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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 5707843" data-attributes="member: 6957">From a religious standpoint Dominate is an abrogation of free will, and therefor evil.The question beyond that is how does it compare to some of the alternatives - torture, durance, and death?For sins in their own right the use of Dominate is an aggravation - to use Dominate to steal adds to the sin.To use Dominate to force another to commit a sin is to bear the sin upon the caster's shoulders. The sin was not made by the sinner's free will, there was no point of decision, save on the part of the caster.To prevent pain and suffering it becomes more grey - but the sin is still born by the caster, though of a lesser stain.To resist against a sin, in game terms 'making a Will save' there is virtue, most especially when the caster is urging the victim to commit a sin for which the victim hols temptation.The Auld Grump, who has been reading Thomas of Aquinas again....</blockquote>