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<blockquote data-quote="DethStryke" data-source="post: 2906219" data-attributes="member: 1309">A vote for &quot;No&quot; is a vote for accepting personal responsibility for your actions.Just because a gun can kill someone doesn't mean you should point it at someone and shoot them. A gun is a tool, just as the system is a tool. The person who exploits that tool is to blame.In the end, it's a round-robin of finger pointing and because the system cannot defend itself, everyone ends up blaming it because doing so satiates the need to blame anyone but themselves (despite that's where it belongs) and keeps you from blaming your DM / players (which other people tend to appreciate). The DM should not allow it, and the players should not try to force it. If you all decide that is the way you want to play, then great. But by agreeing to that, you give up the right to complain about it when or if it gets out of hand.If you agree and then still complain, you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. That is where the personal responsibility comes from: taking (or perhaps suffering) the product of your actions with dignity and grace, rather than crying like a baby about &quot;being the victim&quot; or some other crock. You are only the victim when you can truly not be called a hypocrite for complaining about something.Evidently I'm opinionated and passionate about this. I was not really aware how much of a chord this topic struck with me. Hmmm, interesting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DethStryke, post: 2906219, member: 1309"] A vote for "No" is a vote for accepting personal responsibility for your actions. Just because a gun can kill someone doesn't mean you should point it at someone and shoot them. A gun is a tool, just as the system is a tool. The person who exploits that tool is to blame. In the end, it's a round-robin of finger pointing and because the system cannot defend itself, everyone ends up blaming it because doing so satiates the need to blame anyone but themselves (despite that's where it belongs) and keeps you from blaming your DM / players (which other people tend to appreciate). The DM should not allow it, and the players should not try to force it. If you all decide that is the way you want to play, then great. But by agreeing to that, you give up the right to complain about it when or if it gets out of hand. If you agree and then still complain, you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. That is where the personal responsibility comes from: taking (or perhaps suffering) the product of your actions with dignity and grace, rather than crying like a baby about "being the victim" or some other crock. You are only the victim when you can truly not be called a hypocrite for complaining about something. Evidently I'm opinionated and passionate about this. I was not really aware how much of a chord this topic struck with me. Hmmm, interesting. [/QUOTE]

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