Use Moral Dilemmas The Right Way

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@sinistertwister686 26 күн бұрын

Great advice! My problem with moral dilemmas is that sometimes it's hard to come up with one when you have morally ambiguous party (if not outright amoral one). Usually it boils down to "what's most profitable" and "which option is less likely to backfire on us personally". I learned it the hard way!

@DDHomebrew 26 күн бұрын

I have seen that as well. But remember, just because the players don't care about consequences doesn't mean NPCs don't care!

@sinistertwister686 26 күн бұрын

@@DDHomebrew yes, and I made sure that NPCs will react (sometimes with extreme prejudice). But then again it isn't really a "moral" dilemma, isn't it? It's more about power and what you can get away with.

@DDHomebrew 26 күн бұрын

@@sinistertwister686 Or do you reject brute power and act altruistically?

@Marcus-ki1en 27 күн бұрын

I once played in a game where the DM pulled an interesting one on us: We rolled into a village with a cult leader that was sacrificing a villager. We terminated him and heading down into the dungeon. After cleaning it out, we returned to the surface, only to find the whole village had self-deleted themselves. Ouch - needless to say, we were a little more careful when entering the next village, paying attention to what was going on. Rarely absolute Black or White, but varying shades of gray.

@DDHomebrew 27 күн бұрын

That's the main issue with those cultists: they are usually bat shit crazy!

@mattnerdy7236 27 күн бұрын

Hey Kevin, great video and topic. I've always enjoyed the adventure Kurishan's Garden because of the moral dilemma. Innocent men women and children under the control of plant monster or whatever you want to be. The party has to figure out what is really going. What if they do kill someone then find out they had no control over themselves. Or what do they do when its a party member. Spoiler Alert towards the very end one town warrior is still alive and I guess its been to long now to turn him back to normal. He talks to the party kinda helps the party then attacks them because he has no choice. The town folks seem to have some control at first, long enough to talk. Roll playing out a dilemma is one favorite things about D&D. Thanks Kevin you have a wonderful day!

@DDHomebrew 21 күн бұрын

@@mattnerdy7236 I thought I had responded to this earlier Matt! I don't remember Kurishan's Garden, but it's always great to have that sort of moral dilemma. I'm going to do some research on this.

@jasonconnerley 27 күн бұрын

Great video and good advice at the end, this is powerful stuff but best used sparingly.

@DDHomebrew 27 күн бұрын

It can exhaust the players if it's just one dilemma after another.

@srmillard 26 күн бұрын

great recs and agree to avoid everything becoming a moral dilemma

@DDHomebrew 26 күн бұрын

You want to pick your spots!

@michaelwest4325 27 күн бұрын

I think in classic D&D the morality was mostly black and white with a strong bias of good versus evil, the players championing good, but behind it lurked the gritty ambiguity and allowed for more dilemna and evil charatcters. Now I say that because I like this drama but some prefer their fantasy be clear cut, all monsters evil and deserving of the sword, every princess needs saving, etc. I do think it is for the table to choose, but if chosen it still should be used sparingly to add to the realism and grimdark aesthetic rather than just be a crutch for good story. Well played it lets the game be layered and full of loose ends to explore, so I endorse this style heartily!

@DDHomebrew 27 күн бұрын

Great points! The very good versus very evil can get stale, so I like to present my fantasy world a little more realistic.

@michaelwest4325 27 күн бұрын

@DDHomebrew me too, but I get some folks lean more heroic fantasy, I love grimdark and more shady grays!