I blame reading too much literary criticism

[nedlum]

A moment of silliness, if you please: Fantasy Roleplaying throughout the modern era:

The Renaissance: Adventurers confront orcs, and thereby prove themselves capable of human perfection.

The Counter-Reformation: Adventurers confront orcs after being hired by the Church to stamp out heresy. Orcs respond by writing pamphlets calling the Pope the

Comments

[satedbuffalo]

Now that is brilliance.

[greenintern]

Reformation: Adventurers nail 99 orcs to a church for running a protection racket?

I think that's a little too obvious/horrible.