D&D 5E (2014) Is he evil?

[nightwind1]

It was cold blood. The bouncer was unarmed and surrendering.

 

[Corwin]

Nah.

cold–blood·ed
Pronunciation: \ˈkōl(d)-ˈblə-dəd\
Function: adjective
1 a: done or acting without consideration, compunction, or clemency <cold–blooded murder> b: matter-of-fact, emotionless <a cold–blooded assessment>

Not in my opinion, at least.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Shasarak]

Ok, sure, but then that just transforms the question to, "Do you have a moral obligation to accept someone's surrender, or can you just kill someone in cold blood?"

And if Danny Glover has taught me nothing, just because a bad guy wants to surrender does not mean you let him.

A Good person would not risk another innocent being attacked by this so called Bouncer!

 

[Corwin]

Update- saw your post- even with your added definition, it is still cold blooded. It was an act without compunction or clemency; pretty much the definition of it (I surrender! No, you die.) But you're free to disagree.

I appreciate you continuing to give me these permissions. And I will take you up on it. I do disagree. And I guarantee I'm not the only one. I know this because we have countless pages of people saying as much. We are talking about a rash decision made in the moments following a heated battle where the bouncer pulled a deadly weapon. No. Your definition of cold-blooded is overly broad as far as I'm concerned. And ill applied.

 

[Shasarak]

Actually if it was a dagger the bouncer had used, a weapon which is designed only to kill, I think the situation is different. He had a sword. A sword can be used to parry. A sword can be wielded like a club using only the flat of the blade to strike. While I do think that an actual club is a far better weapon for a bouncer I don't think that just because he used a sword means deadly intent.

Actually you have it backwards: A Dagger can have many uses then as a weapon while a Sword is created for only one purpose.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Corwin]

But, opinions are like ... noses. Everyone has one.

Voldemort, Davy Jones, and the Red Skull all find your comment insensitive.

 

[lowkey13]

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[BookBarbarian]

The original topic has been exhausted.

I have not found any words in this thread that I agree with more.

After catching up with the last couple of pages of posts I admit to throwing out red herrings, albeit unintentionally. These obviously did not contribute to the discussion at hand and have in fact caused a lot of pointless back and forth. And perhaps back and forth again. And perhaps sideways and up and down. I apologize.