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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5463105" data-attributes="member: 15538"><p>Ron is off-based here. GURPS does formalize the bushido code, but whether the character adheres to it (as part of their &quot;contract&quot;) or is forced to confront or break the code (as with the Sorcerer-esque situation) depends entirely on the preferences of the GM and players as to how to handle the moral situation. Ron seems to be saying that to explore the code thematically would be shifting into Narrativist play, but I don't think any shift should occur simply from moving from a fairly black-and-white morality system to a situation where codes were meant to be broken. In fact, the inevitibility of breaching the code in his Sorcerer example suggests that Sorcerer is just as straightjacketed in how it deals with themes as the hidebound game of GURPS. The only way to make bushido a non-issue in Sorcerer is to not make it a part of the character's makeup, which is the equivalent of not taking Code of Honor (Bushido) in GURPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 5463105, member: 15538"] Ron is off-based here. GURPS does formalize the bushido code, but whether the character adheres to it (as part of their "contract") or is forced to confront or break the code (as with the Sorcerer-esque situation) depends entirely on the preferences of the GM and players as to how to handle the moral situation. Ron seems to be saying that to explore the code thematically would be shifting into Narrativist play, but I don't think any shift should occur simply from moving from a fairly black-and-white morality system to a situation where codes were meant to be broken. In fact, the inevitibility of breaching the code in his Sorcerer example suggests that Sorcerer is just as straightjacketed in how it deals with themes as the hidebound game of GURPS. The only way to make bushido a non-issue in Sorcerer is to not make it a part of the character's makeup, which is the equivalent of not taking Code of Honor (Bushido) in GURPS. [/QUOTE]

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