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<blockquote data-quote="Lord_Raven88" data-source="post: 3553915" data-attributes="member: 31975"><p><strong>Taint</strong></p><p>The reason I want to use taint is the Age of Despair is a time of darkness where many people were being hunted and persecuted, as such many honorable and good people who forced to commit dark acts just to survive or because they believed that what they were doing was right.</p><p></p><p>Partially this observation is based on the Legend of the Twins series especially when Caramon and Raistlan were captured by Steel-Toe. Up to that point Steel Toes bandits included many former Knights who felt that they had to do bad things to survive, as such they would have become tainted by their actions. When Caramon came along he gave them the chance to redeem themselves and to reclaim their honor.</p><p></p><p>I also gather that many people were burnt as witches and heretics during this time, and although the mobs probably felt justified in their actions they still would have been tainted by these.</p><p></p><p>~~~~</p><p></p><p>So I'll be using taint as a way of highlight peoples descent into darkness, and the fact that dark deeds (however they are justified) will leave an indelible mark upon you. You won't acquire taint by fighting (especially in self defense) however you would gain it for cruelty, torture, and slaughter to name a few.</p><p></p><p>Also instead of Detect Alignment, Prot form Alignment etc type spells we will be instead using Detect Taint, Protection from Taint, Smite Taint etc. People will still have alignments but these will only be guidelines as to how they then to act, thus it will be possible for a LG character to have taint but a LE character to have done. The difference depends on the type of actions they perform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord_Raven88, post: 3553915, member: 31975"] [b]Taint[/b] The reason I want to use taint is the Age of Despair is a time of darkness where many people were being hunted and persecuted, as such many honorable and good people who forced to commit dark acts just to survive or because they believed that what they were doing was right. Partially this observation is based on the Legend of the Twins series especially when Caramon and Raistlan were captured by Steel-Toe. Up to that point Steel Toes bandits included many former Knights who felt that they had to do bad things to survive, as such they would have become tainted by their actions. When Caramon came along he gave them the chance to redeem themselves and to reclaim their honor. I also gather that many people were burnt as witches and heretics during this time, and although the mobs probably felt justified in their actions they still would have been tainted by these. ~~~~ So I'll be using taint as a way of highlight peoples descent into darkness, and the fact that dark deeds (however they are justified) will leave an indelible mark upon you. You won't acquire taint by fighting (especially in self defense) however you would gain it for cruelty, torture, and slaughter to name a few. Also instead of Detect Alignment, Prot form Alignment etc type spells we will be instead using Detect Taint, Protection from Taint, Smite Taint etc. People will still have alignments but these will only be guidelines as to how they then to act, thus it will be possible for a LG character to have taint but a LE character to have done. The difference depends on the type of actions they perform. [/QUOTE]
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