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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 6473230" data-attributes="member: 6786839">If "Chūshingura" were a story told as a D&D module, an honor/reputation mechanic could be useful. Not because it's Asian in general or Japanese in particular, but because it's about aristocratic status, and also about the code of the warrior. Yuranosuke's rusty sword is an example of the difference between reputation and honor, because it's a sign that he's fallen too far to still be planning revenge... and he hasn't, but he's deliberately destroying his reputation, because that's a necessary step to fulfill his duty or "honor".Have we mentioned ethics in gaming journalism? I wrote a review of the 5E module "Tales Trees Tell". I evaluated its playability, and that's the basis of the rating. I raised questions about a "hag" as a term for "unattractive older woman", and also the name of a D&D monster, and also a name for various mythical critters (some of them different from a D&D hag; for example the Moirai are sometimes called hags). But that commentary didn't affect the rating. To the best of my ability, I wrote a review which would be useful for a DM who hated women, whose response to the hag paragraph was "Darn straight", as well as for a DM who shares my values.Anyone who is still reading this thread: time for a Sanity check.</blockquote>