[d20 Modern] The "In Character" Character game Part One

[Festy_Dog]

James-Festy leaves the knife at Central Perk with one of the people sitting there in shock.

"Yep, alignments really aren't any good for real life, there's a bunch of things which don't suit real life that much," he says.

 

[Janos Audron]

"Ow, come on Six, you know it hasn't done anything illegal. Not by our laws anyway, but maybe this isn't our world anymore, and maybe we haven't done anything illegal either?"

"And now, what would you do if you were confronted by a small black dragon? The Vampire and Lich were bad examples since you wouldn't be able to hurt them..."

 

[Sixchan]

"Ow, come on Six, you know it hasn't done anything illegal. Not by our laws anyway, but maybe this isn't our world anymore, and maybe we haven't done anything illegal either?"

"And now, what would you do if you were confronted by a small black dragon? The Vampire and Lich were bad examples since you wouldn't be able to hurt them..."

"Just because something is Legal doesn't make it RIGHT. Hey, maybe killing people isn't illegal anymore! Can I kill you?"

"And personally, if I saw a Black Dragon, even a small one, I'd RUN AWAY."

 

[Jemal]

Jane ignores the morals debate, not really having any of her own , and walks back to see what the heck the tickling + shouting's about.

 

[Janos Audron]

"The dragon catches you and eats you!"

"And Six, are you just being annoying or are you trying to twist everything I say? I most D&D universes, killing kobolds is not illegal, while killing humans is. Since there are kinda strange things happening, american laws have become ... unable to handle all situations, and that is why maybe we should adopt some of the D&D 'laws' or part of the morality where killing evil being, though maybe not *good* still is legal..."

 

[Sixchan]

"I understand that in D&D, killing kobolds is legal while killing humans isn't. That's fine...IN D&D! But this isn't D&D! This isn't a game! This is real life, and in real life, killing without reason is WRONG. I don't care whether it's Kobold, goblin, orc or human, if it hasn't commited a crime, and it doesn't attack me, I'M NOT GOING TO KILL IT IN COLD BLOOD. There is no justification for killing kobolds for no reason. That's Specieism. And I wouldn't kill Sentient creatures no matter if it was Law or something Divine commanding me! You think I should be fine with it because the ****ing Monster Manual says its okay?"

 

[ivanhoe]

"Six and Willie why don't you two calm down. Whether or not it is moral I think we should kill kobolds on sight. It is kill or be killed now, and i hardly think that kobolds have become nice all of a sudden."

 

[Janos Audron]

"Really Six, did you notice that in the real world, men don't get changed into women when the yell 'Spiral Heart Moon stuff!', did you notice that in the real world Pikachu is just a toy, instead of a rat with shocking powers, did you notice that in your ing real world, kobolds do not excist?!"

 

[Lichtenhart]

"I can't believe that just because Pikachu, kobolds and a magic wand suddenly appeared, you think you can go out and kill everything you like. May I point out that, with James' notable exception, we're still the same, and last I checked, I was a computer science student, not a third level barbarian. I am no one's ****ing PC. It can agree that my PC could hate kobolds because they feast on children or similar, but WTF do you know of what is happening now? How do you know where those kobolds came from? How can you say the description in the MM applies to them, and, most important, even if american law is become unable to deal with some situations, MY MIND IS NOT! And I won't do what a ****ing book says it's lawful or good. I'll think with my own head, thank you very much."

Mario suddenly realizes he's shouting in a hospital, and utterly ashamed, he goes outside to cool out.

 

[Sixchan]

Six watches Mario leave, and speaks in a hushed voice. "This is the real world. No matter what happens to it, it is still real. No matter how physical rules change, moral rules still apply. Things are changing, but we shouldn't go around changing Morality to suit ourselves and justifying it with a game book. That book is not religious, it's not philosophical, and it's not factual. Those sort of books can justify a change in morality. No-one should become so absorbed in a game as to start acting like its books are bloody Bibles."