I meant that TSR's Code of Conduct when they began publishing the Realms, prohibited evil winning and all mention of fratricide, torture, rape, incest or any darker moment of human behavior; everything had to be "brightened up."
I did NOT mean that FR life was grim.
#realmslore
Would love to know what @TheEdVerse meant by "his own version of the Forgotten Realms, as run in his personal campaign, is much darker than published versions." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgot…
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Loved your works I remember being a teenager reading the 2nd edition FR books back and forth even though I didn't had a group to play with.
Does this code of conduct has something to do with the infamous Comics Code Authority?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics…
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It was TSR's version. Back then, what Jim Ward called "Angry Mothers From Heck" loudly calling for the banning of D&D as "Satanic" was a real thing that the company was afraid of. So there had to be nothing in the game to give real ammunition to the would-be banners.
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