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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RigaMortus2" data-source="post: 872351" data-attributes="member: 11586">Very nice, but this wasn't the situation that was presented to me.  I thought you had him held or something?  Ok, so let me answer this new situation (although I already did in an earlier post).The enemy died to you in comabt.  He was a threat.  He knew what he was getting into, and he took the risk to attack you not knowing you would defeat him.  Luck was on your side and you ended up killing him.  You are not evil, you are not at fault.  You were defending yourself in combat, and he was a threat.A held opponent on the other hand is not a threat.  Especially if you have time to knock him out, disarm them or tie them up.Why are you attacking a helpless opponent who is no longer an immediate threat to you when you can just as easily disarm, knock out or tie him up?  Everything else at this point is moot, whether he survives or not.  Of course if he does survive, you have a chance to redeem yourself.  Whether you do so or not is up to you.Not necessarily.  You committed an evil act.  If this is how you normally conduct yourself with other beings, then you very well may be evil.  At the very least, you've taken one more step closer to the dark side.Funny, I think the opposite of you.  That your constant assumption is there is no other place to bring them and that death is the only way for them.  Personally, I wouldn't want to take the chance in killing them if there WAS a place to take these evil doers instead.  You seem to not care.  If there is a place to take them, who cares?  Just doesn't seem right to me.  Different play styles I guess.You you're getting it!  Hehe, just kidding...See, we just have different views.  I would give them the benefit of the doubt and and hope they learned their lessen.  That crime doesn't pay.  They should be lucky they are alive, because they were at my mercy.  Were I some twisted villain, they would not be alive now.  Maybe they will think of this next time they try and jump an unsuspecting adventurer.It's just a different way of looking at it I suppose.  Pessimist vs. Optimist.  I think the safer route (safer for your "soul" or you alignment) is to be optimistic and give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they see the error of their ways.  You believe they won't see the error of their ways, so you might as well kill them."An enemy deserves no mercy.  Mercy is for the weak.  A man confronts you on the street, in competition, he is the enemy.  An enemy deserves no mercy." - Sense Kreese, "The Karate Kid"</blockquote>

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