From a personal experience view point I will never let any of my children play any imaginative games that cause harmful actions to take place in the game. I do not know about the game that you are talking about but I do know that if a persons mental state is week that they may not be able to diferentiate between reality and non reality. Any time you are involved in a imaginary land where you try to hurt people or things or are involed in sertain acts of evil even if they are imainatory they dull your mind to veiwing violence and that is not good in a world full of questionable things, better to stay sharp and not have a dull sence to evil even in a non realistic setting.
Frankly, if a person has trouble telling fantasy from reality, that person needs therapy. Fast. Plenty of people are video game junkies and they will be quick to tell you how they know the difference between shooting a bunch of pixels and shooting a real person. The extreme examples that anti-RPGers present have always been ruled out as nutcases by the court.
I think the most important thing is having a firm grasp of your faith and morality before you begin role-playing, because role-playing games are nothing more than an environment for creativity.
People who role-play assassins, thieves, or worshippers nature or pagan gods might want to consider why such horrific ideas are appealing to them. Your role-playing creation is a reflection of yourself, be mindful of what you create.
I actually agree. However, in defense of those who like playing thieves and assassins, have you ever watched Asian kung-fu movies?
You have to admit, the idea of being able to sneak around and fight like a ninja is pretty appealing. Also, one-hit killing is a pretty awesome sight. Frankly, I think it’s better to focus on
who you’re killing. I believe one can play a role of an assassin with a lighter conscience if their target was let’s say, a crime lord or an evil dictator.
As far as worshipers of pagan/nature gods go, it’s pretty much more of the power one receives. I mean if real pagan druids can do the things you’d see in
DnD or
WoW we’d all be running from angry, animated trees and vicious, wild animals.
Then again, do you really need to worship
anything to get magical powers in RPGs these days?
P.S.
You are right that your OCs reflect who you are. I myself am guilty of modeling my characters after myself (not just in RPGs). Still, it could be a good tool for self-discovery and that’s always a good thing right?
