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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 4482166" data-attributes="member: 2205">There is no moral problem whatsoever.&nbsp; It's a freakin' comic strip, based on a game where it's normal to kill people who oppose you without the expectation of repurcussion, and it's a comic strip that's notorious for mixing &quot;in-game&quot; with metagame considerations to comic effect.If it makes you feel better, take Varsuvius' justification for a bit of parody for the bizarre, Byzantine and inherently unlikely justification that players offer each and every weekend across the world for their characters' over-the-top, extremely violent actions.Frankly, that's a move I applaud.&nbsp; This whole side trek has really gotten away from the writer, IMO.&nbsp; It's become huge and it takes itself too seriously.&nbsp; Varsuvius' comment seems to bring it back down to the level that made OotS great in the first place; a satirical depiction of what D&amp;D is like for the players.EDIT:&nbsp; As an aside, I now feel 63% nerdier just for contributing to this discussion.&nbsp; I&nbsp; think tape spontaneously appeared on the bridge of my glasses and my voice just became much more nasal and whiny sounding.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 4482166, member: 2205"] There is no moral problem whatsoever. It's a freakin' comic strip, based on a game where it's normal to kill people who oppose you without the expectation of repurcussion, and it's a comic strip that's notorious for mixing "in-game" with metagame considerations to comic effect. If it makes you feel better, take Varsuvius' justification for a bit of parody for the bizarre, Byzantine and inherently unlikely justification that players offer each and every weekend across the world for their characters' over-the-top, extremely violent actions. Frankly, that's a move I applaud. This whole side trek has really gotten away from the writer, IMO. It's become huge and it takes itself too seriously. Varsuvius' comment seems to bring it back down to the level that made OotS great in the first place; a satirical depiction of what D&D is like for the players. EDIT: As an aside, I now feel 63% nerdier just for contributing to this discussion. I think tape spontaneously appeared on the bridge of my glasses and my voice just became much more nasal and whiny sounding. :( [/QUOTE]

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