Indeed.
I wonder how they'll protect themselves and their own troops from the eruption.
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Indeed.
That has to be sarcasm right?
Who cares that the dragon was begging for mercy... It was evil; the MM sez so!
And think of all that XP!!
If V had thought about summoning an army of unseen servants beforehand and sent them out to the targets, he/she could really have gotten condensed and concentrated D&D down pat; kill lots of monsters and get all their stuff!
Reminds me of the genocide scroll in Nethack...
And a bunch of half-dragons, and eggs.
And even the MM says that "Always Evil" only means "Almost always evil". When you're killing hundreds of people, that "almost always" case is bound to crop up.
Partially. From my own point of view, yes, it's sarcasm.
But if I was living in the OotS land (or in an average pre-4E D&D land) then I'd applaud eliminating 60 evil dragons as a good thing, especially if done without collateral damage.
To make an Omelett you have to break eggs. Is it evil to sacrifice part of your army (like the first wave of an assault against an entrenched foe) if it's the best way to defeat a great evil?
I do not consider D&D or OotS morality as equal to our modern, western morality. Good and evil doesn't mean the same for D&D heroes as for us.
The eternal debate on whether morality is bound to action, intent, or both.
The members of your army presumably are present of their own will, and are at least aware that a conflict is taking place.
A more cogent example would be, "Is it evil to sacrifice a few babies and some innocent bystanders if it's the best way to defeat a great evil?"
To which the answer should be, "YES."
