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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5571034" data-attributes="member: 22779">A thought about the Dwarf's POV.People have made a big point about the fact that society in this setting doesn't see necromancy as evil.&nbsp; Does that mean that every player must see necromancy as a non-evil thing?&nbsp; Can't a character be wrong?The dwarf player, to his credit, is sticking to a consistent play of his character.&nbsp; He's made no bones about the fact that he sees necromancy as evil and that he's playing a &quot;hanging judge&quot; sort of Cuthberite.&nbsp; Not exactly out of line for a non-cleric Cuthberite.&nbsp; He's dispensing justice in his view.Granted, his view is whacked and quite possibly evil (as per 3e alignments) but, it's still his character.I find it rather interesting that those who claim that players can do whatever they want so long as it's in character, now spin around and would boot a player for playing his character in a consistent, established manner.&nbsp; So much for the vaunted player freedom.&nbsp; More like, &quot;You can do whatever you want, so long as I like what you're doing.&nbsp; Otherwise, there's the door.&quot;The DM has to wear some of the blame here for not nipping this in the bud a LONG time ago.&nbsp; This is a lengthy campaign - it's 9th level, so they've been playing for a while.&nbsp; If the dwarf's player was so far out of line with the rest of the group, this should have been dealt with a long time ago.Instead, it's been left to fester and now it appears that everyone is getting annoyed.&nbsp; This is why it's so important to talk about this sort of thing LONG before it gets to this point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5571034, member: 22779"] A thought about the Dwarf's POV. People have made a big point about the fact that society in this setting doesn't see necromancy as evil. Does that mean that every player must see necromancy as a non-evil thing? Can't a character be wrong? The dwarf player, to his credit, is sticking to a consistent play of his character. He's made no bones about the fact that he sees necromancy as evil and that he's playing a "hanging judge" sort of Cuthberite. Not exactly out of line for a non-cleric Cuthberite. He's dispensing justice in his view. Granted, his view is whacked and quite possibly evil (as per 3e alignments) but, it's still his character. I find it rather interesting that those who claim that players can do whatever they want so long as it's in character, now spin around and would boot a player for playing his character in a consistent, established manner. So much for the vaunted player freedom. More like, "You can do whatever you want, so long as I like what you're doing. Otherwise, there's the door." The DM has to wear some of the blame here for not nipping this in the bud a LONG time ago. This is a lengthy campaign - it's 9th level, so they've been playing for a while. If the dwarf's player was so far out of line with the rest of the group, this should have been dealt with a long time ago. Instead, it's been left to fester and now it appears that everyone is getting annoyed. This is why it's so important to talk about this sort of thing LONG before it gets to this point. [/QUOTE]

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