From:	Eve Forward <lutra@******.COM>
Subject:	Re: POLL--PLEASE REPLY
Date:	Thu, 10 Aug 1995 18:28:27 -0700

>>>I do want to point out, in Marc's letter, he did say: "Both situations
were a
simple example of someone angrily exerting power over another when they knew
they could get away with it." So at least he is aware of the difference.<<

Yes, that's true, and I did see that. I wasn't criticizing per se: it was
just that I thought the idea of grapically role-playing out a rape to be
horrific. I'm all for a bit of descriptive gore but it's usually one-sentence
things like, "Ooh, that's a lot of damage. Ok, your sword cleaves straight
through his neck and he has time for a single startled look before his
head tumbles off and smacks into the ground." I wouldn't go into the
long agonizing process it would take for someone to die of, say, impalement.

Anybody else do gorey descriptive interpretations when damage finally
kills an NPC?

-E