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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1332291" data-attributes="member: 63">I'm torn here.&nbsp; I once had an NPC who hated mind-control, having been dominated for quite a while, and having had friends die because of mind-control.&nbsp; To her, yes, it is morally better to beat someone into unconsciousness if they're endangering you than it is to dominate them.&nbsp; It may be harder to fight them, but often the more difficult act is the more morally decent one.On the other hand, if you replaced dominate with sleep, then no, I'd hardly say forcing someone to sleep is evil.&nbsp; You could use the defense, &quot;Hey, if I could've simply put him to sleep to stop the fight, I would have, but all I had that could stop him without hurting anyone was dominate.&quot;&nbsp; If you only use the dominate spell for the minimum amount of time, stopping hostilities, removing immediate threats, tying up the badguys and then dropping the spell, then I don't consider it any more evil than beating someone into unconsiousness.But the moment you go from 'stop them from hurting me' to 'I think I could use these guys to my advantage,' you begin to tread the path of evil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 1332291, member: 63"] I'm torn here. I once had an NPC who [i]hated[/i] mind-control, having been dominated for quite a while, and having had friends die because of mind-control. To her, yes, it is morally better to beat someone into unconsciousness if they're endangering you than it is to dominate them. It may be harder to fight them, but often the more difficult act is the more morally decent one. On the other hand, if you replaced dominate with sleep, then no, I'd hardly say forcing someone to sleep is evil. You could use the defense, "Hey, if I could've simply put him to sleep to stop the fight, I would have, but all I had that could stop him without hurting anyone was dominate." If you only use the dominate spell for the minimum amount of time, stopping hostilities, removing immediate threats, tying up the badguys and then dropping the spell, then I don't consider it any more evil than beating someone into unconsiousness. But the moment you go from 'stop them from hurting me' to 'I think I could use these guys to my advantage,' you begin to tread the path of evil. [/QUOTE]

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