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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 9304013" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>The biggest thing for me is to just not run the game in a way that rewards “profit motive”. Every campaign I run has one or more premise that inspires PCs that care about things, feel the call to heroism, and go do something about it. </p><p></p><p>If the power groups in the game are oppressive, then violent revolt is morally right in the face of that, so when that is the case, there’s nothing to square unless a PC starts hurting innocent people. </p><p></p><p>Like Han Solo wasn’t any less a good guy when he shot Greedo first. Greedo was there to either kill him or take him to be killed or enslaved. You shoot that guy before he can make his move. Kenobi’s dismemberment of the guy picking a fight is harder to justify, but he was threatening Luke’s life and we have no reason to doubt he’d follow through. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Right. Between the escaped slave pirates and the people who mutinied against violent psychopath captains and people who committed acts of piracy but weren’t committing atrocities, there’s a lot of room to play good people living bad lives, doing their best to do right by the people they care about. (Which is still true of criminals in general, but this thread gets pretty close to a depth of ethics discussion that can get problematic fast)</p><p></p><p>This. </p><p></p><p>I’d say shooting up a few minions <em>that are trying to kill you or take you to be killed or enslaved</em> or that are space fascist foot soldiers, just isn’t ethically a big deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 9304013, member: 6704184"] The biggest thing for me is to just not run the game in a way that rewards “profit motive”. Every campaign I run has one or more premise that inspires PCs that care about things, feel the call to heroism, and go do something about it. If the power groups in the game are oppressive, then violent revolt is morally right in the face of that, so when that is the case, there’s nothing to square unless a PC starts hurting innocent people. Like Han Solo wasn’t any less a good guy when he shot Greedo first. Greedo was there to either kill him or take him to be killed or enslaved. You shoot that guy before he can make his move. Kenobi’s dismemberment of the guy picking a fight is harder to justify, but he was threatening Luke’s life and we have no reason to doubt he’d follow through. Right. Between the escaped slave pirates and the people who mutinied against violent psychopath captains and people who committed acts of piracy but weren’t committing atrocities, there’s a lot of room to play good people living bad lives, doing their best to do right by the people they care about. (Which is still true of criminals in general, but this thread gets pretty close to a depth of ethics discussion that can get problematic fast) This. I’d say shooting up a few minions [I]that are trying to kill you or take you to be killed or enslaved[/I] or that are space fascist foot soldiers, just isn’t ethically a big deal. [/QUOTE]
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