Maria Caliban wrote...
leonia42 wrote...
It's not wrong it's just.. it feels like meta-gaming. I don't know. Maybe my post didn't make much sense *goes for a coffee*
I understood your post. I think it's a matter of personal views however, as it's something I've seen many players do.
For example, in several of the PnP games I've played in, the setting accepted slavery as legitimate and moral. The PCs, however, all oppsed it. Likewise, before Dragon Age came out, there were several discussions about how the setting ought to treat same-sex attraction and women. While many argued for historical realism, many also said that they wanted to see equality. I think many players would be uncomfortable expressing bigotry against real world minorities no matter how much it fits the setting.
Religion is another hot button issue. The Chantry is huge, powerful, and does go on Exalted Marches against other religions. For some players, setting appropriate or not, such an originization is one their PCs will always want to destroy.
Righto, I wish I could say "Well, when I RP I try to look at the world from the point-of-view of someone who grew up in that world" but you're right, it's really hard to set aside our worldly views and adopt fictional stances that are polar opposites to how we'd normally treat people or ideas. Maybe if I was a better RPer I could pretend to be a bigot but I wouldn't get any joy out of it so why would I bother?
I suppose it depends on how things are presented to the character in question. If all they see is a bunch of templars hating on mages and Dalish, they're not ever going to like the Chantry.
And in that regard, Origins makes it very hard to be pro-Chantry because almost everyone describes them as oppressive and intrusive. While you have some characters like Leliana and Wynne that try to be good little Andrastians, you still get the impression that there is something wrong about the Chantry.
Now whether that motivates every player into wanting to destroy the Chantry, I don't know. There's lots of room for the player to interpret the lore, and I'm sure that's what the writers want us to do. We're all not going to see it the same way.
I think I was a bit dumbfounded by the poster I was originally responding to and his anti-religion-even-if-it's-fictional stance but I can see why one could feel that way if I actually sit back for a moment. It's not how I think, but everyone is different after all.
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