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Do you get mad at people who say "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" for spoiling the plot of the Iliad? How old does a story have to be...

It’s not “the act of killing” that is evil. But nor is the intent to kill - or the intent to not kill. Both of those are irrelevant. It...

That reason, not intent. Not the same thing. If you kill to defend someone else, and that person does not die as a consequence, it...

We will just have to disagree about that, since it lets an awful lot of wrong-doers off the hook. If I skip safety checks because I...

If you punch someone, and they fall down, split their head open and die, then you have still committed an evil act, even if you did not...

How easily the party can take out a bunch of commoners is going to depend on the level of party. But that’s a strawman. The point is...

Which is, frankly, ridiculous. I write lawful good on my character sheet and go around eating babies. Do I go to heaven because my...

You have a gun. I have a bigger gun. If I try to “just leave” you will kill me. I’m powerful enough to win in a fight. I’m not powerful...

Sure, but they are wrong, so if they attack my cat person friend I am justified in killing them. And if they law doesn’t like it the law...

Not what the 2024 rules say. But you still haven’t explained what alignment actually is. Say my character is lawful good, am I incapable...

They have nothing to fear from the villagers. The authorities, they will deal with as and when it arises. The party aren’t going to...

I believe I said the PCs had little to fear from a lynch mob because they are capable of destroying the entire village. Not that they...

What does that even mean? People are robots, incapable of making moral choices? In 5e good and evil are optional personality traits...

By the entire village, I meant those involved in the lynch mob. Clearly killing anyone no involved would be morally wrong (although I...

People "intend" a lot of different and conflicting alternatives, and frequently change their minds. Intent is meaningless unless acted upon.