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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 359862" data-attributes="member: 812">FWIW, one of the greatest works of modern fantasy has an entire religious movement based on the idea of women raping male corpses. Steven Erikson's Memories of Ice. An unforgettable book (not only, indeed not even primarily, for the horror of that notion) and certainly one of the most sober and honest looks at the human condition you'll find in fantasy literature. Why this author has no US publisher is beyond my ability to comprehend.As has been discussed ad nauseum in the &quot;D&amp;D Childish?&quot; thread, it's not really rules that are juvenile -- it's DMs and players. I can easily imagine a campaign in which, yes, corpses get raped, and yes, the whole thing is handled maturely and with respect for my intelligence and sensitivities.Of course everyone has their own lines they'd rather not cross, but for me, part of the fun of gaming is the chance to explore possibilities (fanciful, foul or otherwise) I can't in real life. I'd say raping corpses fits that definition to a &quot;T&quot;. Thank heavens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 359862, member: 812"] FWIW, one of the greatest works of modern fantasy has an entire religious movement based on the idea of women raping male corpses. Steven Erikson's [i]Memories of Ice[/i]. An unforgettable book (not only, indeed not even primarily, for the horror of that notion) and certainly one of the most sober and honest looks at the human condition you'll find in fantasy literature. Why this author has no US publisher is beyond my ability to comprehend. As has been discussed ad nauseum in the "D&D Childish?" thread, it's not really rules that are juvenile -- it's DMs and players. I can easily imagine a campaign in which, yes, corpses get raped, and yes, the whole thing is handled maturely and with respect for my intelligence and sensitivities. Of course everyone has their own lines they'd rather not cross, but for me, part of the fun of gaming is the chance to explore possibilities (fanciful, foul or otherwise) I can't in real life. I'd say raping corpses fits that definition to a "T". Thank heavens. [/QUOTE]

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