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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 599446" data-attributes="member: 2238">Death Knell is evil because you are killing when you are not in danger of being killed by that person (he is unconscious).  Whatever he was doing, you have stopped him.  There is no reason to do anymore harm.Assassins are a bit trickier.  An assassin does not consider the reason behind his kill.  He does not question why the employer wants that person dead.  He just goes and does it, whather the person is doing somthing right or wrong or nothing at all.  The answer to why these are both evil is where they both cross over.  Death Knell is evil because there is no way it could ever be nessecary to cast the spell.  The subject has been rendered helpless and taking the life of somthing or someone helpless is an evil act even if that being was a severe threat moments ago.  In the case of the assassin we find the same thing.  There is no rhyme or reason, just the fact that you are senselessly (meaning you dont think about it) killing.  Now an agent is a different situation entirely.  An agent (be it a rogue/ranger sent to kill an evil king or 007) always knows why he or she is killing and understands and cares about the overall picture.  An agent has loyalty behind his actions, a hired killer has nothing.  I always see it as evil being absence.  The absence of reason, emotion and thought.  Good in my mind is presence.  The presence of reason, emotion (positive or negative), and thought.  Neutrality is a not so strong good, sort of a diluted good.  Law and chaos is how you handle this presence or absence.  If you are lawful you control your reaction to this presence or absence.  If you are chaotic you do not seek to control your reactions.  Neutrality on this axis indicates that you make an effort at control, but it is not all that important, you were just following orders. That is why I think that Assassins and DeathKnell are evil.  They both results of an absence of reason and thought.Aaron.</blockquote>

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