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Wow. Just read up on gestalt. Alchemist/gunslinger. For sure.

Am Interested. Not likely to get in at this late in the runnings, but I want to know what a gestalt is. I'm just hopping back on after a two+ year hiatus of online camps and am not familiar with the term. Either way, I think I will whip something up for the fun of it. Tengu Ranger, perhaps.

Okay so Ned Flanders is good, a rational person is neutral, and anything else is evil. Got it. I'll be sure to impliment that into my next session. Welp. Looks like paladin lost favor with his deity for not being goody two shoes.

If you define them as property or otherwise less than human yes. If someone is so dangerous that they cannot ever be integrated into a society then one should kill them for the sake of your own loved ones' safety.

If they can be integrated into your society and this service is among the steps to making them "of your tribe" then it is a pragmatic neutral decision as the "slavery" is a temporary transitional state.In realistic confines though such transitional slavery would never have frequent enough escapees, that weren't simply killed due to danger, for slave catching to be a frequent occurrence.

Edit: That particular act makes you significantly closer to law at least and possibly closer to evil dependent on previously mentioned conditions.

Genocidal tendancies are more acceptable than an option of slavery vs. death? Giving a man a choice of forced servitude makes you lean towards evil as opposed to treating them like untrustworthy animals? I'm not sure I follow the logic behind that

magnuskn wrote:

Imnah, The Half Steel wrote:

Is it 'evil' for a lawful good paladin to uphold the law by capturing and returning slaves to their master, if tasked by authorities?

Yes. Instant fall.

And this is why people can't play Paladins. GMs deciding that the paladin will instantly fall if he *does what the GM has his boss orders him to do.* Catch 22.

Easier to just say 'No, you can't play a Paladin' during character generation than hose your player this way.

If a region in the setting both has active Paladins, and has slavery, then there will *have* to be some sort of accomodations or 'wiggle room' built into the system. Religious exceptions to lawful orders, for instance, or forms of slavery that a LG Paladin can reasonably accept (such as prisoners who would otherwise be sentenced to death for their crimes being allowed to choose a lifetime of servitude, instead, making them slaves by their own choice, and yet also in that situation because of their own wrong-doings, making their status as slave also their *just and lawful punishment*).

Nope. Not black and white enough. -______-

My tribe is Chaotic Good. Does this automatically make us Chaotic Evil?

Lets say I am the leader of a tribe. We have a rival tribe, like oh so many tribes do. One day this opposing tribe has the gall to attack my tribe. An OUTRAGE! Heavens, how dare they? What do I do? I fight, of course. Over the corse of their petty attempt at a raid, they fall to my powerful and well organized tribe. We are victorious. They weren't completely wiped out in the fight, seeing as they are rational, cognitive beings. Well, I cant let them just go on their way, now can I? I have women, and children who need protecting! I can't have them sneaking back in my camps at night and slitting their throats. So, my choices are, bleed them like pigs and let the sands swallow their blood and be done with the whole mess, or I offer them a choice. Serve me and my people, for penance of the crimes you have committed to my people, or die. Its their choice. It may not be an ideal choice, and I'd rather see them all live as servants, well treated i might add, to my people. Does that make me an evil man?

Imnah, The Half Steel wrote:

Alex Smith 908 wrote:

Imnah, The Half Steel wrote:

Is it 'evil' for a lawful good paladin to uphold the law by capturing and returning slaves to their master, if tasked by authorities?

Yes, that is literally the most stereotypical lawful evil act ever.

Upholding the law is evil? Do tell

Upholding an evil law is evil, upholding a good law is good. Both acts are lawful. How is that hard?

How can you define the law as evil with no context? You seem pretty passionate about this but passion doesn't always make a rational argument. Would it be different if it were aforementioned criminal 'servants'?

Imnah, The Half Steel wrote:

Is it 'evil' for a lawful good paladin to uphold the law by capturing and returning slaves to their master, if tasked by authorities?

Yes, that is literally the most stereotypical lawful evil act ever.

Upholding the law is evil? Do tell

Is it 'evil' for a lawful good paladin to uphold the law by capturing and returning slaves to their master, if tasked by authorities?

Awesome! thank you for the info. I'll put it to good use!

But the paints are just.. Well.. You've seen them! Do the acrylic paints at like, Hobby Lobby work as well? Or, where can I find cheap paints, rather? I miss the enjoyment of painting my own figures for my games!

Still in, BTW ;)

Cool. What's your greatwork of choice?

I picked the analyzer, figured it'd be nice to have some of those spells handy

Yes I am the machinesmith, and this is the alias I'll be using as well

I suggest we all give a good listen to The Sword, especially their CD title Warp Riders. Puts me right in the mood for this adventure ;)

Checking iiiiiinnnnnn! Ready to interstellar space adventure! Fantastic four has always been my favorite :3

Who is with me in the planner hoppers? Just curious, get a little chatting in before we begin,

Inmah, the Half Steel, planet hopper extraordinair, reporting for duty! (this is crom) hammer out the details later, its hard to do work on a tablet..