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<blockquote data-quote="HJFudge" data-source="post: 7616473" data-attributes="member: 6997593">To me, the question isn't about torture really. Its about 'how do you, as a DM, disseminate information that is important to the PCs?'If it is almost always in the hands of enemies that are captured, and must be pried from their hands, then torture is much more likely to be a thing the PCs try.If you avoid that manner of giving out of important information, the PCs may try it once or twice but will quickly realize thats a dead end for useful info.So in my opinion, 5E (any edition really) CAN encourage torture IF the DM places all the info in the hands of defeated monsters. Now, is that really 5e encouraging it? Nah, its the DM encouraging that kind of behavior (intentionally or not) that leads the PCs to take the actions they do. In fact, the DM through his game and table style will often encourage a lot of/most player behaviors...and a change in style and technique can really curb a lot of problems a DM has. This is simply one example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HJFudge, post: 7616473, member: 6997593"] To me, the question isn't about torture really. Its about 'how do you, as a DM, disseminate information that is important to the PCs?' If it is almost always in the hands of enemies that are captured, and must be pried from their hands, then torture is much more likely to be a thing the PCs try. If you avoid that manner of giving out of important information, the PCs may try it once or twice but will quickly realize thats a dead end for useful info. So in my opinion, 5E (any edition really) CAN encourage torture IF the DM places all the info in the hands of defeated monsters. Now, is that really 5e encouraging it? Nah, its the DM encouraging that kind of behavior (intentionally or not) that leads the PCs to take the actions they do. In fact, the DM through his game and table style will often encourage a lot of/most player behaviors...and a change in style and technique can really curb a lot of problems a DM has. This is simply one example. [/QUOTE]

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