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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 256141" data-attributes="member: 177">I think, in discussing that CN fighter, it might be more instructive to break things down a bit more.There is the action - what actually is done.There is intent - what the character planned to do.There is motive - why the character made the plan.The intent indicates how responsible the character is for the action that happens.  The motive tells us if the intended action was justified.In the case of the CN fighter, he intends to kill a gold dragon.Stop right there, and look at it for a moment - he intends to kill a gold dragon.  With forethought, he plans to kill a creature that probably does not deserve death - that's murder.  He plans to remove a major force of good from the area, with all the consequences that entails (probably evil critters having a field day).His motive is to test himself.  That does little to justify the cold-blooded murder of an innocent and very good creature.  It does not insulate the fighter from the easily seen consequences of his actions.  In fact, he's specifically putting his test above those consequences.  He can easily see that his actions will hurt many people in the long run, but he takes them anyway.  I'm sorry, but that's evil.  Let's cast it in a different genre - say he's a modern day hit man.  He wants to kill Mother Teresa just to see if he's up to the challenge of dealing with her bodyguards.  Evil?  You betcha!In order to avoid evil, this fighter must change either his motive, or his intent.  The simplest would be to change the intent - fight the dragon until it's fairly clear he would win if the fight continued, then teleport away, leaving behind some means for the dragon to heal itself quickly.</blockquote>

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