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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Damon Griffin" data-source="post: 1745976" data-attributes="member: 3568">Hey, Max.  I was wondering when you'd chime in.I don't think it's being blown out of proportion; the number of times I've done it is only one part of the alignment drift question.  The other part being, am I willing to do it again.  Since the answer to that question is "Yes, if I think the situation calls for it" I consider it fair game for the discussion.Also, I did on one occasion have a group of three prisoners and I figured I only needed one of them to talk.  I asked the first one my questions and he predictably refused to answer.  So I killed him on the spot, turned to the second one and asked again.  Predictably, he DID answer.  (Our cleric wasn't around for this scenario and has never been told about it.)There is also some room for debate regarding my, um, expedient elimination of two ogre border guards when we were exploring Skopelos.  The local ogres had offered us no violence yet.  Of course, they didn't know we were around, and I was hoping to keep it that way. But thanks for supporting my contention that when I do go that route, there is generally some real time pressure involved.Oh, in to be fair I should also remind you that it hasn't happened since because our cleric extracted a promise from me NOT to engage in such behavior during the current mission.  Being chaotic, I could break my promise, but for the moment I consider that to be more trouble than benefit.  (As Max is aware, our party's cleric is played by my wife.)And I will have to introduce Vere to the concept of setting a thief to catch a thief.  Revealing that which is hidden to us may involve eavesdropping, moving silently, adopting disguises, becoming invisible or other forms of stealth.  She'll have to learn to look past the act and see the motivation behind it, and/or the consequences of letting our opponents and their plans remain hidden.EDITED TO ADD:  And remember, she doesn't HAVE a special purpose at this point.  If she does get one, it'll be her final stage of development, granting her one last power and a +4 EGO boost.  I think this must be akin to someone having an epiphany about their life's future work, or a calling to religious service.  "This is it, this is what I was born to do!"By the time she gets there, she should be able to make the distinction between "Reveal everything anyone has hidden for any reason" and "Reveal those things which, if they remain hidden, could threaten the innocent; reveal those things which, if uncovered, could benefit my friends without cost to the innocent."</blockquote>

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