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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 2067211" data-attributes="member: 23094">No, I don't think it's a Chaotic act, either.  Again, if poison itself were an aligned act, the Poison spell would have an appropriate descriptor.  It has no descriptors.Going back to my favorite way of discussing alignments, the question isn't whether poison use is a Chaotic act (or Lawful, or what have you), but why would a person of a given alignment use it?  And, given that they had chosen to use it, in what manner would they employ it?  And why would they use such a method?A Lawful Good individual might find that a particular act of poisoning is the best way to stop, say, a slaving ring - by poisoning the wine he's about to sell them with an additive that increases its intoxicating effects (i.e., Wisdom damage poison).  Thus, the slavers are likely to be drunk out of their minds - and catatonic - when he enters their compound later that night to free the slaves.  Poetic justice is served; the loss of self-control brought about by alchohol is enhanced, which allows the LG individual to place the slavers under his control.  The potential collateral targets are limited, as the slavers are unlikely to share their high-priced wine with the slaves or with anyone else.A Chaotic Evil individual might elect to employ the same methods, but his reasoning will probably differ significantly.  For instance, getting the slavers riotously drunk and out of control might just seem viscerally funny to him - especially since the majority of them will be completely helpless when he comes sneakin' through their doors tonight.  "Some guys just can't hold their arsenic, eh?"  Maybe the slavers will share some wine with the slaves - but collateral damage can't be helped.</blockquote>

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