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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Cashel" data-source="post: 45474" data-attributes="member: 321">In a game of D&amp;D?&nbsp; Sure you can...alignments are not only (imaginary) moral absolutes, but they are also tangible and forceful energies of the (imaginary) cosmos; hence the existence of celestials, demons, devils, etc.In the real world, I agree.&nbsp; However, since we're talking about the (imaginary) alignment system of D&amp;D, I'd say characters do it all the time.&nbsp; &quot;Power Word, Kill&quot; is a really disturbing thought, almost as bad as &quot;Death Spell&quot; or a PC hacking someone to pieces with a greatsword.Lucky it's just a game.Speaking of which, does anybody (who accepts the alignment system as a part of D&amp;D) have an opinion about what alignment allows you to do?&nbsp; What it doesn't allow you to do?I was playing one of the NG characters...I thought we should heal them, give them food and mundane weapons, and send them packing.&nbsp; However, we had to do something else with the evil characters, since they were most likely to hurt us or others in the future....The Zhentarim mage who popped out, called us all pitiful, and fried all the prisoners...now he was evil...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Cashel, post: 45474, member: 321"] In a game of D&D? Sure you can...alignments are not only (imaginary) moral absolutes, but they are also tangible and forceful energies of the (imaginary) cosmos; hence the existence of celestials, demons, devils, etc. In the real world, I agree. However, since we're talking about the (imaginary) alignment system of D&D, I'd say characters do it all the time. "Power Word, Kill" is a really disturbing thought, almost as bad as "Death Spell" or a PC hacking someone to pieces with a greatsword. Lucky it's just a game. Speaking of which, does anybody (who accepts the alignment system as a part of D&D) have an opinion about what alignment allows you to do? What it doesn't allow you to do? I was playing one of the NG characters...I thought we should heal them, give them food and mundane weapons, and send them packing. However, we had to do something else with the evil characters, since they were most likely to hurt us or others in the future.... The Zhentarim mage who popped out, called us all pitiful, and fried all the prisoners...now [i]he[/i] was evil... [/QUOTE]

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