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<blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 2897509" data-attributes="member: 1757">IIRC, the Buddhist doctrine of ahimsa (nonviolence) is at least 2500 years old, and, given the nature of religious philosophy, probably itself stems from even older (probably Hindu) doctrines. But that's getting into RW religion, so I guess we should steer clear. To get us back into D&amp;D-land: There's nothing really wrong with having a PC be unwilling to kill, but at the same time recognize that sometimes, it is necessary to kill. I doubt, for instance, that Sir Knight, a good-hearted and generous man, is happy that his horse craps in the city streets, thereby adding to the dirt and dust of the cityscape and making the street-cleaners have to work harder. But he does need to ride on something. Regrettable necessity is a fine justification for violence. If anything, I'd never allow a character who preferentially took the violent approach to solving problems to have a good alignment IMC. Enjoy carving up goblins? Feel like they deserve it for being nasty creatures? Get a kick out of riding forth and doing battle with the minions of evil? Don't believe in trying to stem the flood of violence, but instead revel in battle after battle against all foes about whom you're worried might be a threat to civilization? Wonderful. Welcome to alignment Chaotic Neutral.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ruleslawyer, post: 2897509, member: 1757"] IIRC, the Buddhist doctrine of [i]ahimsa[/i] (nonviolence) is at least 2500 years old, and, given the nature of religious philosophy, probably itself stems from even older (probably Hindu) doctrines. But that's getting into RW religion, so I guess we should steer clear. To get us back into D&D-land: There's nothing really wrong with having a PC be [i]unwilling[/i] to kill, but at the same time recognize that sometimes, it is [i]necessary[/i] to kill. I doubt, for instance, that Sir Knight, a good-hearted and generous man, is [i]happy[/i] that his horse craps in the city streets, thereby adding to the dirt and dust of the cityscape and making the street-cleaners have to work harder. But he does need to ride on [i]something[/i]. Regrettable necessity is a fine justification for violence. If anything, I'd never allow a character who [i]preferentially[/i] took the violent approach to solving problems to have a good alignment IMC. Enjoy carving up goblins? Feel like they deserve it for being nasty creatures? Get a kick out of riding forth and doing battle with the minions of evil? Don't believe in trying to stem the flood of violence, but instead revel in battle after battle against all foes about whom you're worried [i]might[/i] be a threat to civilization? Wonderful. Welcome to alignment Chaotic Neutral. [/QUOTE]

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