Appreciate all the feedback , I ' ll do the paperclip check once I ' m back home from the holiday and go to my LGS for a headspace check ! <| sep |> In stoic philosophy , there is a quote that seems appropriate . Enchirideon , Chapter 17 Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the author chooses , if short , then in a short one if long , then in a long one . If it be his pleasure that you should enact a poor man , see that you act it well or a cripple , or a ruler , or a private citizen . For this is your business , to act well the given part but to choose it , belongs to another . Stoics view life as a play , where you don ' t get a lot of choice in the scenery . You don ' t get to choose your body , or your world . But stoics think that the thing you do get to choose is how well you play the part you are given within the rules of this world . A game is a play within a play . You have a bit more control over your character in DD , but you are still constrained by the rules of the world and the whim of the DM . For example , a rule is that if you are playing a chaotic evil character , you can ' t go around doing good acts and still have that character be considered chaotic evil . If you are playing a chaotic evil character , a stoic would tell you that the ethical thing is to play the chaotic evil character to the best of your ability within the rules of the game . In the game world , playing by the rules , and playing fairly with the other players , is the ethical thing , even if it means raping , pillaging , and torturing an bunch of fictional beings .