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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3314278" data-attributes="member: 35788">[Sblock=RA]I suppose I can see it that way, although I'll admit I don't buy it at all.  To enter the warehouse, Val had to flat out lie to convince the locksmith to gain entry.  They went into a place that was intentionally locked to keep people out - without any great reason to think of something going on inside besides Kinjon's nose!  They had hunches ... but that was all at the best.  I don't see how going into the warehouse was "good" at all.  Yes, the ends justified the means and the elf was rescued.  Good came out of it, of course.  But the act of entering the warehouse was certainly not a good act!  If we start applying an ends-justifies-the-means approach to good vs. evil then al the characters arel going to join Miko from OotS before too long!Call me wrong - and if so then we clearly have a difference of opinion - but an exalted character should not be all that interested in lying, breaking-and-entering, and tresspassing.  perhaps a good character might be able to get away with it, but not an exalted one!In the end, though, I think your latest post has simply convinced me that we are simply going to disagree at more than we agree.  You have already confessed that some of my play with Rhaka leaves you perplexed.  Unfortunately, perplexion has also been my attitude to much of this game.  We've rammed heads for a good part of the game and I haven't particularily enjoyed most of it.  Of the characters in the game, the only ones I find particularily exciting to interact with is Baeleth.  (And the woman at the inn that the party left behind, of course.)I'll not leave the game and leave you in a lurch when I have no good reason.  But your latest post convinced me that it's time that I at least offer.  If you want to advertise for three new recruits and drop Rhaka I'll go more than willingly.  I haven't enjoyed the game for a while, and I think my posting habits reflect that.  I feel like in the KoD environment I am always antagonistic and I don't want to be that way as a person.  I want gaming to be fun and enjoyable for all involved.  It simply isn't that way for me here.  {I have a feeling that most of it is the conflict of Rhaka and not necessarily personal between you and me, just so you know}To be fair to Unleashed, I am posting an Sblock for him so that he is aware of this.  You are certainly welcome (and even invited) to read it as well.[/Sblock][Sblock=Unleashed]I am writing this Sblock for your benefit, although I have invited RA to read it.I want you to know that I've offered to leave KoD.  Some of the actions that I have had Rhaka do perplex RA because we have a difference in understanding regarding exalted.  I must admit that more often than not I am perplexed by this campaign and its definition of good.  I haven't enjoyed the story arc for a while, and I think my posting habits here reflect that.  At several times when the game has stalled I've had to force myself to ocassionally be the one to bump the thread when really I was pleased to see it stalled.  [And you have bumped more often than I, although hopefully more willingly.]Anyway, I did not say I was leaving, only that I have offered to leave.  In other words, I will continue to play Rhaka (or another character) for the sake of keeping the story going.  However, I extended the invitation to RA to recruit for three new players and let Rhaka go.  If there are three people out there who would like to play in this story under RA, I would rather give them the opportunity than take a spot that they could have.EDIT: Just to be clear, my discomfort is with the understanding of good/exalted, not with RA personally.  I have also offered to stay and play a non-exalted character if you would desire the game to continue.[/Sblock]</blockquote>

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