We're back with an episode topic selected by our Patreon supporters: That old adage, "the ends justify the means"—in other words, consequentialism! First, a few announcements: Grant now regularly streams the editing process for these episodes over on Mixer, so come hang out if you want to chat with him while he does that. Also, to help wrap up our "summer of mental health" focus, Jenny and Grant have pulled together a few mental health resources; we've got those listed below.
Our Patreon backer question this week is from Doug Hagler, who asks us about using a board game to introduce or set the scene for a tabletop roleplaying game. We struggle a bit with this one, admittedly, but we do manage to come up with a couple of ideas!
Then we settle into the main topic: Consequentialism, a philosophy we all know from that "the ends justify the means" adage. We describe it and address its shortcomings, then move on to how to use this idea in our games without ending up with unbearable characters! We also plug The Sci-Fi Christian along the way, which you should definitely be listening to as well.
Mental health resources:
Scripture: Joshua 1:7-9, John 11:47-50, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Episode 90 - The First Council of Nicaea (Historical Heresies 5)
Episode 89 - Arianism (Historical Heresies 4)
Episode 88 - Dark Dungeons and Lingering Pain (with Rev. Chris Ode)
Episode 87 - Healing and Injury
Episode 86 - Callings and Changes
Episode 85 - Designing Fantasy Pantheons (with James Wyatt)
Episode 84 - GM Problems
Episode 83 - Personal Horror (with Greg Stolze)
Episode 82 - Diaspora
Episode 81 - Fear
Episode 80 - Mechanical Morality Systems
Episode 79 - Character Advancement
Episode 78 - Listener Mailbag 1
Episode 77 - Surrender
Bonus Episode 8 - 2016 New Year's Resolutions
Episode 76 - Manichaeism (Historical Heresies, Part 3)
Episode 75 - Group Management
Episode 74 - The Myth of Redemptive Violence (with Rev. Derek White)
Episode 73 - Our Gaming Curriculum (Part 2)
Episode 72 - An Introduction to Gnosticism (Historical Heresies, Part 2)
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