:http://existentialcomics.com/comic/23
Their discussion was eerily reminiscent of ones we used to have as teenagers
D&D and the Great Philosophers
D&D and the Great Philosophers
Even the great minds grappled with the difficulty of playing paladins :
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/23
Their discussion was eerily reminiscent of ones we used to have as teenagers
:http://existentialcomics.com/comic/23
Their discussion was eerily reminiscent of ones we used to have as teenagers
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kreider204
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
Ha, thanks! I'm a philosophy professor; I'll share this with my fellow philosophers / geeks.
Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
Aramis wrote:Even the great minds grappled with the difficulty of playing paladins
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/23
Their discussion was eerily reminiscent of ones we used to have as teenagers
Well as my favored class is a paladin, I consider myself in good company there !
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
They just need a little Amter in their lives...
Since its 20,000 I suggest "Captain Nemo" as his title. Beyond the obvious connection, he is one who sails on his own terms and ignores those he doesn't agree with...confident in his journey and goals.
Sounds obvious to me! -Gm Michael
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Sounds obvious to me! -Gm Michael
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
Pretty funny!
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
I love that poor Kant is just trying to play the game, while the rest are just screwing with him ... 
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Fiffergrund
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
I'm with Kant. But he should have flipped the table.
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
By the end, I was a frustrated as Kant.
In the words of my good friend Trevor, "Hey, put an arrow in that flying mummy! What could possibly happen?"
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kreider204
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
I suspect D&D would be only one of Kant's many frustrations ...JediOre wrote:By the end, I was a frustrated as Kant.
Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
kreider204 wrote:I suspect D&D would be only one of Kant's many frustrations ...JediOre wrote:By the end, I was a frustrated as Kant.
I'm very rusty on my philosophers, but of the lot that was in that comic, I felt a strong kinship with Kant. I'll have to brush up on him. Paladins are great and orcs ARE evil because the book says so!
In the words of my good friend Trevor, "Hey, put an arrow in that flying mummy! What could possibly happen?"
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Re: D&D and the Great Philosophers
To be fair, the comic doesn't represent philosophy very widely. Everyone other than Kant comes from a fairly narrow subset of the philosophical traditions, so it's really contrasting two philosophical styles rather than several (as it might seem to). I would have liked to have seen John Stuart Mill, John Locke, Mary Wollstonecraft represented - then Kant really would have his hands full.