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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 7619211" data-attributes="member: 3987">Thanks that is a great question. I went into the point in a bit more detail above, but to answer you directly.Yes and No, like all entertainment.Yes - There is no violence in games that cross the threshold into "not okay" to be included in a game, if handled properly. I see gaming as a safe space, where you can have pretty nasty stuff happen but because it isn't real there is no actual danger to the people round the table.(1)No - There are countless incidences of violence in game that I am "not okay" with either in character or as a person.To take the recent controversy which involved sexual violence towards characters. Am I okay with sexual violence, no of course not, but because of that do I feel a film like The Accused should never have been made? No. Do I feel uncomfortable and shocked by the rape scene in that film, of course. So I am certainly "not okay" with it. But the film was very important at the time and had a significant effect.Same with RPGs, there are plenty of scenes where I am "not okay" with the violence itself, the encounter with the hobogoblin women and children mentioned above. I am "not okay" with violence against women and children, but I am fine with that encounter being in an RPG. In fact I would go as far to say it is an better scenario because it is in. Would it prompt some people today to touch an X-Card perhaps it would, but I still think it should be there. I strongly believe not every RPG experience should be a "fun" one. That RPGs are often at there best went you are faced with uncomfortable situations and difficult moral dilemmas that may make you think. That you can have characters put in situations they don't want to be in and you personally find distressing. However I also believe that requires a certain amount of by-in and consent (which appears was lacking in the recent controversy)._______________________________________________________(1) This assumes you are playing with friends, or at least people that aren't trying to mental hurt you. I'm pretty stable and have no issues with separating in game and out of game emotions, but not everyone is. But in the past I've had sexual violence done to a character and it does leave a lasting impression, and at the time was a troubling experience. Looking back on it however I am glad it was something I could experience in a safe environment.</blockquote>

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