A Lame Question

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Wow.

A bard, a chipmunk, fifteen corgies, two fighters, and a paladin walk into a bar. The chipmunk explodes and then the paladin takes out the bard in a fit of pique while he's blinded by chipmunk guts. Does he lose his powers?"

Well. Probably. Doesn't really matter who is involved, a senseless murder remains so.

--fje

 

[Dog Moon]

Depends. Did she walk in on them and in her rage kill them? If so, that's a crime a passion and they weren't thinking logically. Thus, she isn't evil.

If she left and then worked out a way to kill them, that's premeditated murder and that could be construed as being evil because he doesn't quite deserve to die for that.

I believe that with or without the daughter there, it is as I have just stated, though in the second case, the mother is definitely evil and quite cruel because the daughter doesn't need to see that.

 

[Bartmanhomer]

Think about it - chaotic people are all about personal freedom. "I don't want to be tied down by someone" is a perfectly chaotic statement.

Lawful people tend to be loyal - a lawful person wouldn't want to break his vows of marriage.

You got a point I could see that!

 

[fafhrd]

:\ This thread reads like a group chat with Dr. Sbaitso or ZolaOnAol.

 

[Michael Silverbane]

Depends. Did she walk in on them and in her rage kill them? If so, that's a crime a passion and they weren't thinking logically. Thus, she isn't evil.

If she left and then worked out a way to kill them, that's premeditated murder and that could be construed as being evil because he doesn't quite deserve to die for that.

I believe that with or without the daughter there, it is as I have just stated, though in the second case, the mother is definitely evil and quite cruel because the daughter doesn't need to see that.

It it clear that from the first post, the murdering cleric is not evil, as her alignment is stated as being neutral. She definitely commited an evil act... But again, "a single act does not an alignment make."

People are whatever alignment they are... And, based on that alignment, they will tend to act a certain way. That is, you could probably predict, in general terms, what someone with a specific alignment will do in any given situation with some amount of certainty. However, alignment measures a tendancy. It does not dictate actions. So, it is perfectly reasonable to expect that, given the proper motivation, a neutral (or even good) person will commit the occassional evil act. And... so long as their class does not specifically prohibit them from taking such an act... they should be perfectly free to do so without any sort of metagame repercussions. What sort of in character consequences befall them, however, are pretty much entirely up to the DM and the circumstances leading up to and following from the act.

Later
silver

 

[Bartmanhomer]

Just how of curiousity, just how do you think the daughter would react her mother killing the father and the other woman?

 

[Starman]

D. All of the above

 

[kanithardm]

How could they have a daughter if they were "neutered"

 

[shilsen]

People are whatever alignment they are...

Until and unless their alignment changes.