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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6908689" data-attributes="member: 6788736">No, they are nothing of the sort.Hit points in 5E Dnd are expressly a pool of luck, resolve, the will to live and health. They are also expressly experience and skill (they improve with experience). No, its not. It never has been, and never will be. Alignment has never ever been described in those terms (barring some random quote by Gygax that gets bandied about every now and then, which is nothing more than a statement on his own views on aligment).Certainly since 3E at the very least, killing, harming and opressing others = Evil. Mercy, compassion and kindess = Good.And I hate to break it to you, but most 80's action heroes are probably Evil. Antiheroes like the Punisher and so forth most certainly are.I dont see Luke Skywalker murdering defencless and unarmed prisoners. His old man did against Dooku, but we all know how that worked out for him, and even he knew it was wrong. I dont see Superman or Batman doing the same. To you the only difference between Good and Evil is that 'Evil people rape, murder and torture everyone, while Good people only rape, murder and torture evil people'. Its a patently absurd position to have.Its a roleplaying game. You're in a tavern in town, and someone pulls a sword on you and attempts to kill you.Thats attempted murder.Unless your game world is some kind of theoretical anarchic free for all where there are no laws of any kind, because in every human civilisation since the dawn of time, drawing a weapon on someone and trying to kill them is against the law.Ahh I see. You're obviously expressing a LE argument here:(Your PC turns to the patrons of the tavern with a sneer, as he wipes the blood from his sword and a soft bloody gargling can be heard from the dying Bob):'Listen up. He got what was coming to him. He shouldnt have angered me. It served him right. Remember, you all need me to keep you safe; think on that you worthless peasants.  Anyone else have any problems with what I just did, and I'll kill you where you stand too. Then I'll kill your families. Remember, in this town, my word is the law.'</blockquote>

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