Comment on “24 Petards to Be Roasted Upon (or, How to Be a Player)”

Even though you call this flawed, I still think it was a hell of a read.

You talk about how good human beings can be come good players, and good players must be good human beings. I think it's also possible for people to become good people by becoming good players -- which means that both bad D&D habits and bad personal habits deserve a second chance and slow but firm retraining, when a new player comes to the table. The selfish or narcissistic person might be able to gain open-mindedness or integrity by "practicing" those behaviors as part of successful gameplay.

Having written this, I remember reading about how role-playing is used in psychiatry or therapy to help people remove or modify behaviors, phobias, etc. So there's some basis for this. (Obviously I don't claim that joining a D&D group is a substitute for any needed professional attention.)

Thoughts?