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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9108761" data-attributes="member: 6790260">No. It's not about it being &quot;all or nothing&quot; here. It's about how this is weaponized only against specific things, and then completely ignored everywhere else. That conveniences for a smoother, easier, more reasonable gaming experience are great only until they run afoul of some nebulous personal line, and as soon as they do, nope, absolutely not, doesn't matter how serious a design problem it may introduce, absolutely never ever, and how DARE you say otherwise, you fun-ruiner you.&quot;Verisimilitude only for the things I care a lot about&quot; is one thing. &quot;Verisimilitude only for the things I care about and especially against the things you care about&quot; is a pretty serious problem. One I have personally seen, repeatedly, both on this forum and in general stuff, sincerely and explicitly expressed. Especially when, as stated, it is used as a justification for current design or for why serious ongoing problems other people have should never, ever be changed no matter what.Some verismilitude is fine. Verisimilitude that doesn't hurt anyone else's fun is great. Verisimilitude that DOES hurt others' fun should be, at the very least, treated as a serious imposition only to be levied in truly dire circumstances.I've had someone say, directly and explicitly on this forum, that being overtly racist toward dragonborn PCs unless and until the player chooses to start playing something else, is a proper and appropriate approach to play. Specifically because of alleged verisimilitude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9108761, member: 6790260"] No. It's not about it being "all or nothing" here. It's about how this is weaponized [I]only against specific things[/I], and then completely ignored everywhere else. That conveniences for a smoother, easier, more reasonable gaming experience are great only until they run afoul of some nebulous personal line, and as soon as they do, nope, absolutely not, doesn't matter how serious a design problem it may introduce, [I]absolutely never ever,[/I] and how DARE you say otherwise, you fun-ruiner you. "Verisimilitude only for the things I care a lot about" is one thing. "Verisimilitude only for the things I care about [I]and especially against the things you care about[/I]" is a pretty serious problem. One I have personally seen, repeatedly, both on this forum and in general stuff, sincerely and explicitly expressed. Especially when, as stated, it is used as a justification for current design or for why serious ongoing problems other people have should never, ever be changed no matter what. [I]Some[/I] verismilitude is fine. Verisimilitude that doesn't hurt anyone else's fun is great. Verisimilitude that DOES hurt others' fun should be, [I]at the very least[/I], treated as a serious imposition only to be levied in truly dire circumstances. I've had someone say, directly and explicitly [I]on this forum[/I], that being overtly racist toward dragonborn PCs unless and until the player chooses to start playing something else, is a proper and appropriate approach to play. [I]Specifically because of alleged verisimilitude[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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