09-12-2009, 06:18 AM | #331 |
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Evil? More like Chaotic Stupid. And unsure. Wah, an NPC I've never seen and never will again is saying mean things, I have to prove him wrong! And punch him in the face. With magic.
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09-12-2009, 06:21 AM | #332 |
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No, that is out and out evil.
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09-12-2009, 06:30 AM | #333 |
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As reassuring as it would be if Evil was defined by pettiness, pride, shortsightedness, immaturity, bad temper, needing to prove yourself and disproportionate lust for revenge, I'm pretty sure those attributes can go with any alignment. >_>
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09-12-2009, 06:32 AM | #334 | |
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Shooting people with spells likely to kill them for no real cause is evil.
The difference between the alignments is how they act on those attritubes. Acting with extreme violence is evil. You can have pride and not be evil but putting your pride over the life of other people is pretty much the definition of evil. Having pride so ridiculously extreme is pretty evil. Let's quote the SRD: Quote:
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09-12-2009, 06:40 AM | #335 |
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I assumed a single spell wasn't going to do a lot of damage to anyone at this stage of the campaign. (At least not what looks like a high level wizard.) And the jerk was arguably not innocent . Obliging him is a good act in my book. . . it's just dumb cause he tries to resist doing it but can't.
Guess I'll wait to see what the spell does before judging.
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Not saying zapping the dude in the face with a lightning bolt wasn't evil, persay, just saying that pride, ego, and honor are the same exact thing--except killing someone over honor is usually a 'good' act so your argument as to WHY it was evil doesn't really stand up.
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I guess I would have to say that I would at least expect the paladin to give a warning first or organise some kind of duel or something not "I can handle the insult, I can handle the insult, BAM! You are dead!" I will concede that I possibly interpret the alignments different to other people. My players tend to load up on subdual damage options for a reason . |
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09-12-2009, 09:02 AM | #338 |
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V isn't known for Wisdom. He is still impatient and easily angered. And the guy provoked him for diamond dust. Saying every last action he's done (rather than the huge ones such as Familicide as well as saving O-Chul while invisible) is "evil or good" is kinda like making a mountain out of a molehill. He's Neutral. He's going to have good acts as well as bad acts. Right now, I don't see many good acts coming up for story purposes. But at least we get to see that his "conscience" (Blackwing) is going to be a staple of the party for the time being. |
09-12-2009, 10:10 AM | #339 |
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Remind me never to get on the bad side of you guys... Being short tempered doesn't justify murdering people based on that temper.
As for the balancing evil and good V's just been doing evil for a long while now. |
09-12-2009, 11:19 AM | #340 |
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I doubt the guys been murdered. Wouldn't it be likely that he has some type of shield but was still blasted off camera?
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