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Emphasis added. You are the one placing significant weight on the word "good" as "morally right" and evil as "morally wrong". If someone is committing an evil, however necessary, is it not still an evil? The fact that it is justifiable does not change the nature of the act, does it? Now, in...

Are you saying that every judge or jury which has imposed the death penalty, and every person in the justice system who had a part in carrying it out believes taking a life to be morally correct? How about every soldier or police officer who has ever fired a weapon? I suggest, rather, that...

OK, a little more analysis. Since @Hussar's position on the other thread was that 20 hours is about right, I ignored anyone who has checked boxes in both 20 or below and 21 or higher, since they're OK at or above that level. They count as "undecided". 18 people have one or more checks in 20-...

What I see is no real consensus emerging. I also see a LOT of multi-picks, which suggests speed of leveling is not a big concern for many gamers. When the total percentages ad up to 144.91%, they aren't really meaningful. At present, 18.37 + 42.86 say 20 hours or less, so 61.23/144.91 =...

Two posts that sum up the positions. It's really too bad Hussar and Imaro could not discuss their respective views on alignment and come to a solution for this game, at this table. How unfortunate that the Barbarian must be Lawful if he has a single trait Hussar perceives as Lawful. Of...

One of the announced intentions of 3rd Ed was to speed up the levelling process. The exponential progression of the xp table in AD&D 1e and 2e meant levelling slowed considerably past the first few levels. By about 9th or 10th, where you refer to the game petering out, levels took a long time...

That's clearly so much more useful than assessing WHY he hasn't encountered the problem. Obviously, there could not be any tips we could learn from in a game where the crushing issue we see in ours never crops up.

Lots of different experiences here. If every encounter is against a small group of melee brutes, then I suppose it's pretty easy for the wizard to just hang back and cast spells. After the first time that Mama Bear wanders out from a side cave while the front line is engaging Papa Bear, the...

Even better, what if the Devil occupies a PC to speak to the rest of the PC's. You summoned me - I'm right here inside your companion whose voice I am using. What did you want to discuss?

Imaro already nailed it. Two orders with two different conceptions of Honour. Alignment does not dictate whether you may, or may not, use magical weapons. Of course, the fellow that disdains magical equipment (and gets mechanical bonuses instead) can't read the game rules to know that he...

Isn't appraise usable untrained? Aren't cotton and tobacco common, so I need to make a DC 12? Isn't (take) 10 + (INT bonus) 2 equal to 12? Going back to the speed of levelling we've been talking about, we're still at 10 sessions/level (note, Celebrim's rebuttal to this a few pages back...

None of this speaks to the honourable or dishonourable use of poison, though. It speaks to whether it is, or is not, tactically advantageous to the Paladin. Let us posit, then, a treasure of a Scabbard of Poison. The Paladin need merely sheathe his blade within that scabbard and, when he...

And in the D&D world there are LG and CG Deities who also disagree as to which alignment is best. And there are Neutral and Evil deities (with regards to Good/Evil) who have a different conception of welfare. Just as Hobgoblins and Hobbits have different values, so do the Hobgoblin Gods and...

Seems odd that they expect he'll walk into their trap, doesn't it? What if he used telepathy or that "moment out of time" trick to not only stall their attack, but offer a service, pushing them closer to the endgame? Seems like him playing dumb, meeting the arty on his terms but not noting...

"Kytons are humanlike devils, wrapped in chains instead of clothing. A chain devil is 6 feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds, chains included." Looks like he doesn't leave home without the chains, so he will have whatever you consider him to carry as "standard equipment". How does he get...

Well, one reference pemerton used was "a gift from the Gods", so I suppose he could just find it lying on his bedroll after a blissful dream of his deity's congratulations for serving the faith. Of course, that also seems like reinforcement that what he has done was consistent with his faith...

I'm obviously missing something, as it seems you are now saying 4e play is pretty much the same as Gygaxian skilled play, which I'm pretty sure is the opposite of what you intend to say. I can't speak for anyone else, but I think Gygaxian Skilled Play suggests that, if the players are clever...

As opposed to your very respectful references like cramming 20 minutes of fun into four hours? See above. "Incredibly tedious and boring" and "does not interest me in the slightest" aren't exactly complimentary of other peoples' play styles as well. Unfortunately, when we like one play...

By contrast, why would the Paladin find a Holy Sword held by a Cult of the Dark One? Why would they not seek to destroy such an affront, or if they lack the resources to destroy it, to hide it away that it might never be used to oppose their vile aims? Let's say the Paladin does take the...

OK, I'll put aside my reservations on real world ethical philosophy for the moment to pose one basic question. If the two have different viewpoints, which stand in radical opposition to each other, and it seems clear they do, and if they cannot both be correct - one must be right, and the other...