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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 1332350" data-attributes="member: 9037">I have been mulling this over today and I have to say that I have come to the conclusion that it is not always evil. Yes, I think it can be used for great evil and for very selfish reasons. But then so can a lot of other spells like bestow curse or everyone's favorite fireball. One thing I think you have to look at when you discuss good vs evil is motivation I really think that plays a large part in something. Using dominate as an example the way my character used it in the game is a good example of this. It was first used to stop an evil guard from killing one of the PCs the command was simple protect him. So the motivation there was purely non selfish so I would say non evil maybe even good because it was saving a life. The second time the spell was used was to command them to fight their evil overlords this was done so that we would live so that is rather a self absorbed action but I think it is on the neutral scale due to the fact that both sides are fighting for their lives. I have never bought the it's good when good people kill evil but evil when evil kill good that is just to simple the motivation behind the killing is more important than the alingment of those doing the killing.Casting it on the dreanged paldin was both a selfish act and a humane act so I could see it as both good and neutral.I think a lot of what happens in DnD games or in real life for that fact is neutral rather than good most acts of war are not good even if in the end they do some good.</blockquote>

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