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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 4061598" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>Okay because sometimes I get the feeling that players feel that there should be two sets of rules on how things work one for the NPC and one for the PCs. </p><p></p><p>I still think that the party needs to discuss how to handle prisoners. The warlock was in the wrong to take matters into his own hands. That is lone wolf behavior and can cause a lot of party tensions.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it is evil to kill a prisoner in some situations. If a prisoners tries to escape and gets killed that is not evil it is a risk that the prisoners accepts when he tries to escape. </p><p></p><p>I do think it is evil to kill a prisoner who agrees to cooperate and then does and then the party kills him because they don't know what to do with the prisoner.</p><p></p><p>Pladins often get screwed with this. According to a lot of people they are required to accept a surrender even when they know that they are in no postion to handle a prisoner. And if they don't accept the surrender thay may lose their abilities but if they do accept it then they are put in the postion of endangering the mission they are on. It is a no win scenero for the paladin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 4061598, member: 9037"] Okay because sometimes I get the feeling that players feel that there should be two sets of rules on how things work one for the NPC and one for the PCs. I still think that the party needs to discuss how to handle prisoners. The warlock was in the wrong to take matters into his own hands. That is lone wolf behavior and can cause a lot of party tensions. I don't think it is evil to kill a prisoner in some situations. If a prisoners tries to escape and gets killed that is not evil it is a risk that the prisoners accepts when he tries to escape. I do think it is evil to kill a prisoner who agrees to cooperate and then does and then the party kills him because they don't know what to do with the prisoner. Pladins often get screwed with this. According to a lot of people they are required to accept a surrender even when they know that they are in no postion to handle a prisoner. And if they don't accept the surrender thay may lose their abilities but if they do accept it then they are put in the postion of endangering the mission they are on. It is a no win scenero for the paladin. [/QUOTE]
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