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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psikosis" data-source="post: 7651965" data-attributes="member: 6704960">snip"In my view one of the use of rules is so we have a shared common ground on which to base our decisions. Having coordinated mores and values is usually a good thing. However, the diversity of life can present mitigating circumstances. For example,(speaking hypothetically) running somebody over (repeatedly and on purpose) with a car is seldom justifiable. But if you just seen the said individual kill two policeman after they shot him in the head and he is headed into the occupied nursery school your child is attending may be justified in the eyes of both society and the law."snipThis statement illustrates my point. How often does the exception happen? Answer: not very. The rules of society apply virtually all the time because they apply to virtually every circumstance. Likewise, a system's rules should apply virtually all the time. Campaign settings are a completely different story, of course. As long the players are interested and enjoying it, the GM can take a canned setting and bend it however s/he wishes. The group makes it their own, as Luce says. But setting and system are independent of each, and each should be treated differently.</blockquote>