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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1842041" data-attributes="member: 707">To me, this is just semantics.&nbsp; In either case, you're making the gnolls helpless, and then killing them.&nbsp; The only difference is that in your scenario,t he gnolls are aware of you and (theoretically) have a chance to surrender.&nbsp; Of course, you know that the gnolls won't surrender, or if they do it'll be a facade used to get them far enough away from you to continue about their business.&nbsp; But by taking away their weapons then waking them up at swordpoint, it makes you feel better about what you've done.&nbsp; &quot;Hey, we didn't kill them while they were sleeping!&quot;A PC that believes every gnoll he comes across can or will be redeemed isn't Exalted, he's stupid.&nbsp; An Exalted PC will, when he sees signs of compassion in a young gnoll pup, do his best to see to it that the gnoll's compassion might be nurtured into something more, allowing the gnoll to lead a good life.&nbsp; When he's presented with a gnoll who shows signs he might change, then he acts on those signs.But he doesn't shy away from killing any gnoll because of the off-chance 1 gnoll in a million might not be as evil as the others, even if he's never seen any sign of it in any gnoll he's ever laid eyes on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 1842041, member: 707"] To me, this is just semantics. In either case, you're making the gnolls helpless, and then killing them. The only difference is that in your scenario,t he gnolls are aware of you and (theoretically) have a chance to surrender. Of course, you know that the gnolls won't surrender, or if they do it'll be a facade used to get them far enough away from you to continue about their business. But by taking away their weapons then waking them up at swordpoint, it makes you feel better about what you've done. "Hey, we didn't kill them while they were sleeping!" A PC that believes every gnoll he comes across can or will be redeemed isn't Exalted, he's stupid. An Exalted PC will, when he sees signs of compassion in a young gnoll pup, do his best to see to it that the gnoll's compassion might be nurtured into something more, allowing the gnoll to lead a good life. When he's presented with a gnoll who shows signs he might change, then he acts on those signs. But he doesn't shy away from killing [i]any[/i] gnoll because of the off-chance 1 gnoll in a million might not be as evil as the others, even if he's never seen any sign of it in any gnoll he's ever laid eyes on. [/QUOTE]

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