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<blockquote data-quote="Carpe DM" data-source="post: 1829909" data-attributes="member: 677">This is a great way of putting the problem.&nbsp; As it appears in regular theology, all power must come from good (divine) or another *ahem* source.&nbsp; If the source is not good (divine), therefore, it must be *ahem*.&nbsp; Then certain power sources -- usually pacts and &quot;witchcraft&quot; -- are designated as &quot;not being divine.&quot;I have designed an entire area of my world where witches and heretics are relentlessly hunted by witchhunters and Inquisitors -- and here's the interesting bit: both sides are good, and the Inquisition isn't necessarily wrong.&nbsp; People can acquire power through dark pacts, which have horrible consequences for everyone around them -- and the Inquisition is the only thing that stands in the way. I think this dynamic is the key to truly interesting moral conflicts.&nbsp; Think the 100 years war, or any other conflict of cultures in which two &quot;lawful good&quot; countries go to war.&nbsp; Often it's over determinations of this sort: that one side is apostate from the worship of the true god.&nbsp; (Before more historians jump on me, I am aware that the 100 years war was not primarily a religious war).best,Carpe</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carpe DM, post: 1829909, member: 677"] This is a great way of putting the problem. As it appears in regular theology, all power must come from good (divine) or another *ahem* source. If the source is not good (divine), therefore, it must be *ahem*. Then certain power sources -- usually pacts and "witchcraft" -- are designated as "not being divine." I have designed an entire area of my world where witches and heretics are relentlessly hunted by witchhunters and Inquisitors -- and here's the interesting bit: both sides are good, and the Inquisition isn't necessarily wrong. People can acquire power through dark pacts, which have horrible consequences for everyone around them -- and the Inquisition is the only thing that stands in the way. I think this dynamic is the key to truly interesting moral conflicts. Think the 100 years war, or any other conflict of cultures in which two "lawful good" countries go to war. Often it's over determinations of this sort: that one side is apostate from the worship of the true god. (Before more historians jump on me, I am aware that the 100 years war was not primarily a religious war). best, Carpe [/QUOTE]

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