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Is necromancy evil or only as harmless as talking to your dead grandmother?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5190598" data-attributes="member: 54846"><p>Nice dismissal of a game style that's clearly evident by what, half the poll respondants? Not eveyr enemy is a "misunderstood lovable dude underneath". I dislike "They're irredemable evil and you're completely justified for killing them simply because they exist". That's to me a poor motivator; I prefer more depth than 'it is, therefore it must die'. I find no difference between a warlord who has his mortal minions to abuse the people under his thumb, and a necromancer playing despot and using his undead minions to abuse the people under his thumb. One is using a sword and one is using magic. </p><p></p><p>No one has suggested that necromancers are misunderstood and lovable. It's that <em>necromancy</em> isn't inherently <em>evil</em>, therefore necromancers are not evil. Some necromancers <em>are evil</em>, some are morally gray. That's a far cry from lovable and misunderstood. </p><p></p><p>I might ruin it FOR YOU, but it isn't ruined FOR MY GROUP. For me. Stop telling me how things should be for my game. </p><p></p><p>1) For your game. Why must it be kept evil "in general"? What's it doing to you for it not to be in my game?</p><p></p><p>2) Really? Raping someone's mind and changing them into something alien is less evil than flat out snuffing their soul? </p><p></p><p>This really is us simply viewing the world differently. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 5190598, member: 54846"] Nice dismissal of a game style that's clearly evident by what, half the poll respondants? Not eveyr enemy is a "misunderstood lovable dude underneath". I dislike "They're irredemable evil and you're completely justified for killing them simply because they exist". That's to me a poor motivator; I prefer more depth than 'it is, therefore it must die'. I find no difference between a warlord who has his mortal minions to abuse the people under his thumb, and a necromancer playing despot and using his undead minions to abuse the people under his thumb. One is using a sword and one is using magic. No one has suggested that necromancers are misunderstood and lovable. It's that [I]necromancy[/I] isn't inherently [I]evil[/I], therefore necromancers are not evil. Some necromancers [I]are evil[/I], some are morally gray. That's a far cry from lovable and misunderstood. I might ruin it FOR YOU, but it isn't ruined FOR MY GROUP. For me. Stop telling me how things should be for my game. 1) For your game. Why must it be kept evil "in general"? What's it doing to you for it not to be in my game? 2) Really? Raping someone's mind and changing them into something alien is less evil than flat out snuffing their soul? This really is us simply viewing the world differently. :erm: [/QUOTE]
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