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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 2108678" data-attributes="member: 1964">Some cultures have considered suicide to be the heroic, honorable option under certain circumstances --- ancient Romans and feudal Japanese, for starters.  Cyberpunk often has strong elements of Japanese culture running through it [although for RPG purposes that seems to boil down to idiots with katanas], so there is a case to be made for ritualistic suicide being "in genre."But...appeals to in-game logic are not likely to sway a GM who would run the campaign you've described in the first place.   Perhaps you should all consider whether you really want to spend your time playing a game that deals with such dark themes in such a juvenile manner --- because either he has qualms about the direction this game is going, or he is enjoying seeing your alter ego suffer.Perhaps it is none of my business, but imagining that you are an underaged girl getting raped and maimed and committing murder over and over does not strike me as a particularly healthy pasttime for a young fellow like yourself.  I suppose it's a phase that many gamers go through, though.</blockquote>