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<blockquote data-quote="Chupacabra" data-source="post: 2487273" data-attributes="member: 17708">Here's the situation:My party (all good-aligned) sees a wounded traveler on the roadside.&nbsp; He tells us that he was beset by bandits.&nbsp; A short time later, we encounter the same said bandits.&nbsp; The bandits get the drop on us and basically tell us to &quot;stand and deliver&quot; i.e. surrender and give up your gold.&nbsp; My neutral good level 1 wizard starts to cast a spell and gets a crossbow bolt in the side for his troubles from the spokeman/leader of the bandits.&nbsp; So I get tagged with the first blood.&nbsp; Next round, combat begins in earnest.&nbsp; I get off a sleep spell which KO's one bad guys who has wounded one of my comrades.&nbsp; Next round (still in the middle of combat) I go up to the sleeping bad guy and I declare a coup de grace.&nbsp; The DM as well as half of the players at the party say that this is an evil act: killing a defenseless opponent instead of taking him prisoner.&nbsp; Am I missing something?The guy's buddy just shot me in the lungs and the guy himself just tagged my companion in the head with an axe and now I have to take him prisoner just because I managed to put him to sleep?So what's your thought?&nbsp; Is a coup de grace an evil act?&nbsp; Sometimes?&nbsp; Never?&nbsp; All the time?&nbsp; Lemme know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chupacabra, post: 2487273, member: 17708"] Here's the situation: My party (all good-aligned) sees a wounded traveler on the roadside. He tells us that he was beset by bandits. A short time later, we encounter the same said bandits. The bandits get the drop on us and basically tell us to "stand and deliver" i.e. surrender and give up your gold. My neutral good level 1 wizard starts to cast a spell and gets a crossbow bolt in the side for his troubles from the spokeman/leader of the bandits. So I get tagged with the first blood. Next round, combat begins in earnest. I get off a sleep spell which KO's one bad guys who has wounded one of my comrades. Next round (still in the middle of combat) I go up to the sleeping bad guy and I declare a coup de grace. The DM as well as half of the players at the party say that this is an evil act: killing a defenseless opponent instead of taking him prisoner. Am I missing something? The guy's buddy just shot me in the lungs and the guy himself just tagged my companion in the head with an axe and now I have to take him prisoner just because I managed to put him to sleep? So what's your thought? Is a coup de grace an evil act? Sometimes? Never? All the time? Lemme know. [/QUOTE]

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