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<blockquote data-quote="N0Man" data-source="post: 4835964" data-attributes="member: 64066">See, this kind of stuff keeps getting brought up and twisting what I've been saying and clouding the subject.Here are the points that I've been trying to make:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Offering enemies a surrender, and then taking advantage of that surrender in order to attack them while they are defenseless is a Chaotic and dishonorable act (regardless of whether it is evil or not).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Using this on opponents that wouldn't realistically surrender (such ruthless hate-filled creatures bent on destruction of everything) because you know by RAW it should work, regardless of whether it makes sense, is Metagaming.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Using these tactics in situations where it is clearly evil but justifying them because there are no rules to dictate alignment is Metagaming.</li>
</ul>The range of examples that keep coming up tend to chaotic, evil, metagaming, or a combination of 2 or more of those things, which means it's not in the spirit of heroic roleplay, which is really what I'm thinking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N0Man, post: 4835964, member: 64066"] See, this kind of stuff keeps getting brought up and twisting what I've been saying and clouding the subject. Here are the points that I've been trying to make: [LIST] [*] Offering enemies a surrender, and then taking advantage of that surrender in order to attack them while they are defenseless is a Chaotic and dishonorable act (regardless of whether it is evil or not). [*] Using this on opponents that wouldn't realistically surrender (such ruthless hate-filled creatures bent on destruction of everything) because you know by RAW it should work, regardless of whether it makes sense, is Metagaming. [*] Using these tactics in situations where it is clearly evil but justifying them because there are no rules to dictate alignment is Metagaming. [/LIST] The range of examples that keep coming up tend to chaotic, evil, metagaming, or a combination of 2 or more of those things, which means it's not in the spirit of heroic roleplay, which is really what I'm thinking. [/QUOTE]

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