Fanaelialae
Legend
I include being forced under duress as falling under the auspices of an unwilling act. Obviously, this requires that the threat is a legitimate one. An ordinary kobold threatening a level 20 paladin is almost certainly not duress, unless perhaps it has a dagger to the throat of an innocent. A CR13 dragon threatening a lone level 7 paladin is most certainly duress, as the dragon can easily kill the paladin with hardly any effort, and there's likely to be nothing the paladin can do about it.
I do not consider being forced to do something as a willing act, and I find the notion preposterous. It's that exact mentality wherefrom people end up blaming the victim rather than the perpetrator (aka the person who is ACTUALLY to blame). You cannot be forced to do something willingly. Forced and willingly are opposed at a conceptual level.
I do not consider being forced to do something as a willing act, and I find the notion preposterous. It's that exact mentality wherefrom people end up blaming the victim rather than the perpetrator (aka the person who is ACTUALLY to blame). You cannot be forced to do something willingly. Forced and willingly are opposed at a conceptual level.