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<blockquote data-quote="Mecheon" data-source="post: 8617663" data-attributes="member: 6801776">lemme just. wake up from my post root canal haze and drag up a post from like, ten pages agoThe thing is, that's determinalistic good or evil, not 'cosmic forces good and evil'. And y'know what? &quot;The Kingpriest thought he was doing good but it was actually evil&quot;, that's not only a simple fix, but that's good writing, points out how good intentions can lead to bad, and still worksBut, no. That's not how Dragonlance works. Apparently mind controlling the populace and doing fantasy Minority Report is as good as the angels on Mount CelestiaYou can't have 'moral quandries' alongside 'good and evil are two sports teams fighitng one another', but Dragonlance decided it'd go with the second while trying to have the first so, here we areFey have been historically underutilised. But, moreso, the Kender's history is tied to what they exist for. In trying to make 'A class that can steal but be morally okay with it', you've got these children-ish things that never grow up. Like, say, some sort of fairy. Beings that exist on a different moral scale to humanity and therefore do things their own way. Like fairies famously are about. Beings that are very close to humanity, but different in alien, strange ways. Just like, say, elves, the fey-est of fey racesPlus, well, they have elfy ears. Fey is so ingrained in the Kender's blood, there's no removing it. You honestly saying you couldn't see one of these being a sidekick in an 80s kid movie about a mystical otherland that's a metaphor for growing up?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mecheon, post: 8617663, member: 6801776"] lemme just. wake up from my post root canal haze and drag up a post from like, ten pages ago The thing is, that's determinalistic good or evil, not 'cosmic forces good and evil'. And y'know what? "The Kingpriest thought he was doing good but it was actually evil", that's not only a simple fix, but that's good writing, points out how good intentions can lead to bad, and still works But, no. That's not how Dragonlance works. Apparently mind controlling the populace and doing fantasy Minority Report is as good as the angels on Mount Celestia You can't have 'moral quandries' alongside 'good and evil are two sports teams fighitng one another', but Dragonlance decided it'd go with the second while trying to have the first so, here we are Fey have been historically underutilised. But, moreso, the Kender's history is tied to what they exist for. In trying to make 'A class that can steal but be morally okay with it', you've got these children-ish things that never grow up. Like, say, some sort of fairy. Beings that exist on a different moral scale to humanity and therefore do things their own way. Like fairies famously are about. Beings that are very close to humanity, but different in alien, strange ways. Just like, say, elves, the fey-est of fey races Plus, well, they have elfy ears. Fey is so ingrained in the Kender's blood, there's no removing it. You honestly saying you couldn't see one of these being a sidekick in an 80s kid movie about a mystical otherland that's a metaphor for growing up? [/QUOTE]

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