overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
Except that there’s no harm in killing a PC. It’s not alive. Ants are. We’re playing a game. The rules of that game include the possibility of PC death. Following the rules of the game to that conclusion is not equivalent to smashing ants, i.e. pointlessly killing living creatures. Playing an RPG is playing a game. If you can’t stand the thought of a PC dying, don’t play a game with that possibility or house rule it. Other people play differently than you and don’t have the same assumptions.I will never understand an attitude where killing PCs is fun and should be an easy option. It feels like the attitude that smashing ants is fun and engaging.
If you’ve never laughed at someone getting hurt or dying in a TV show, film, or book, you might not understand. The characters aren’t real. The actors don’t really get hurt, if everything goes right, nor do the stunt people. So if you laugh, you’re not laughing at a real person really being hurt, you’re laughing at a fictional character being fictionally hurt.
PCs likewise aren’t real. They’re fictional constructs designed for gaming with dice. To be used and discarded at will. They’re not unique or special or precious. You can makes hundreds in an hour. I could design a spreadsheet in an hour that could spit out thousands with the click of a button.