D&D General I really LOVE Stomping Goblins

[Scribe]

I get that sometimes you might just want think deeply and just do commit some fictional violence. But I really don't get why you would then care about the moral aspect at all? Why you need to justify it? Why can't your character just kill the goblins, why it matters who's good or bad in this scenario? We aren't thinking deeply about morals after all.

I think that this is the point of the thread?

Sometimes, you just want to get in there and start swinging for the fences to see how far you can launch your next target through the window.

 

[HammerMan]

To me it feels like LE has a lot more room for nuance than CE. Kingpin feels like he has a lot more interesting than the chitauri, or Dr Doom vs. Carnage.

yes Lex Luther or Riddler or even Dr Psycho can all work with the heroes to stop the antimonitor... Joker or Doomsday not so much

 

[payn]

I get that sometimes you might just want think deeply and just do commit some fictional violence. But I really don't get why you would then care about the moral aspect at all? Why you need to justify it? Why can't your character just kill the goblins, why it matters who's good or bad in this scenario? We aren't thinking deeply about morals after all.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

I think that this is the point of the thread?

Sometimes, you just want to get in there and start swinging for the fences to see how far you can launch your next target through the window.

Sure. So do that. You don't need to try to justify it with some laughable moral system.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I get that sometimes you might just want think deeply and just do commit some fictional violence. But I really don't get why you would then care about the moral aspect at all? Why you need to justify it? Why can't your character just kill the goblins, why it matters who's good or bad in this scenario? We aren't thinking deeply about morals after all.

Because people want to feel like they're the hero of their story. Only cartoon bad guys, edgelords and false martyrs think they're the bad guy. So everything they do must be framed as something righteous.

It's why the original I Am Legend/Omega Man had so much impact. It was a sucker punch to realize that the main character, the protagonist in fact was the terrifying monster and not the scary freaks we were told to hate via viewpoint.

 

[Scribe]

Sure. So do that. You don't need to try to justify it with some laughable moral system.

Oh, I wasnt trying to engage with the Alignment thread jacking.

People are free to not like the Alignment system, I understand how I can use it and get value out of it, and thats enough for me. This thread, is about kicking Goblins.

 

[MNblockhead]

In what universe is jam not a perfectly legitimate ice cream topping?

Our apparently:

Don't Worry, We Tried Ketchup And Mayo Ice Cream So You Don't Have To

Come on. whatever happened to good old-fashioned vanilla and chocolate?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

[Gradine]

Our apparently:

Don't Worry, We Tried Ketchup And Mayo Ice Cream So You Don't Have To

Come on. whatever happened to good old-fashioned vanilla and chocolate?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Never trust the British on matters of flavor.

 

[payn]

Sure. So do that. You don't need to try to justify it with some laughable moral system.

I get that alignment kicked your puppy across the room at some point, but you do not have to be a jerk about it.

 

[payn]

Our apparently:

Don't Worry, We Tried Ketchup And Mayo Ice Cream So You Don't Have To

Come on. whatever happened to good old-fashioned vanilla and chocolate?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

We really still need that green puke emoji on the EN World like option bar...