So I am playing through some PFS higher level modules as an Aasimar Infernal blooded sorcerer who concentrates on enchantments, planar binding and necromancy (not the creating undead kind). I have always played this character as struggling between the good and evil tendencies of its mixed heritage.
Also in our group is an Inquisitor of Ragethiel who views his purpose as slaying all evil no matter how slight and liberating the oppressed, which to him includes the enchanted, planar bound ect.
Our tactics seem diametrically opposed and it is beginning to cause bad feelings. I would prefer a role play solution to this. Any ideas?
(I put this in the advice board vice the PFS board because I felt it could be more generic advice)
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No PVP. Find a reason for your character to be around his. If he's specialized in liberating the oppressed, who better than an enchanter to advise him and serve as consultant? You can swear to him and make an oath that you'll never use your powers to enslave and that instead you will use them to give slavers and evil beings a taste of their medicine. (That's a very broad group there and with a bit of bluff skill from you could apply to anyone).
"Hey, buddy. You're a cool guy. Your character is a homicidal, judgmental dick, and that's cool too. Just remember that you're not actually allowed to kill my character, so...keep it fun, ok?".
I agree with Ascalaphus. Don't be in-your-face around him, but point out how your specialization can be of use from time to time. Last week, I played a Necromancy-focused Occultist who raises skeletons to aid him for a while. I flavoured it as letting the dead enjoy walking the earth again, in a controlled environment. The player next to me was a Dhampir Warpriest of Pharasma, who wasn't at all pleased with me. I kept my summoning on the down-low until combat broke out and the Warpriest got overwhelmed. I summoned a skeleton in flanking position and together they made quick work of the opposition. He felt conflicted about that, but he wasn't as angry as he was before. When it happened again, he had to begrudgingly admit I was an okay dude.
In short, make him see that while he might not like your methods, you're still a valuable asset to the team. Don't fight him on his opinion, let him come to his own conclusion after a while.
I agree with the above posters that you should try not to sacrifice your interesting moral themes for the sake of getting along with a party member.
However, if all attempts to do that are failing, you could have your character go through some sort of religious or moral experience that brings your character around to a more solid alignment that the inquisitor is ok with.
How you do this depends on your current alignment and what you want to end up as (Not saying that either has to be perfectly consistent).
You could find an old tome that mentions something about your ancestors and either the atrocities they committed or some redeeming act/character trait. This could cause your character to view their past/the voices in their head in a new light or give your char some newfound control over some of their less moral tendencies.
Alternatively, you could murder that skulking, sniveling, sneaking, holier-than-thou 'liberator.' Always poking, always prodding, asking questions, nosing through YOUR things! Well you can show that meddlesome rat just what true power looks like.
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I think that a partnership between morally conflicting characters is interesting, and fun, if done right by the players. It's a pretty common trope actually. [Hero] and [Antihero]: they fight crime!
It requires both players to respect OOC the right of the other to play their character, even though IC those characters constantly argue. I know from experience that when that works, it's great fun. So talk to that player, and make clear that you respect him as a player and respect his playing a straight and narrow PC; and importantly, that any conflict is strictly an IC thing.
Further, it also requires both players to limit the extremes of their character just a bit, so that those PCs can actually function in a character. So for you that means not doing anything so evil that he couldn't be in a party with you, and for him that means not prosecuting you just because you disagree with his ethics. Again, this is something both players need to understand OOC.
"But it's what my character would do" is not enough of an excuse. Players are in charge of their characters. The question he needs to answer then is "why would my character put up with this?" - and you need to have an answer to that question as well.
Apart from that, it may also be interesting for you to dig into Ragathiel's background; he's an archangel of vengeance, but he was born as the son of an archdevil. It took very long before the other Empyreal Lords were willing to accept him in their ranks. But eventually he was accepted. There should be talking points there...