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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fredramsey" data-source="post: 1873133" data-attributes="member: 20274">While your aspirations are noble, you're trying to go against human (animal) nature.A majority of our lesuire activities are based on conflict. From chess to football, from video games to RPGs, from playing cards to watching films to reading, conflict plays a part.Stories, in order to be interesting, have conflict. Even if it is inner conflict, someone struggling with morals or emotions, it is still there. However, the more visceral, the more violent the conflict, the more our heartbeats speed up, the more adrenaline is produced, and - for most of us, whether we admit it or not - the more we enjoy it.The great thing about D&D as opposed to real conflict, is that nobody comes home in a body bag. It is a world were evil can be identified, battled, and eliminated. That is why we enjoy it, that is why we remain fans of it year after year.Striving for non-violence is real life is hard enough. To eliminate it from our entertainment is robbing us of part of what it means to be human.</blockquote>