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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 2257979" data-attributes="member: 6957">As I said, or tried to say anyway, I think of it more as an attempt to build up volunteering as a habit. Of course trying to force good habits is not always a good habit itself... I don't think that the Boy Scouts even try these days...Ah well, back to the topic - I admit to usig RPGs in a similar fashion, rewarding goodly responsible behavior in the game, in some small hope that the habit will somehow carry over.Getting the PCs to recognize the bad guy is always a concern, how evil is evil enough? How much is too evil? Where to draw the lines? Grand Moff Tarkin blowing up a planet is an extreme, but nonexplicit example, a nice clean explosion and *POOF!* several million people are dead.Saying that the PCs find a flayed human skin is one thing, describing the person being skinned and screaming for mercy is quite another. Much like combat, where Bob takes thirty points of damage from the fireball, rather than describing the effects of 2nd and 3rd degree burns over half of Bob's body.Is the flayed human skin (found neatly folded in a laquered box) more acceptable than the screaming victim? I think so, but is it still too far? And if the skin is used for the cover of a book, the true nature of the material only apparent after careful examination?The Auld Grump</blockquote>