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Is necromancy evil or only as harmless as talking to your dead grandmother?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tallifer" data-source="post: 5189115" data-attributes="member: 84661"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"><span style="color: deepskyblue">This is copied from a thread I made on the Wizards' forum, and I was curious about the results of a poll and the opinions/experience of a different group of roleplayers. I preface my query with a quote from another:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p>[quote author=Williamh75]I've NEVER played a setting as is. Every dm and group I've gamed with has always changed the settings as they and we saw fit, why because the setting is only there as far as I'm concerned to give ideas. Fun trumps being true to the original setting. I didn't say put trains and airships in athas but maybe add another continent to that world that has those things IF thats what the players want to do. It's a cooperative game the players should have some kind of say in the setting.</p><p> </p><p>As to deities depends on what dieties would be best for the story though in EB I doubt Id let anyone worship the silver flame as I see that church as being the villian of any EB game I run. They are nothing but fanatics, and are in most ways worse than blood of vole, at least thats how I picture them. </p><p> </p><p>Almost always have played home brew that takes ideas from different settings so I'll be honest being cannonically correct is very low on list of priorities. I've never encountered a dm whose dmed a setting as is before, ever. As to Silver flame first EB style campaign they are going to be antagonists. Ie going on another crusade to crush what they see as evil. And necromancy itself is not evil.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"><span style="color: deepskyblue">1. I think necromancy in itself is evil, since it disturbs the peace of the dead, enslaves a soul, takes him from his proper realm or destination, and tampers with the right order of life and death. What say you, gentle reader?</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"><span style="color: deepskyblue">2. I can see that many modern minds cringe at the self-righteous fanaticism of our ancestors who hunted witches and waged crusades against Moors and Saracens. But in a pseudo-mediaeval world where cosmic evil, inherently evil monsters and demons do exist, I would not say that a crusading mentality like that of the Silver Flame is inherently evil in terms of cosmological or moral alignment.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"><span style="color: deepskyblue">What say you, fellow roleplayer?</span></span></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Tallifer, post: 5189115, member: 84661"] [SIZE=3][FONT=palatino linotype][COLOR=deepskyblue]This is copied from a thread I made on the Wizards' forum, and I was curious about the results of a poll and the opinions/experience of a different group of roleplayers. I preface my query with a quote from another:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [quote author=Williamh75]I've NEVER played a setting as is. Every dm and group I've gamed with has always changed the settings as they and we saw fit, why because the setting is only there as far as I'm concerned to give ideas. Fun trumps being true to the original setting. I didn't say put trains and airships in athas but maybe add another continent to that world that has those things IF thats what the players want to do. It's a cooperative game the players should have some kind of say in the setting. As to deities depends on what dieties would be best for the story though in EB I doubt Id let anyone worship the silver flame as I see that church as being the villian of any EB game I run. They are nothing but fanatics, and are in most ways worse than blood of vole, at least thats how I picture them. Almost always have played home brew that takes ideas from different settings so I'll be honest being cannonically correct is very low on list of priorities. I've never encountered a dm whose dmed a setting as is before, ever. As to Silver flame first EB style campaign they are going to be antagonists. Ie going on another crusade to crush what they see as evil. And necromancy itself is not evil.[/quote] [SIZE=3][FONT=palatino linotype][COLOR=deepskyblue]1. I think necromancy in itself is evil, since it disturbs the peace of the dead, enslaves a soul, takes him from his proper realm or destination, and tampers with the right order of life and death. What say you, gentle reader?[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=deepskyblue] [/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=palatino linotype][COLOR=deepskyblue]2. I can see that many modern minds cringe at the self-righteous fanaticism of our ancestors who hunted witches and waged crusades against Moors and Saracens. But in a pseudo-mediaeval world where cosmic evil, inherently evil monsters and demons do exist, I would not say that a crusading mentality like that of the Silver Flame is inherently evil in terms of cosmological or moral alignment.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=palatino linotype][COLOR=deepskyblue]What say you, fellow roleplayer?[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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