Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophers

Maese Mateo · April 07, 2014, 02:25:11 PM

A friend just sent me this, it's hilarious.

thedungeondelver · April 07, 2014, 03:34:22 PM

Good stuff!

Monster Manuel indeed.

Akrasia · April 07, 2014, 10:22:43 PM

Thanks. That made me laugh out loud!

And I actually felt sorry for Kant...

Doughdee222 · April 07, 2014, 10:45:12 PM

I had a buddy who went to a game convention and played in an AD&D event. The party is sent on a quest and arrives at the cave entrance. Instead of entering the cave he started a philosophical debate about the ethics and reasons behind what they were attempting to do. The other players went along with this. They spent the entire four hours or so just debating outside of the cave. They never did go in. The DM was amazed by this, or so I was told.

James Gillen · April 08, 2014, 04:02:56 AM

"RPG.net, this is relevant to your interests."

JG

The Butcher · April 08, 2014, 07:26:50 AM

Pundit's gonna love this.

RunningLaser · April 08, 2014, 09:33:10 AM

Quote from: Doughdee222;741517I had a buddy who went to a game convention and played in an AD&D event. The party is sent on a quest and arrives at the cave entrance. Instead of entering the cave he started a philosophical debate about the ethics and reasons behind what they were attempting to do. The other players went along with this. They spent the entire four hours or so just debating outside of the cave. They never did go in. The DM was amazed by this, or so I was told.

This leaves me cold. I would have politely excused myself and left for greener pastures if that went on for more than 30 minutes.

Ravenswing · April 08, 2014, 09:11:25 PM

Quote from: Doughdee222;741517I had a buddy who went to a game convention and played in an AD&D event. The party is sent on a quest and arrives at the cave entrance. Instead of entering the cave he started a philosophical debate about the ethics and reasons behind what they were attempting to do. The other players went along with this. They spent the entire four hours or so just debating outside of the cave. They never did go in. The DM was amazed by this, or so I was told.

Hey, whatever works! If they were all having fun, I figure I'd just lean back and let them debate ...

Quote from: RunningLaser;741565This leaves me cold. I would have politely excused myself and left for greener pastures if that went on for more than 30 minutes.

Dungeon crawling leaves me cold; a career of it's just like playing the same pinball game, hour after hour, session after session. It takes all kinds.

BarefootGaijin · April 08, 2014, 11:37:07 PM

Now and again a session where you sit at a table in the inn discussion tactics is amusing. The GM throws something at you and you spend the night deciding what to do, and not doing anything very much.

All in character though. Quite nice.

James Gillen · April 09, 2014, 12:31:27 AM

Foucault: "I don't know why you are so certain it is they who are evil."
Kant: "BECAUSE IT SAYS SO IN THE MONSTER MANUAL!"

(It's knowledge a priori!)

RPGPundit · April 10, 2014, 07:08:37 PM

I've seen it. I think its pretty spot on at showing how all the crapulent civilization-betraying philosophers of the 20th century are essentially Swine.

Brad · April 11, 2014, 12:06:58 AM

This comic reminds me why I avoided postmodernism in graduate school.

Marleycat · April 11, 2014, 01:05:25 AM

Quote from: RunningLaser;741565This leaves me cold. I would have politely excused myself and left for greener pastures if that went on for more than 30 minutes.

I figure about 5 minutes. If I want philosophy rants I play MtAs, lurk at RPG.NET or remember college. If want to game, I PLAY DnD, MtAw or something similar.

Snowman0147 · April 11, 2014, 02:27:17 AM

I know it is trying to be humorous, but at the same time I am thinking those people at the table are assholes. Seriously there is only one guy in that group that is acting like a character in a dungeon and dragon setting. The rest are just wasting time.

James Gillen · April 11, 2014, 02:50:38 AM

If most philosophy after Plato was only footnotes to what he wrote, most philosophy after Kant is either rebuttals or attempts to find loopholes to what he wrote.

JG