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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6190476" data-attributes="member: 13107">Heh, I've seen that sort of example too.&nbsp; We had an interrogation, and my character rolled very high on his interrogation check, which we role played as really freaking out the NPC.&nbsp; We got the information we needed, but the NPC was scared out of his wits.A moment later, we got into a PC discussion about what to do.&nbsp; Actually, a bit of an argument.&nbsp; No-one said they were watching the prisoner; the GM had him bolt, which we all thought was entirely reasonable.Spot checks all around.&nbsp; The Druid makes hers, and sic's her panther animal companion on the poor fleeing prisoner.&nbsp; Without thinking at all of the likely consequences.&nbsp; One round later, the prisoner was slashed to death.I find such cases hard to judge.&nbsp; The action was harmful, but clear intent is missing.&nbsp; Legally, the person in either case would be guilty of some degree of murder.&nbsp; Alignment wise, if they realize what they did and have their character be remorseful, I'm not sure what that means.Partly, there is a problem of the game sometimes getting in the way of empathizing with one's character.&nbsp; The game is played to have fun, and has a greater or lesser degree of abstraction, and a lot of folks often don't want to be bothered with these sorts of details.&nbsp; I suppose the sort of game you are playing will say how to handle this issue.Thx!TomB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 6190476, member: 13107"] Heh, I've seen that sort of example too. We had an interrogation, and my character rolled very high on his interrogation check, which we role played as really freaking out the NPC. We got the information we needed, but the NPC was scared out of his wits. A moment later, we got into a PC discussion about what to do. Actually, a bit of an argument. No-one said they were watching the prisoner; the GM had him bolt, which we all thought was entirely reasonable. Spot checks all around. The Druid makes hers, and sic's her panther animal companion on the poor fleeing prisoner. Without thinking at all of the likely consequences. One round later, the prisoner was slashed to death. I find such cases hard to judge. The action was harmful, but clear intent is missing. Legally, the person in either case would be guilty of some degree of murder. Alignment wise, if they realize what they did and have their character be remorseful, I'm not sure what that means. Partly, there is a problem of the game sometimes getting in the way of empathizing with one's character. The game is played to have fun, and has a greater or lesser degree of abstraction, and a lot of folks often don't want to be bothered with these sorts of details. I suppose the sort of game you are playing will say how to handle this issue. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]

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