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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 3696415" data-attributes="member: 3987">This is how I explain it...It's hard to kill people. Much of military training is overcoming this natural instinct not to kill your own kind. The more distance you can put between yourself and the target and the less emotionally connected with the concept of killing the easier it becomes, on you mentally.It's easier to shoot someone when they are a distant target in your cross hairs than it is to stick a knife between their ribs. It is easier to press a button to fire a missile at a tank from an airplane than it is to pull the trigger on a gun.Using the Force moves this emotional connection with the act another step but in the wrong direction. As a Jedi you can sense the life in all living things. When you use the force to kill or harm you are more involved in the act than if you used a blaster or even the lightsaber. This is why I more often than not I give a DSP for using the force to directly harm living creatures, but again some Force powers let you put more distance between yourself and the target. Force Grip and Force Slam are direct and I'll always give a DSP for using them on a living target.&nbsp; Move Object to drop a tank on someone you are indirectly using the force to cause harm, Force push someone over a cliff again it's indirect, I'm less likely to give you a darkside point. But again it depends on the circumstances, and how you are playing your character at the time.In earlier editions of the game we've given out DSP for almost any action if it was clear it was provoked by passion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 3696415, member: 3987"] This is how I explain it... It's hard to kill people. Much of military training is overcoming this natural instinct not to kill your own kind. The more distance you can put between yourself and the target and the less emotionally connected with the concept of killing the easier it becomes, on you mentally. It's easier to shoot someone when they are a distant target in your cross hairs than it is to stick a knife between their ribs. It is easier to press a button to fire a missile at a tank from an airplane than it is to pull the trigger on a gun. Using the Force moves this emotional connection with the act another step but in the wrong direction. As a Jedi you can sense the life in all living things. When you use the force to kill or harm you are more involved in the act than if you used a blaster or even the lightsaber. This is why I more often than not I give a DSP for using the force to directly harm living creatures, but again some Force powers let you put more distance between yourself and the target. Force Grip and Force Slam are direct and I'll always give a DSP for using them on a living target. Move Object to drop a tank on someone you are indirectly using the force to cause harm, Force push someone over a cliff again it's indirect, I'm less likely to give you a darkside point. But again it depends on the circumstances, and how you are playing your character at the time. In earlier editions of the game we've given out DSP for almost any action if it was clear it was provoked by passion. [/QUOTE]

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