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<blockquote data-quote="John Morrow" data-source="post: 2019476" data-attributes="member: 27012">Let me set the theme for this reply up front:&nbsp; &quot;There is no one right way to play D&amp;D.&quot;It can be, with suitable script immunity and a GM willing to have everything work out in the end.&nbsp; Not every GM runs their game that way.D&amp;D doesn't inherently have a single genre.&nbsp; Even &quot;heroic fantasy&quot; can cover quite a range of tone and conventions.&nbsp; If this game were using standard &quot;action movie&quot; morality that allows for ludricrously dangerous acts without much though to the consequences, then I don't think the GM or player would be asking for alternatives.&nbsp; They wouldn't need. to.&nbsp; Action movie morality allows the heroes to kill the bad guys and anyone who works for them and the slavers are the bad guys or people who work for them. Unless the game lacks consequences that can wreck the game (and this is true with some styles of play), then the consequences certainly could be something that wrecks the game.&nbsp; That's not the only way to run a D&amp;D game, nor other RPG for that matter.It's also entirely possible to run a Star Trek game where the captain doesn't beam down on every landing party.There are two types of genre emulation in role-playing.&nbsp; The first type seeks to emulate the type of setting in that genre.&nbsp; The second type seeks to emulate the types of stories in that genre.&nbsp; They aren't the same thing and there is no one right way to do it.Of course some players (myself included) often consider versimilitude necessary for enjoyment.&nbsp; There is no one right way to please everyone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Morrow, post: 2019476, member: 27012"] Let me set the theme for this reply up front: "There is no one right way to play D&D." It can be, with suitable script immunity and a GM willing to have everything work out in the end. Not every GM runs their game that way. D&D doesn't inherently have a single genre. Even "heroic fantasy" can cover quite a range of tone and conventions. If this game were using standard "action movie" morality that allows for ludricrously dangerous acts without much though to the consequences, then I don't think the GM or player would be asking for alternatives. They wouldn't need. to. Action movie morality allows the heroes to kill the bad guys and anyone who works for them and the slavers are the bad guys or people who work for them. Unless the game lacks consequences that can wreck the game (and this is true with some styles of play), then the consequences certainly could be something that wrecks the game. That's not the only way to run a D&D game, nor other RPG for that matter. It's also entirely possible to run a Star Trek game where the captain doesn't beam down on every landing party. There are two types of genre emulation in role-playing. The first type seeks to emulate the type of setting in that genre. The second type seeks to emulate the types of stories in that genre. They aren't the same thing and there is no one right way to do it. Of course some players (myself included) often consider versimilitude necessary for enjoyment. There is no one right way to please everyone. [/QUOTE]

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