Is cannibalism (or rather, eating the flesh of sentient beings) inherently evil?
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Do you have an absolute moral Truth in your campaign?
If no, then your feasting is totally explained away using the magic of moral relativism.
If yes, what does the Truth say? This is your world: you make the Truth. (That is, the DM makes the Truth. Ask him. How would we know?)
Edit: Clarification
If no, then your feasting is totally explained away using the magic of moral relativism.
If yes, what does the Truth say? This is your world: you make the Truth. (That is, the DM makes the Truth. Ask him. How would we know?)
Edit: Clarification
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Draco Paladin
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We must be related.diaglo said:my ancestors ate Magellan.
Many cultures believe feeding upon the dead is a sign of respect. In some tribes in New Guinea, only your dearest relatives and friends are given the privilege of eating your corpse.
And isn't the Christian practice of communion a form of abstracted, ritualized Cannibalism? Eating the body of Christ and drinking His blood and all that.
So not only is cannibalism possibly not evil. In certain cases, it's arguably lawful, and good.
Aeolius
Adventurer
My first 3e PC was Nok, a portly half-orc bard with skills as a taxidermist and chef. Later in his development, I added a bloodied apron and masterwork meat cleavers to his arsenal, just for appearances.
I am reminded of a series of poems written by some friends and I, a couple of years back. Caution, if you are offended by religious irreverence, flatulence, or bad taste, do not click HERE
I am reminded of a series of poems written by some friends and I, a couple of years back. Caution, if you are offended by religious irreverence, flatulence, or bad taste, do not click HERE
Particle_Man
Explorer
Possible loophole:
You can't eat anyone you kill, because there is an implication that you killed him to eat him.
But, could Tribesman A hang around Tribesman B, and A eats all of B's kills and B eats all of A's kills? Would this be a way around the rule? Or is a tribesperson prohibited from eating anyone killed by any member of that tribe?
Oh, and has anyone played Kenzerco's Faerie Meat, the only 1:1 scale minuratures game?
You can't eat anyone you kill, because there is an implication that you killed him to eat him.
But, could Tribesman A hang around Tribesman B, and A eats all of B's kills and B eats all of A's kills? Would this be a way around the rule? Or is a tribesperson prohibited from eating anyone killed by any member of that tribe?
Oh, and has anyone played Kenzerco's Faerie Meat, the only 1:1 scale minuratures game?
randcortin
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Any Tribal member killing someone prohibits ALL Tribal members from eating the body. However, they have no problems eating those slain by non-tribal party members, as long as they do not do so with the intent of feeding the cannibal.
randcortin said:
In a typical D&D world, this isn't a tenet of faith, it's a testable scientific hypothesis. Clerics can Commune with Kord and get the yay or nay from the god himself, or Speak With Dead and find out if the dead person actually does want to be eaten. So it's easy enough to find out whether it's OK with Kord or not; if he is OK with it and somebody gives you trouble, you can just say "OK, let's go to the temple and ask him", settling the argument nicely. The only time you'd run into a conflict would be if he for some reason didn't want to express an opinion one way or another, in which case it's hard to argue you're doing what he wants.
randcortin
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You may have a good idea with Commune, but Speak with Dead wouldn't work. That spell uses the knowledge the body had when it was still alive. You aren't actually talking to the dead spirit.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
On Topic Hijack!
Two Cannibals are eating lunch Tribesman A says to the Tribesman B
"I don't like your wife"
Tribesman B replies
"well just eat the chips then!"
My ancestors were cannibals - and cannibal humor was part of the culture even back then (just ask the missionaries - oops you cant, but they were delicious). However even though openly practiced it was still frowned upon by the majority of people especially in peace times. SoI'd say its not evil maybe more neutral than anything...
(okay one more - what do vegetarian cannibals eat?
Swedes!
)
Particle_Man said:
Two Cannibals are eating lunch Tribesman A says to the Tribesman B
"I don't like your wife"
Tribesman B replies
"well just eat the chips then!"
My ancestors were cannibals - and cannibal humor was part of the culture even back then (just ask the missionaries - oops you cant, but they were delicious
). However even though openly practiced it was still frowned upon by the majority of people especially in peace times. SoI'd say its not evil maybe more neutral than anything...(okay one more - what do vegetarian cannibals eat?
Swedes!
)
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