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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 866721" data-attributes="member: 4134">If you kill enemies in their sleep you're not fighting fair. You're underhanded. You do what it takes. Noone can dispute that.So you can saiy CdG is unfair. You can say it's dishonorable. You could go as far as saying it's a chaotic act. But it isn't inherently evil. If you can't beat the villain with honorable means, you must become dishonorable, lest he destroys the world on the next day.The situation isn't as black-or-white as you portray it: It depends on the kind of monsters we're taling about. If you kill a couple of humans without knowing what they're up to you kill without a firm reason and probably you commit an evil act.But fire giants and ogres? They're usually evil, the party might even have heard of no good ogres and fire giants to that day. I think it depends on the type of creature in question and on the campaign.If they would just let them go, they wouldn't behave very heroically, either: they'd be cowards not to inspect the matter. And again, it depends on the reputation of the race in question. It's not because they go on vacation, that's for sureSo the situation is almost exactly the same as before: we encounter monsters, and must depend on our own good judgement and the reputation of the involved races to make up our course. The fact that they're away from their usual climate doesn't change thatNow we must bring law and chaos into play: Bringing it before the local authorities would be a lawful act, taking it into our own hands a chaotic one.Yes, and Assassin is evil, but an assassin doesn't have to be. Killing people for money may not be a charity job, but it depends on what people you kill: Do you take every assignment or do you only kill the evil bastards?A sniper is no assassin, either: assassination is about the why, while sniping is about the how. A sniper kills from far away, unseen, without waring. Elves and halflings both use many snipers, and they aren't evil. Once again, it's about the why.You're right. Negative energy is just another weapon. Undeath and the undead, on the other hand, are considered inherently evil, cause it's a mockery of life.</blockquote>

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