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<blockquote data-quote="Patlin" data-source="post: 1519986" data-attributes="member: 17264">I voted &quot;run away&quot; but it does of course depend on the circumstances.&nbsp; If the big bad unstopable monster was attacking me, I'd run.&nbsp; If he was attacking an innocent, I probably wouldn't.&nbsp; I sometimes feel constrained by my concept of right and wrong to act in ways that are clearly unwise.I remember one game (might have been a runemaster campaign) in which the party was heading through town at night and we happened to see a vampire jump somebody, probably a bum in an alley, if I recall correctly.&nbsp; I immediately opened fire, even though the other players complained loudly that we had no chance to survive.&nbsp; A vampire attacking a victim is just a shoot-on-sight scenario for me.In another game, my first level AD&amp;D character was confronted 1 on 1 by a Balor.&nbsp; The DM appeared willing to give me a chance... the Balor demanded to know whether I was evil, apparently wanting to conscript me into service.&nbsp; It seemed to me that answering &quot;yes&quot; to that particular question under those circumstances would have made the answer true.&nbsp; I answered &quot;no&quot; and was a smear on the floor seconds later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patlin, post: 1519986, member: 17264"] I voted "run away" but it does of course depend on the circumstances. If the big bad unstopable monster was attacking me, I'd run. If he was attacking an innocent, I probably wouldn't. I sometimes feel constrained by my concept of right and wrong to act in ways that are clearly unwise. I remember one game (might have been a runemaster campaign) in which the party was heading through town at night and we happened to see a vampire jump somebody, probably a bum in an alley, if I recall correctly. I immediately opened fire, even though the other players complained loudly that we had no chance to survive. A vampire attacking a victim is just a shoot-on-sight scenario for me. In another game, my first level AD&D character was confronted 1 on 1 by a Balor. The DM appeared willing to give me a chance... the Balor demanded to know whether I was evil, apparently wanting to conscript me into service. It seemed to me that answering "yes" to that particular question under those circumstances would have made the answer true. I answered "no" and was a smear on the floor seconds later. [/QUOTE]

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