So, to use a specific example, do you, as a DM or as a player, prefer gore when the players are the ones seeing it happen to them or their allies (horror) or when they inflict great violence on their enemies (power fantasy).
Do you use gore to enhance 'realism', or just because you can?
Is it something else entirely?
Do you use gore to enhance 'realism', or just because you can?
Is it something else entirely?