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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8351091" data-attributes="member: 6801845">But where's the room to have a patriarchal society where the DM has no moral agenda whatsoever?&nbsp; If I have a tradition-seeped culture that I'm loosely basing on a real world culture?&nbsp; I don't play D&amp;D to have Philosophy 101 discussions, sometimes I just want a specific society to have a different feel.&nbsp; There are only so many tools in the box.Or take monarchies for example.&nbsp; Monarchies may not be the best form of government, but they were quite common in many cultures.&nbsp; Today we believe that democracy is better, but it certainly isn't perfect.&nbsp; Saying one is better than the other is largely a judgement call.So where I have an issue is it's not up to the DM to justify the morality of their campaign setting.&nbsp; That and I get the impression that people are using this to tell people they're playing wrong.&nbsp; As in &quot;If you do that, it's bad and any justification is just a Thermian argument.&quot;&nbsp; It's not informative.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8351091, member: 6801845"] But where's the room to have a patriarchal society where the DM has no moral agenda whatsoever? If I have a tradition-seeped culture that I'm loosely basing on a real world culture? I don't play D&D to have Philosophy 101 discussions, sometimes I just want a specific society to have a different feel. There are only so many tools in the box. Or take monarchies for example. Monarchies may not be the best form of government, but they were quite common in many cultures. Today we believe that democracy is better, but it certainly isn't perfect. Saying one is better than the other is largely a judgement call. So where I have an issue is it's not up to the DM to justify the morality of their campaign setting. That and I get the impression that people are using this to tell people they're playing wrong. As in "If you do that, it's bad and any justification is just a Thermian argument." It's not informative. 🤷‍♂️ [/QUOTE]

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