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Message: <blockquote data-quote="honeybunch" data-source="post: 5048892" data-attributes="member: 86648">On the earlier pacifism debate, I think there are a number of definitions.  The only one I could see fitting a playable D&D character would be a sort of religious pacifism.  A sort of vow of pacifism, if you will. For example, monks who take vows of silence do so to show their devotion to their God.  They don't expect all the people they interact with to be silent.  They simply do it out of personal devotion.  Similarly, a D&D cleric who took a "vow of pacifism" might be willing to help or even join a group of adventurers, as long as they were fighting for a cause he believed in.  Of course, even this explanation makes no sense with the current mechanics.  If I were to play a pacifist cleric in D&D, I think I would not attack at all.</blockquote>