Montana77 |
My group started The worldwound incursion yesterday and a discussion came up after encountering the crazy dwarf under Kenabres.
Millorn's reaction was to yell out something about "crusader assassins" and casting Mage armor, the ranged paladin declared that he was taking a ready action to fire if the dwarf cast another spell.
Millorn, being bat guano crazy didn't listen to them and started casting another spell (which no one was able to identify).
Long story short, Millorn was taken down to -4 hp before the round was over.
The group stabilized him and bound him before starting to check his gear.
And it was then the discussion arose:
"We don't if he's evil or just paranoid/crazy" (which was the main reason for him being stabilized in the first place). And even if he is evil, is taking his stuff robbery? Or is it ok to take stuff from people you fought, without compunction?
Confiscating his weapons wasn't an issue, but what about his potions and his spellbook, his food?
The group wasn't willing to wake him up and questioning him, they didn't want to risk him casting a non somatic spell etc.
In the end they decided to take his weapons, potions and spellbook but left him his food, camping gear etc then left him stable and unbound with a potion of cure light wounds.
I'm happy with their decision, but since it sparked a discussion, I'm interested in your opinion about looting people like this.
Normally this isn't an issue for us, since the group normally has a more of a grayscale attitude towards morality.
Pathfinder RPG assumes the players loot their way through the APs, amassing wealth, but in a campaign where the (at least my) group is "extra good" this system feels a little bit wierd (and meta-gamey), especially since one of the characters in the group is extremely generous (he's asked to not be in charge of party gold etc. saying "cause then you might find that I've made a substantial donation to charity without giving it a second thought".
So what are your opinion about looting/wealth/charity in a campaign with extra goody good guys.