Do politics have a place on the table top?

Do politics have a place on the table top?

Literally everything is politics and if you're not a progressive you're on the wrong side of history.

If your group likes politics.

this and if it's well done and not super obvious (aka baddie named drumpf)

Fictional politics, yes.

Contemporary politics, no. I want to be able to cast "Wall of Stone" without it prompting a twenty minute debate.

Wall of Stone seems like one of those spells that can be used in a lot of cool ways.

Occasional this.

>Fictional politics, yes.
But usually this.

Generally it is better to leave the IRL stuff out of your "playing pretend" time.

Before this thread derails into complete shit, I'll try to steer it towards a discussion that's not 100% /pol/-bait.

Have any of you folks ever played a character that firmly holds political opinions you the player think is wrong? Have you had to make any decisions corresponding to that character's worldviews that you would never make irl?

It seems exactly like the unique type of thing a TTRPG can offer that almost nobody capitalizes on. I tried once and failed miserably.

>mfw this baiting shitpost doesn't know it, but it's actually right

>I'm going to cast a wall and make the rogue pay for it

The PC's in my game have hit the high level portion recently and I considered having their group face basically "run for office" as they're famous and powerful enough to be considered