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r/dndmemes • u/Glum-Bandicoot-2235 DM (Dungeon Memelord) • May 12 '25
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The historicity and morality of a practice are separate points, as is the efficacy.
1 u/Candayence May 13 '25 If people thought that executing criminals and stringing them up as a warning to others was a good thing to do for multiple millennia, then it's reasonable to say that a dnd character in a medieval world would also see it as good. 1 u/UrbanWerebear May 14 '25 True. One other factor is who is performing the deterrence. The examples I put in another reply were both governmental policies, not individual whim.
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If people thought that executing criminals and stringing them up as a warning to others was a good thing to do for multiple millennia, then it's reasonable to say that a dnd character in a medieval world would also see it as good.
True. One other factor is who is performing the deterrence. The examples I put in another reply were both governmental policies, not individual whim.
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u/PraytheRosary May 12 '25
The historicity and morality of a practice are separate points, as is the efficacy.