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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5784194" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>IMO, the 'default' morality of D&D should stay as it is. That is, maintain the "Battlestar Galactica" model where women can adopt any role without issue, all races are equal, and everything is nice and egalitarian.</p><p></p><p>The maturity level of the game is really an issue to be handled at the table. Different groups will always have different standards, where one group may be fine with lots of racism and sexism in the setting, another might prefer "no holds barred" with slavery and rape common occurrences, while a third is very touchy about one or more of these subjects.</p><p></p><p>That's absolutely fine, and not even remotely surprising.</p><p></p><p>Given that the subjects under question are <em>extremely</em> emotive, this really is an area where the default game (and setting) should play it safe - present an egalitarian world, and let groups deviate from that if they wish.</p><p></p><p><em>That said</em>, this doesn't apply to specific settings or optional expansions to the game. Indeed, I would love to see WotC do a <em>real</em> "Book of Vile Darkness", a set of adventures with 'mature' themes, and even an entire setting aimed at adults. I have no problem with any of these things, and would like to see what they come up with. <em>But not in the default.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5784194, member: 22424"] IMO, the 'default' morality of D&D should stay as it is. That is, maintain the "Battlestar Galactica" model where women can adopt any role without issue, all races are equal, and everything is nice and egalitarian. The maturity level of the game is really an issue to be handled at the table. Different groups will always have different standards, where one group may be fine with lots of racism and sexism in the setting, another might prefer "no holds barred" with slavery and rape common occurrences, while a third is very touchy about one or more of these subjects. That's absolutely fine, and not even remotely surprising. Given that the subjects under question are [i]extremely[/i] emotive, this really is an area where the default game (and setting) should play it safe - present an egalitarian world, and let groups deviate from that if they wish. [i]That said[/i], this doesn't apply to specific settings or optional expansions to the game. Indeed, I would love to see WotC do a [i]real[/i] "Book of Vile Darkness", a set of adventures with 'mature' themes, and even an entire setting aimed at adults. I have no problem with any of these things, and would like to see what they come up with. [i]But not in the default.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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