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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5725171" data-attributes="member: 3887">I'm not sure how Rand figures into the original post, but she sure does to seem to be relevant to D&amp;D.In a typical D&amp;D world, a handful individuals are the most powerful things. And most people don't matter very much, unless you count all the sentient beings the really powerful people had to kill in order for them to get powerful in the first place.In a typical D&amp;D world, if your plan goes awry thanks to the interference of others, the best option is usually burning something down.In a typical D&amp;D world, technology is really magic ie, you really can draw energy out of the air using nothing but determination, innate superiority, and mumbo-jumbo. In a typical D&amp;D world, the most valuable things are magic, so it follows the economy is based on magic --ie, mumbo-jumbo-- too. So it's literally true that a handful of superior, mumbo-jumbo spouting people can drive the entire economy by themselves, if they choose to do so, and are not busy shrugging in their secret ranch somewhere.D&amp;D sure looks pretty Objectivist to me!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5725171, member: 3887"] I'm not sure how Rand figures into the original post, but she sure does to seem to be relevant to D&D. In a typical D&D world, a handful individuals are the most powerful things. And most people don't matter very much, unless you count all the sentient beings the really powerful people had to kill in order for them to get powerful in the first place. In a typical D&D world, if your plan goes awry thanks to the interference of others, the best option is usually burning something down. In a typical D&D world, technology is really magic ie, you really can draw energy out of the air using nothing but determination, innate superiority, and mumbo-jumbo. In a typical D&D world, the most valuable things are magic, so it follows the economy is based on magic --ie, mumbo-jumbo-- too. So it's literally true that a handful of superior, mumbo-jumbo spouting people can drive the entire economy by themselves, if they choose to do so, and are not busy shrugging in their secret ranch somewhere. D&D sure looks pretty Objectivist to me! [/QUOTE]

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