the past decade.

At the very least I'd hope to not have the books encourage PC utilization of the institution via things like pricelists or slavehunter allies presented in adventures.

I'm not expecting anything. I'm just saying that's not how consent works. You can't get consent then get salty when it is withdrawn.

Consent isn't irrevokable. Things change and come up post- Session 0 that can change the situation drastically. Maybe something they discovers a new thing that bothers them. Maybe they said they were okay with blood and guts, but the lurid descriptions the DM is giving go too far. Maybe they...

Not how that works.

Probably a graphic and pointless death then. Or incest.

'Hard men making hard choices' are usually just looking to justify the bad things they already want to do. There is no philosophy I respect less than the 'hard man making a hard choice' to expediate something via murder or mistreating people.

Ah 'hard men making hard choices'. I thought for this exercise we weren't supposed to posit 'good' that's actually just as evil as evil.

So... in no way using the skill of your character, but falling back on the player's own ability to recognize and manipulate social levers, thus gating out people who don't naturally have those skills. Got it.

Aboleths -- Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years I'm rocking my peers, putting suckas in fear Making the tears rain down like a monsoon Listen to the bass go boom Explosions, overpowering Over the competition, I'm towering

So... in the context of a character that is not oneself and thus doesn't have your knowledge an life experience... skills. That would be the right roll.

I got to the middle of this post, opened my mouth to say 'Maximum Overdrive' and you beat me to it. But really, I make a similar argument all the time when it comes to gaming: while I find the fun in telling collaborative stories, the medium of a game changes what kind of stories work because...

I mean, there's a reason why movie adaptations of his have a bad reputation, largely due to the endings.

Is allowing damnation as a concept to exist good in the first place?

The term 'muscular neutrality' is so weird that I really just want them to be opposing both good and evil because fighting both is a great way to get sweet gains, bruh.

I feel like Prestidigitation should be free for all casters. Not just for keeping clean and tidy, but I love the visual of the wizard always having a cold drink, smelling like their favorite flowers, and just popping cheap items as props all the time, like a paper fan or just bubbles everywhere.

Ideally so as to single-handedly invalidate any claim that the setting is serious, somber or versimilitudinous. Belts, metal plates attached impossibly to places, big chunky boots and or gauntlets, something that's on fire or emitting lighting for no reason, a living creature physically...

I feel like 'caring about others is slavery' dips into 'Care Bears villain' more than just CN.

Being good means you just want to help others without being compelled. And you do it when you can, not against all odds no matter what. Altruism is not the total death of the self, just the acceptance of others outside of ourselves and those we consider 'ours'.

Even assuming we have a Good that is good and not a rationale for a game about home invasion of the unattractive, Neutral does not traditionally have a means of detecting it and thus only has a perspective based on the behavior of those who proclaim themselves as Good, which again puts us in a...