LORD, what about Labrynth with David Bowie?!!! WOO! that would chap some soccer mom-A$%
I have one of the fancy artsy copies of that movie poster framed in my living room

That movie was great... I vote on drugged fruits for everyone!
Oh wait, we already have apples that remove curses and a fruit bowl that acts as a bless! Where's the big stink over that?!
Seriously, just because "drugs" or whatever you'd like to call them have a negative effect on real life doesn't mean that they aren't a valid part of roleplay, or even a valid part of the game as a whole.
If you're that sensitive that you demand to be sheltered from something as tame as a pipeweed then perhaps a game where you can already
murder people, skin animals, cut open monster's skulls, be blown up, collect body parts, have your clothes stripped off by pelvic-thrusting satyrs and scantily-clad dryads, and all that fun stuff... is just not for you.
And to be honest, what do you think potions are? Magical water? No! It's ground up
HERBS that you drink to produce an effect! We eat petals for different effects!
Ale? Technically, the government considers alcohol a 'drug', so what of it? Heck, there are alcoholics in real life, so do you want to make that argument that it's just too offensive to have drunkeness in-game?
Did you know that caffeine is actually regulated as to how much of it can be in an item? Redbull legal to possess, but
illegal to sell, in some countries! Sugary goodness accounts for alot of why there's such an obesity problem in the world... obesity is an epidemic, care to remove candy from the game?
It's reaching, I'm aware, and I'm being sarcastic if you cannot tell, but honestly, where does it end?
I understand that someone may not want the game to become like
"Trainspotting Online" or something, and it doesn't need to be. But there needs to be a
logical conversation here about the difference between what's considered
obscene and
acceptable in the realm of medieval fantasy.
I normally don't rant in such a fashion, but when it's gotten to the point that we need to cater to every individuals sensitivity, no matter how big or small, where does it end?
If you dislike it, I strongly suggest you go watch LOTR and watch Merry and Pippin closely. Still think that pipeweed equates to heroin? If it did, there wouldn't have been any Hobbits with will enough to destroy the ring
Besides, no one is saying it needs to be a 'hard drug', really. There are perfectly legal different scents and flavors of tobacco in reality... why not have those cast different effects? Or are cigarettes off limits, too?
And you know what? I
am a cool kid...Lemme tell you what I've been on a energy drink kick for awhile and I'm
tweakin' from it!
