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<blockquote data-quote="ChampionoftheTriad" data-source="post: 7729009" data-attributes="member: 17710"><p>There is a similar issue with the various d20 Star Wars games. As written, the rules for accumulating Dark Side points were problematic. Things like killing a person are cumulative, so that any soldier would automatically be a Dark Side NPC after several sessions. Of course, it's based on heroic stories where the good guys "don't kill undeserving people". Except, they do, we just don't see it on screen. Just fiery explosions...</p><p></p><p>We had to judge various "evil" acts in regards to the impact on a character's "soul", relative to previous acts. In other words, does the tenth killing of a sapient being impact as heavily as the first? And what happens if you give the order to destroy a ship? Ships in Star Wars can have tens of thousands on board. Are all ship Captains who have been in war Dark Side NPCs?</p><p></p><p>Difficult to RP a slow fall when a single adventure can push a PC over the edge. In fact, by the rules, Anakin would have fallen to the Dark Side after he slaughtered the Sand People...</p><p></p><p>Didn't mean to derail your Tolkien discussion with so much Star Wars, it's just the only experience I have with "Shadow".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChampionoftheTriad, post: 7729009, member: 17710"] There is a similar issue with the various d20 Star Wars games. As written, the rules for accumulating Dark Side points were problematic. Things like killing a person are cumulative, so that any soldier would automatically be a Dark Side NPC after several sessions. Of course, it's based on heroic stories where the good guys "don't kill undeserving people". Except, they do, we just don't see it on screen. Just fiery explosions... We had to judge various "evil" acts in regards to the impact on a character's "soul", relative to previous acts. In other words, does the tenth killing of a sapient being impact as heavily as the first? And what happens if you give the order to destroy a ship? Ships in Star Wars can have tens of thousands on board. Are all ship Captains who have been in war Dark Side NPCs? Difficult to RP a slow fall when a single adventure can push a PC over the edge. In fact, by the rules, Anakin would have fallen to the Dark Side after he slaughtered the Sand People... Didn't mean to derail your Tolkien discussion with so much Star Wars, it's just the only experience I have with "Shadow". [/QUOTE]
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