Avraham says:
Sticks and stones and all. If I cannot handle the heat, I will leave the kitchen, but allowing us the full gamut of our imaginations, suitably constrained into PG-13 with the occasional R, is just fine by me.
My philosophy exactly. I don't even expect anything relevant to that law to come into play in the game (unless one of you lot does something crazy), but it's there because I'm creating an alternate reality and alternate realities also come with atrocities. In fact, D&D ones in particular tend to come with more atrocities than most. Almost as if someone is counting on a bunch of heroes to make it better or something. ;)
Avraham says:
On that topic, what is your position on obscenities as intensifiers. In real life, I absolutely do not use obscenities. However, in game, depending on the grittiness or reality necessary, they may be warranted if not a plus in setting the tone.
In character, people are going to speak as they do, but I can make a pretty good case for some alternate word choices. Fuck, for example. According to legend, the word is supposed to be an acronym for Forbidden Use of Carnal Knowledge that came into play in the 19th century on Earth as a result of sailors taking inappropriate liberties at sea. There's a great book called
Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing (asterisk included only because that's the actual title) that would actually contradict that account, but some of her sources are more reliable than others and her one example from 1310 is a bit too derivative for my tastes, so let's assume for the moment that the legend is accurate. No reason it couldn't have happened earlier or differently in my campaign world, but conversely, there's a good excuse there to use more period-appropriate or alternate swear words:
"Get that sarding overweight dwarf away from my gorram gemstones."
In Character, I'm fine with whatever words your characters want to say. I would prefer alternate words to asterisks, but that's only a preference, not a mandate.
Out of Character, I'm fine with swears that aren't directed
at anyone, but I will take exception if they are used in any kind of a conflict or disagreement.
grifter730 says:
Which adventure is the Hufflepuff group?
It's the pilgrimage. Since the Provos one is a mystery and the pilgrimage is more laborious, I called them Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff respectively, as a little joke. ;) No commitment to those names being appropriate past the first adventure, though.
And side note, I do consider myself Hufflepuff, so I get it. ;) Go Badgers!
