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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9224654" data-attributes="member: 6877472">While that would be preferable, when we're talking about WotC (or really any game publisher), it's probably a good idea not to seem like you're condoning certain kinds of behavior.My problem with the coding of &quot;Necromancy = bad&quot; has a lot less to do with them deciding that's the case and more with the inconsistency of all the other questionable stuff, especially with regards to fiends, brainwashing, and casual cannibalism by lizardfolk in subsequent products.I mean, I would prefer that the game treat us like adults and not say &quot;hey, just so you know, playing with dead bodies isn't great&quot;, but I understand the desire to try and keep the busybody &quot;moral guardians&quot; off your case. But if you're going to take that stance, don't abandon it once your core books are printed, lol.OTOH, modern fantasy gamers are pretty casual about this stuff.&nbsp; I mean, ever since November of 2004, you could play a walking corpse in World of Warcraft with a dedicated ability to munch on dead bodies for some health and nobody seems to mind that all that much.&nbsp; WoW isn't D&amp;D of course, but it's fairly D&amp;D-adjacent.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9224654, member: 6877472"] While that would be preferable, when we're talking about WotC (or really any game publisher), it's probably a good idea not to seem like you're condoning certain kinds of behavior. My problem with the coding of "Necromancy = bad" has a lot less to do with them deciding that's the case and more with the inconsistency of all the other questionable stuff, [I]especially[/I] with regards to fiends, brainwashing, and casual cannibalism by lizardfolk in subsequent products. I mean, I would prefer that the game treat us like adults and not say "hey, just so you know, playing with dead bodies isn't great", but I understand the desire to try and keep the busybody "moral guardians" off your case. But if you're going to take that stance, don't abandon it once your core books are printed, lol. OTOH, modern fantasy gamers are pretty casual about this stuff. I mean, ever since November of 2004, you could play a walking corpse in World of Warcraft with a dedicated ability to munch on dead bodies for some health and nobody seems to mind that all that much. WoW isn't D&D of course, but it's fairly D&D-adjacent. [/QUOTE]

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