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Frustrated Question on Morality and denied characater concepts in Dresden RPG
Noey:
Nevermind me, then. I prefer not to understand things. It's not confusion, just abstract interpretation. ;)
iago:
--- Quote from: TheMouse on April 02, 2009, 06:42:32 PM ---I'm not sure that I have a whole lot to add to this topic, except that I think it's a really important one for understanding how the game interacts with the setting.
The whole power versus freedom thing has already been brought up. One aspect of that which drives that home for me is that supernatural power in the Dresdenverse makes one less human. Freedom to choose seems to be tightly tied together with the human condition, while supernatural beings tend to fall into specific patterns. Once the supernatural overcomes the human, an individual falls into those patterns as well.
This is why a Red Court vampire isn't a good PC, but an infected could be. When the infected gives in and drinks blood, it isn't that the act is evil. It's that the act gives into the supernatural side of the being, and it takes over. So you get characters like Bianca who are totally bound by their nature but retain just enough humanity to regret that they can't do anything about it.
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Yep! You're right on target, there.
Atomsk:
Now how would the whole Power vs Freedom concept take into account something(?) like a Scion? If they're already half-human, and half-whatever; is there really a chance of them embracing their instincts and loosing their free will?
iago:
--- Quote from: Atomsk on April 22, 2009, 07:18:03 PM ---Now how would the whole Power vs Freedom concept take into account something(?) like a Scion? If they're already half-human, and half-whatever; is there really a chance of them embracing their instincts and loosing their free will?
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I don't see any incompatibility there (even a pure human can take on so much that they become monstrous, a slave to their nature -- I tend to regard Marcone as playing pretty close to that threshold). But it sounds like you do see an incompatibility. What is it?
Jaroslav:
--- Quote from: iago on April 22, 2009, 07:31:47 PM --- I tend to regard Marcone as playing pretty close to that threshold.
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I can't see Marcone as having a positive refresh. Especially with his soul gaze describing his personality as being like that of a tiger. That sounds like someone controlled by their own nature to me.
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