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<blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 468928" data-attributes="member: 1325"><p>A chaotic good character does have respect for the individual, and for freedom.</p><p></p><p>Which your present PC obviously does not.</p><p></p><p>In DnD, Evil and Good are absolutes. Whether your character personally regards specific actions as evil or not is irrelevant. </p><p></p><p>The question could then be "I consider the sacrifice of newly borne humans to be a good deed, for the worship of my God. Thus sacrificing the babies is a good deed. What do you think?" </p><p></p><p>IMO, this is of course preposterous. Such a god would not be good, and thus the practice would not be good.</p><p></p><p>The only characters in the 3e core rules with poison use are Evil (blackguard, assassin). There are major drawbacks for others. With reason. There is a reason poison is included in the DMG. It is for DMs, not for players. So by this admittedly debatable standard (to which I hold my players) you cannot be CG and use poison.</p><p></p><p>I find it personally difficult to envision a dishonourable, good person. </p><p></p><p>Before getting in such debates, which can actually errupt in to much flaming and heat, it is <strong>always</strong> best to check with your DM on his/her view, BEFORE you get yourself into such problematical theological/philosophical Alignment discussions. </p><p></p><p>The fact that you bring this up here, and are going back to your DM implies to me that neither of you have given much thought to Alignment, Ethos, and Behaviour in your game previously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="green slime, post: 468928, member: 1325"] A chaotic good character does have respect for the individual, and for freedom. Which your present PC obviously does not. In DnD, Evil and Good are absolutes. Whether your character personally regards specific actions as evil or not is irrelevant. The question could then be "I consider the sacrifice of newly borne humans to be a good deed, for the worship of my God. Thus sacrificing the babies is a good deed. What do you think?" IMO, this is of course preposterous. Such a god would not be good, and thus the practice would not be good. The only characters in the 3e core rules with poison use are Evil (blackguard, assassin). There are major drawbacks for others. With reason. There is a reason poison is included in the DMG. It is for DMs, not for players. So by this admittedly debatable standard (to which I hold my players) you cannot be CG and use poison. I find it personally difficult to envision a dishonourable, good person. Before getting in such debates, which can actually errupt in to much flaming and heat, it is [b]always[/b] best to check with your DM on his/her view, BEFORE you get yourself into such problematical theological/philosophical Alignment discussions. The fact that you bring this up here, and are going back to your DM implies to me that neither of you have given much thought to Alignment, Ethos, and Behaviour in your game previously. [/QUOTE]
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