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Yeah... actually the saddest part is that I loved that game as a kid and spent hours playing it by myself, and never understood why no one wanted to play it as much as me... NOT ANYMORE.
My own contribution to mother's day was babysitting for one of them. And I discovered that Mousetrap is the worst game ever invented. We got caught at the 'end loop' for over half and hour, where I tried desperately to drop the die to make myself lo…
Kids these days are so lazy. I constantly hear, 'this is so much work! No one can do this without a calculator!' ...Sweetie, people have been doing this without a calculator for thousands of years. You can deal with it for an hour. I should just tel…
So uh. Being hunted is unpleasant. When I was a younger player I had this happen a lot(in other games), cause I was obnoxious, and it was all well-deserved. Could still be true, but...
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Ah, alright. I agree that respect is a good thing, but also that understanding goes both ways. We don't necessarily know why a particular person gives the appearance of disrespect(like the example of the mother's comment in that…
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But why would Glomdoring be different? I mean, even in societies where "service is the top priority", it's practical to be supportive to those who are supporting you. Rule by fear works better in a monarchy than a collective- the powerful c…
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That's the thing: You benefit by doing so. If there was no benefit, there'd be no reason to serve. I like the collectivistic concept that the group is more important than the individual, but it doesn't automatically lead to mist…
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Not all moral societies have the same standards for mercy, though. I actually think it's a bit unrealistic(even in a fantasy 'evil' organization) to be abusive to all those on your side... exceptions for powerless peons notwiths…
Mm... that kinda suggests that true neutrality is an incredibly short-sighted philosophy, but I don't agree that the choice was a neutral one. Self-preservation works better when talking about valuing your needs above others: Do you allow a stranger…
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Exactly. It's the sort of questions that haunt me every time I kill an orc, that I then have to go find a bank(demi-human friendly) to set up a trust fund for that orc's wife and kids. But for some reason no one will play DnD wi…
The DnD alignments are flawed themselves(much as I love DnD), especially when it comes to describing an entire community of people. Are chaotic evil communities formed by people who were born evil? Then paladins killing those babies is acceptable mo…
I think it was @Vivet who once told me to picture it as a diamond(when I made an offhand ic complaint about Hallifax geography)- and it was surprisingly helpful. In …