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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7349925" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>Or maybe the problem comes from people that don't accept that whether they agree or not, some people <em>do </em>see the world as black and white (not saying that I do). Or that in a fantasy campaign there truly could be evil races. </p><p></p><p>I accept that some people play the game as escapism. In some campaigns the world that is simple, where there <em>is</em> definitive right/wrong, good/evil. Not everyone plays for the same reason.</p><p></p><p>I think maybe that's the biggest issue I have with paladin haters. They are all "heaven's to Betsy how dare you be so judgmental!", which is IMHO an extremely judgmental thing to say. While I never played a character that pushes their beliefs on others, I have no problem with people that play PCs that for example would not allow fellow PCs to torture.</p><p></p><p>Is it lazy to play a paladin based off The Tick? Sure. Just like it's lazy to play the umpteenth million character based off of Drizz't. Or Legolas. Or Batman. Or .... well you get the idea. </p><p></p><p>Sorry for the rant, but I don't play D&D (well, not always anyway) as if it were philosophy 101. That, and too often mod writers/DMs try to set up "moral dilemmas" which are basically "We're going to read some box text which explains why you have to do one of two evil acts. No, you don't have any options, chose which equally innocent victim to kill or the game is over."</p><p></p><p>That's not a dilemma, that's a DM abusing their power of world crafting and telling a lazy story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7349925, member: 6801845"] Or maybe the problem comes from people that don't accept that whether they agree or not, some people [I]do [/I]see the world as black and white (not saying that I do). Or that in a fantasy campaign there truly could be evil races. I accept that some people play the game as escapism. In some campaigns the world that is simple, where there [I]is[/I] definitive right/wrong, good/evil. Not everyone plays for the same reason. I think maybe that's the biggest issue I have with paladin haters. They are all "heaven's to Betsy how dare you be so judgmental!", which is IMHO an extremely judgmental thing to say. While I never played a character that pushes their beliefs on others, I have no problem with people that play PCs that for example would not allow fellow PCs to torture. Is it lazy to play a paladin based off The Tick? Sure. Just like it's lazy to play the umpteenth million character based off of Drizz't. Or Legolas. Or Batman. Or .... well you get the idea. Sorry for the rant, but I don't play D&D (well, not always anyway) as if it were philosophy 101. That, and too often mod writers/DMs try to set up "moral dilemmas" which are basically "We're going to read some box text which explains why you have to do one of two evil acts. No, you don't have any options, chose which equally innocent victim to kill or the game is over." That's not a dilemma, that's a DM abusing their power of world crafting and telling a lazy story. [/QUOTE]
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