NPC_Scrambler

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As the they/them commies have found this post (and begun calling me a tourist even though I've been playing RPGs longer than most of them have been alive), here are few thoughts on why this is a bad development for RPGs: 1. Rulebooks don't need to contain instructions for basic human socialization. Obviously, well-adjusted adults won't go into explicit detail on things that would make players uncomfortable. Likewise, anyone who's feeling uncomfortable should always feel free to speak up. You don't need a rulebook to tell you this. You are a stunted-growth individual if you feel this needs to be in a roleplaying game's rulebook. Every possible group activity might include things that make you feel uncomfortable. You don't need an explicit rule in every game you play to tell you not to violate implied social contracts. 2. What kind of scenarios are people playing where a safeword is needed, and needed so often that it's included in the basic rules for the game? I've been playing D&D for 25 years, and I've never once encountered any content that would ever come close to this. I suspect this is the result of modern roleplaying, where rather than go into dungeons and get treasure, there is a lot of roleplaying social encounters, sexual content, real-world politics, gender identity nonsense, etc. I also suspect this is the result of newcomers trying to be super-descriptive and play-acting everything like they're on friggin' Critical Role. 3. The people saying "just ignore the rule" of course are using a common tactic: invade a space, change things, then get all huffy if you object. "Why do you care?" Because it's my hobby, and this shouldn't be the standard for the hobby. The ones changing the standard should be the ones under scrutiny, not the ones objecting to the change. 4. The rule itself is written badly and vaguely. Anyone can suddenly object with a code word or signal, and the DM must adjust the scenario? The DM is the referee. Players don't get to change the world in that way. Players can and should influence the story and decide where the adventure goes based on their actions. The DM then interprets their actions and tells you how the game world responds. 5. Codifying basic human interactions also empowers the bullies at the table, somewhat counterintuitively. With this rule, suddenly, the werido DMs CAN go too far, and the onus is on the players to object, even if they're not comfortable singling themselves out with a giant X over their heads in the middle of play. Rather than just being normal (well, "normal") adults and having a regular ol' dungeon-delving adventure. I suspect a lot of this, btw, is a clash between playstyles. Old-school players sent fragile adventurers into tombs and dungeons and haunted mansions and usually got killed by giant spiders and ghosts and zombies. We didn't role-play everything with funny voices and write intricate backstories for our character and have some implied agreement with our DM that our character would be treated with kid gloves and get some fulfilling character arc. The world was brutal and our characters could and did die, sometimes often.

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