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Message: <blockquote data-quote="geezerjoe" data-source="post: 1050144" data-attributes="member: 8603">(I skipped many of the posts ... I just can't seem to focus like I used to <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />)I don't think the mater is completely cut and dry as to whether it is a good or evil act. I think in this instance it is at the lesser evil but not really a good act. I shall try to explain (my point of view). Life = good (this is very debatable in the context of many FRPGs) thus the taking of an innocent life would contrast that good with evil. Put the situation in the stated context however and the act gets grayer. The desire of the killer comes into question and could sway the argument. One could EASILY suggest (as I think was the character's opinion) that the act was one of mercy ... a short life of suffering verses a quick almost painless death is a very compelling argument. Add the intention of not wanting the plague to spread and you have reason for almost any good character to agree with this point. It does not (IMHO) disqualify the counter argument that killing is simply wrong and should always be avoided when possible.  Was there an alternative? If so then the act could be classified as evil even if the character's intentions were not evil. I'd think that a Chaotic Good (pro-individual freedom) character would be the most likely to try and find a solution to NOT killing the innocent while I could easily see a Neutral Good character killing the young ... but that really depends on the campaign's definition of the alignments and my level of sanity.I think the action therefore is a tragic necessity if there was really no other means to save the young and keep the plague from spreading.l8r)Joe2Old</blockquote>

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