The RPG Consent Form

[@Shadowslave604]

dnd is a hero based wargame. we understood that in the 80's and 90's. i have seen people playing 5e that have never run combat. they literally playing real life as commoners in dnd. they all use those consent forms and can not separate real life vs make believe violence, war or other bad things. somehow fantasy make believe hurts them the same as real world trauma. 9:40 blood issues - my dad was one of those people that in real life fainted at blood but in game he knew it was make believe in his imagination and could play a barbarian warrior that ripped monsters apart and bathed in blood for his war god. it allowed him the freedom to do things he could never do in real life. separation of real and imagination is a very important thing to have.

[@wizardsofthetower3802]

@Shadowslave604 Thanks for the comment. Our next episode will kind of hit upon escaping handicaps or playing them if you have them. I find playing someone not like me all part of the fun. That is after all Role Playing

[@Skullnaught]

Lot of people nowadays seem to have a problem seperating reality from fiction and this whole bubble wrapping everything most likely has the opposite intended effect

[@wizardsofthetower3802]

@@Skullnaught Thank you for the comment.

[@anathema1828]

Great discussion!

[@wizardsofthetower3802]

@anathema1828 Thank you for the comment, glad you liked the discussion

[@swordsnstones]

phobias are real and can be very debilitating, great vid topic gang cheers...Keep 'em Rollin'

[@wizardsofthetower3802]

@swordsnstones thanks for the comment. Yes, they can be. If you don't have any, it is hard to imagine, and I think if we don't have any, we don't think about them

[@angelojohnson9441]

Having DMed both euphemisms and having characters roll for grapple checks as well as literally just saying “and fade to black” I think everyone at the table preferred “fade to black. I feel like it is difficult to not have some semblance of fantasy-racism if the “big conflict” is war or an invading kingdom, as it sort of falls under propaganda, like how Tolkien has a default of “all Orcs are evil” or even how the player’s handbook pointing out how certain fantasy-races/species react with one another. If you are talking about bringing real-world style racism in, I feel like it would be forced if you have the other fantasy-races coexisting in the same space, especially if it is not rooted in nationalism between two [priorly] warring nations. A human having the sentiment of “I trust this hundreds of years old elf, this dragonborn, this goblin, and this hill giant with whom I’ve had no interaction solely due to the color of your skin. It isn’t that I think you are a changeling or possessed either” to me would be a leap that breaks immersion.

[@angelojohnson9441]

Forced as in “someone is really working hard trying to shoehorn this into the game”.

[@wizardsofthetower3802]

@angelojohnson9441 thank you for the comment. Very true. Fantasy novels are filled with them. I am reading R.A. Salvator the Demon Awaken series right now and the main character has a Major hate on for Goblins, Giants and that worlds Dwarves. He will go out of his way to kill them even if they are running away and no longer a threat Yes, Fade to Black... Agree