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<blockquote data-quote="Gez" data-source="post: 25057" data-attributes="member: 1328"><p>Yes, it was evil. Killing someone painlessly is evil. Slowly ripping them in piece with at least a dozen axe blows is the only good behavior possible.</p><p></p><p>Sarcasm, of course. In a fantasy world, it is hard to consider execution evil, because in a fantasy world, you have unredeemable villains that <strong>must</strong> be killed (in the real world too, unless you're willing to spend a huge amount of the taxpayers' money in psychiatric help). So, killing people that have commited a wrong is not evil in itself, if the wrong was bad enough. However, respect for life (a definition of good, you remember) requires you to slay the most painlessly possible when you have to slay. So, the coup de grâce is the least evil way of killing. Simple. (Etymologically, coup de grâce is French for "merciful blow". You kill with mercy. The main purpose of a CdG is to finish a dying opponent so he don't suffer.)</p><p></p><p>However, allying with evil people is neutral at best, not good. Although you may make the "luck" part of Tymora kick in and consider that She allowed you to use these bad guys against the other bad guys.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Forrester Mode On</p><p>And, finally, slaying elves is an inherently good act that cannot be evil, whatever the way used. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gez, post: 25057, member: 1328"] Yes, it was evil. Killing someone painlessly is evil. Slowly ripping them in piece with at least a dozen axe blows is the only good behavior possible. Sarcasm, of course. In a fantasy world, it is hard to consider execution evil, because in a fantasy world, you have unredeemable villains that [b]must[/b] be killed (in the real world too, unless you're willing to spend a huge amount of the taxpayers' money in psychiatric help). So, killing people that have commited a wrong is not evil in itself, if the wrong was bad enough. However, respect for life (a definition of good, you remember) requires you to slay the most painlessly possible when you have to slay. So, the coup de grâce is the least evil way of killing. Simple. (Etymologically, coup de grâce is French for "merciful blow". You kill with mercy. The main purpose of a CdG is to finish a dying opponent so he don't suffer.) However, allying with evil people is neutral at best, not good. Although you may make the "luck" part of Tymora kick in and consider that She allowed you to use these bad guys against the other bad guys. Forrester Mode On And, finally, slaying elves is an inherently good act that cannot be evil, whatever the way used. :p [/QUOTE]
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