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Warlock, Hex, and Short Rests: The Bag of Rats Problem
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7030901" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>I'd say 3B. It may or may not be a problem for your group, depending on whether you want modern or historic sensibilities.</p><p></p><p>Historically, there were plenty of benevolent magicians and priests who sacrificed small animals for their rites. Heck, going back to Old Testament times, Hebrews were expected to sacrifice lambs on a regular basis, if they could afford it. As recently as 1993, there was a case argued before the US Supreme Court (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Lukumi_Babalu_Aye_v._City_of_Hialeah" target="_blank">Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah</a>), so it's not even remote history or backwater areas (depending on your view of Florida) where the bag-o-rats might be seen as no big deal.</p><p></p><p>That said, this sort of behavior does tend to offend modern Western sensibilities and most modern fantasy, whether D&D games or novels, tend to project the outlook of the authors/participants onto a psuedo-medieval canvas. As a DM, I have a standing practice of being the final arbiter of what is good/evil and law/chaos, just to avoid any sort of religious/political arguments at the table. I would feel perfectly comfortable ruling that a Warlock who made daily living sacrifices to his infernal patron is at least non-good, if not dancing around evil.</p><p></p><p>I'd also have no problem seeing him as a perfectly acceptable, if somewhat creepy, side-kick in a Conan movie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7030901, member: 5100"] I'd say 3B. It may or may not be a problem for your group, depending on whether you want modern or historic sensibilities. Historically, there were plenty of benevolent magicians and priests who sacrificed small animals for their rites. Heck, going back to Old Testament times, Hebrews were expected to sacrifice lambs on a regular basis, if they could afford it. As recently as 1993, there was a case argued before the US Supreme Court ([URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Lukumi_Babalu_Aye_v._City_of_Hialeah"]Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah[/URL]), so it's not even remote history or backwater areas (depending on your view of Florida) where the bag-o-rats might be seen as no big deal. That said, this sort of behavior does tend to offend modern Western sensibilities and most modern fantasy, whether D&D games or novels, tend to project the outlook of the authors/participants onto a psuedo-medieval canvas. As a DM, I have a standing practice of being the final arbiter of what is good/evil and law/chaos, just to avoid any sort of religious/political arguments at the table. I would feel perfectly comfortable ruling that a Warlock who made daily living sacrifices to his infernal patron is at least non-good, if not dancing around evil. I'd also have no problem seeing him as a perfectly acceptable, if somewhat creepy, side-kick in a Conan movie. [/QUOTE]
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