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<blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8468913" data-attributes="member: 42856">Indeed. There seem to be two axis of discussion, the importance of intent (are you trying to roleplay correctly a low INT character or are you mocking with hurtful or comedic intent?) and the importance of context (are you doing it while reading a solo adventure in the middle of the Sahara or are you doing it while streaming your game at millions of fans?).If one adheres to the opinion that intent and context don't matter at all, then doing your best in your private group of like-minded friend will not pass their morality criterion, so their advice would be not to roleplay low INT char at all. If, at the other end of one axis, one adheres to the idea that intent defines morality, not consequences, then trying your best and failing isn't problematic (and you can still play low INT char as long as you're doing a honest effort to do it well, even if the end result is cringeworthy), while roleplaying any character with the intent to do harm would be morally repugnant, even if it was failing to do any harm (for example, thinking &quot;I'll try to play a disabled character to make fun of disabled people&quot; and achieving, in effect, to roleplay a cool artificer hero with prosthetic limbs no outside observer considers disrespecting).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jfdlsjfd, post: 8468913, member: 42856"] Indeed. There seem to be two axis of discussion, the importance of intent (are you trying to roleplay correctly a low INT character or are you mocking with hurtful or comedic intent?) and the importance of context (are you doing it while reading a solo adventure in the middle of the Sahara or are you doing it while streaming your game at millions of fans?). If one adheres to the opinion that intent and context don't matter at all, then doing your best in your private group of like-minded friend will not pass their morality criterion, so their advice would be not to roleplay low INT char at all. If, at the other end of one axis, one adheres to the idea that intent defines morality, not consequences, then trying your best and failing isn't problematic (and you can still play low INT char as long as you're doing a honest effort to do it well, even if the end result is cringeworthy), while roleplaying any character with the intent to do harm would be morally repugnant, even if it was failing to do any harm (for example, thinking "I'll try to play a disabled character to make fun of disabled people" and achieving, in effect, to roleplay a cool artificer hero with prosthetic limbs no outside observer considers disrespecting). [/QUOTE]

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