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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9742628" data-attributes="member: 4937">Yes.&nbsp; In my own homebrew, mind control is one of the big categories of &quot;dark magic&quot; or &quot;witchcraft&quot; for which you can be burned at the stake.&nbsp; So much as a &quot;charm person&quot; is considered such a rape of the target's mind to justify the death penalty.&nbsp; Exceptions are sometimes made legally for the use of such magic in self-defense, but it's considered so distasteful that as a practical matter that might not sway an audience.&nbsp; In some cases, just the accusation and &quot;proof&quot; in the form of such a spell found in a spellbook would be enough to get one lynched.&nbsp; And I don't really believe these societies are being unreasonable to respond to that threat in this manner.&nbsp; Mind control is Evil with a capital E.&nbsp; It's so evil that asking if it can be used for good is a little like asking if murder can be used for good.&nbsp; Indeed, it's a bit worse than that.&nbsp; The only valid defense for homicide really is to prevent homicide or similarly brutal act, and even then you have groups like the Amish saying that really doesn't go far enough.&nbsp; The only valid defense of mind control is the same, only there is something more fearsome and disturbing about the possibility than even simple violence in response to violence.&nbsp; I think if you are serious about things you'd recognize that in the general case you'd rather be killed by an enemy than mind controlled by an enemy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 9742628, member: 4937"] Yes. In my own homebrew, mind control is one of the big categories of "dark magic" or "witchcraft" for which you can be burned at the stake. So much as a "charm person" is considered such a rape of the target's mind to justify the death penalty. Exceptions are sometimes made legally for the use of such magic in self-defense, but it's considered so distasteful that as a practical matter that might not sway an audience. In some cases, just the accusation and "proof" in the form of such a spell found in a spellbook would be enough to get one lynched. And I don't really believe these societies are being unreasonable to respond to that threat in this manner. Mind control is Evil with a capital E. It's so evil that asking if it can be used for good is a little like asking if murder can be used for good. Indeed, it's a bit worse than that. The only valid defense for homicide really is to prevent homicide or similarly brutal act, and even then you have groups like the Amish saying that really doesn't go far enough. The only valid defense of mind control is the same, only there is something more fearsome and disturbing about the possibility than even simple violence in response to violence. I think if you are serious about things you'd recognize that in the general case you'd rather be killed by an enemy than mind controlled by an enemy. [/QUOTE]

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