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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5396161" data-attributes="member: 957">I don't want argument clinic or ministry of silly walks to happen INSIDE my game.&nbsp; But if someone makes an OOC reference to ministry of silly walks and makes me laugh, then I may very well award them an action point.&nbsp;I think you are on a &quot;this way leads to madness&quot; road here.&nbsp; It isn't that I dispute any of the above.&nbsp; But I greatly dispute the very idea of trying to list it.&nbsp; &nbsp; I don't doubt that for a minute.&nbsp; Just as certainly as there are pure comedies and pure dramas, films that mix them are plentiful.I prefer my D&amp;D to be more in line with pure drama, but certainly keep reading below....I disagree with the implication that this is presumed.&nbsp; Common, sure, but you state your case to strongly here.Now, in reality funny things DO happen.&nbsp; So the idea that funny things can not happen would be a TERRIBLE restriction on gaming.&nbsp; And even the most non-comedic of movies can have some realistic feeling embarrassing moment happen and be funny in that moment.&nbsp; If it seems natural then it doesn't make the movie a comedy.&nbsp; And there are plenty of other ways natural humor can happen.&nbsp; But +2 backscratchers and gingerbread golems are not natural humor but forced humor.&nbsp; That doesn't make them bad, but it is an important distinction to me.&nbsp; I'm all for natural feeling in-game funny and nearly unending intentional meta-funny across the table.&nbsp; But for on-going game that meet my personal preference I don't want an assumption of whimsy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5396161, member: 957"] I don't want argument clinic or ministry of silly walks to happen INSIDE my game. But if someone makes an OOC reference to ministry of silly walks and makes me laugh, then I may very well award them an action point. I think you are on a "this way leads to madness" road here. It isn't that I dispute any of the above. But I greatly dispute the very idea of trying to list it. I don't doubt that for a minute. Just as certainly as there are pure comedies and pure dramas, films that mix them are plentiful. I prefer my D&D to be more in line with pure drama, but certainly keep reading below.... I disagree with the implication that this is presumed. Common, sure, but you state your case to strongly here. Now, in reality funny things DO happen. So the idea that funny things can not happen would be a TERRIBLE restriction on gaming. And even the most non-comedic of movies can have some realistic feeling embarrassing moment happen and be funny in that moment. If it seems natural then it doesn't make the movie a comedy. And there are plenty of other ways natural humor can happen. But +2 backscratchers and gingerbread golems are not natural humor but forced humor. That doesn't make them bad, but it is an important distinction to me. I'm all for natural feeling in-game funny and nearly unending intentional meta-funny across the table. But for on-going game that meet my personal preference I don't want an assumption of whimsy. [/QUOTE]

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