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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5364488" data-attributes="member: 18701">This is what I was thinking.I don't mean to downplay anyone's &quot;hang-ups&quot; or whatever, but it comes off as strange to me when we can pretend to murder &amp; rob people, but then some other particular scenario is considered taboo. I can understand being uncomfortable with issues, because there are things that I am uncomfortable with. I either ask players beforehand not to delve into that issue, or I will run through the scenario as fast as I can (as DM) so it isn't a focus in the game for too long. But overall, nothing is going to cause me to be so uncomfortable that I'm going to react to it in an awkward way.I really hate the idea of a person being raped. I think that is the worst thing that a human being could ever deal with other than child molestation. It's an act that is pretty much torture for life. I get pretty emotional seeing it simulated in movies. But heck, I ran an NPC once that was a Satyr wanted for raping women. After the PCs turned him in, he was hanged &amp; left in town as a warning to criminals.I wouldn't react all negatively if rape happened in game (unless if maybe it was happening to a PC) because it gives me the chance that I don't really have in real life; to stop it or get some serious revenge. Even if it happened to a PC, I wouldn't react towards it because of it being too taboo, I would be reacting towards it in the same way as a DM telling a player her PC is pregnant, it's just annoying.I'm not a drama queen in any way and I prefer not to play with people that are. If my friend was being a drama queen, I'd probably just tell him to relax and chill out...then offer him a beer because beer fixes everything. D&amp;D is a fun hobby for me, but I'm not going to be emotional over something in game. I see it as another challenge to deal with. Plus I think my PC torturing &amp; killing a rapist would be a much better story to tell than yet another tale of how I defeated a big monster with my awesomeness &amp; lucky dice rolls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 5364488, member: 18701"] This is what I was thinking. I don't mean to downplay anyone's "hang-ups" or whatever, but it comes off as strange to me when we can pretend to murder & rob people, but then some other particular scenario is considered taboo. I can understand being uncomfortable with issues, because there are things that I am uncomfortable with. I either ask players beforehand not to delve into that issue, or I will run through the scenario as fast as I can (as DM) so it isn't a focus in the game for too long. But overall, nothing is going to cause me to be so uncomfortable that I'm going to react to it in an awkward way. I [b]really[/b] hate the idea of a person being raped. I think that is the worst thing that a human being could ever deal with other than child molestation. It's an act that is pretty much torture for life. I get pretty emotional seeing it simulated in movies. But heck, I ran an NPC once that was a Satyr wanted for raping women. After the PCs turned him in, he was hanged & left in town as a warning to criminals. I wouldn't react all negatively if rape happened in game (unless if maybe it was happening to a PC) because it gives me the chance that I don't really have in real life; to stop it or get some serious revenge. Even if it happened to a PC, I wouldn't react towards it because of it being too taboo, I would be reacting towards it in the same way as a DM telling a player her PC is pregnant, it's just annoying. I'm not a drama queen in any way and I prefer not to play with people that are. If my friend was being a drama queen, I'd probably just tell him to relax and chill out...then offer him a beer because beer fixes everything. D&D is a fun hobby for me, but I'm not going to be emotional over something in game. I see it as another challenge to deal with. Plus I think my PC torturing & killing a rapist would be a much better story to tell than yet another tale of how I defeated a big monster with my awesomeness & lucky dice rolls. [/QUOTE]

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