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Message: <blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6284828" data-attributes="member: 6681948">Since real world ethical and moral philosophy is creeping in, I'll restate my view that we are dealing with fantasy morality and ethics in a game (or in a fantasy movie or book), and deep real world philosophy is about as relevant as having the item price list designed by real world economics experts, the world map drawn by an expert team of climatologists, the history of the game world developed by experts in history and sociology and a taxation system developed by real world experts in that field.It's a fantasy game.  It does not need deep real world philosophy to run effectively.  I will suggest that, in many cases, excessive real world expertise would ruin, not run, the game.And I'll add the obligatory mention of the real world physics of fire breathing flying dragons, the cube-square law's impact on giants and the lack of much real world comparability to the combat system.Oh, and I ESPECIALLY don't care to discuss what Sigmund Freud thinks the significance of that big old two handed sword is!</blockquote>