Mature content

[Crothian]

D&D just isn't the game for it. When Wite Wolf did it back in the nineties with Black Dog (I think that was the label) it at least fit the themes of the game.

 

[ProfessorPain]

Personally I am okay with violence and gore, but the sex stuff always becomes a problem in the groups I have been in.

 

[Irda Ranger]

Echos of Crothian, D&D seems to me like a bad medium for exploring "mature" stuff.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

D&D just isn't the game for it. When Wite Wolf did it back in the nineties with Black Dog (I think that was the label) it at least fit the themes of the game.

I dunno if we need go that far to call a D&D book, "mature". I would say normal level World of Darkness be about equal with what be considered a "mature" D&D book. Now how that maturity is handled in either case of course changes.

What is interesting is actually in one LJ post a member of White Wolf talked about how they felt afterwards that they could do better mature content and themes by not being blunt and in your face about it such as they did in the Black Dog books.

I don't think we need a D&D version of, "Charnel Houses of Europe" to explore mature themes in D&D.

 

[MechaPilot]

As long as the other people at the table are cool with whatever "mature" content is going on, i don't see the harm in exploring the gritty, the gory, the lewd, or the insane.

I will confess that most of my players prefer grit and gore over bump and grind, but that's not always the case. While prepping for a BESM D20 campaign, a player even asked me about the more "mature" side of that genre.

Basically, as long as the material is well written (good ideas for stories, nice adventure hooks, and mechanics that aren't extraneous or encumbering), i'd at least take a look at it. Even if i had to show id to have a look at it.

 

[Jack99]

Over the top violence and gore? That's just plain D&D for us.

Erotica? Ummm---no thanks.

I agree with da Worn - as usual.

 

[Asmor]

I voted other (which is to say, I didn't vote).

I have no particular interest in any of the above, but that's simply a lack of enthusiasm rather than any concerns about content.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

The problem with labelling something as "mature" is that, often times, it's not mature. It's incredibly immature. Big head explosions and popping out of everywhere isn't mature, it's something you talk about in junior high.

My distaste for "mature" books stems from this. Vile Darkness wasn't mature, it was moustache twisty and cartoonish. BoEF wasn't mature, it was hilariously bad at trying to say "LOOK AT HOW KINKY WE ARE!"

White Wolf in nWoD, I think, has mature down. Slasher is mature. Promethean is mature. Mature, in my terms, means the opposite of what mature seems to mean in ratings.

 

[Shemeska]

Playtiefling for the win

On a more serious note, I want D&D books that are well written and, when appropriate to their content, cover mature material as needed. I don't mind if a book includes sex, heavy violence, gore, and other such topics. Incorporating such things, yes, please.

Do I want a book about such topics. No.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

I run my games at "pg/pg-13" levels. I'd not likely use anything in a "mature" game supplement.

My superhero games are all "comics code" too.