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farinal
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 Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 02:49:28
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I am planning to play a Kelemvor cleric in a game but I have a question about it. Now the Kelemvor and his clerics are against unnaturally long living via spells or stuff like that and they are against untimely deaths. So how can a cleric of Kelemvor be sure to kill someone, let's say an NPC in the game? It could be untimely for the NPC. Would he pray at every sunset and hope that Kelemvor will give him a sign not to kill a certain person next day? Or do they avoid killing unless they are really have to?
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farinal
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 19:20:52
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Diffan
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 19:48:57
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I don't know how any mortal could differentiate a timely death and an untimely death? The unnatural long living stuff is easy. How I would categorize the difference in if a person's death was due to their own decisions. A fighter going into battle knows that there is a certain chance that he'll die or perhaps doing nefarious things that brings adventurers or the local militia against them knows that there's some danger in the action that could result in their death. These, I'd say, wouldn't be untimely because the person is knowingly engaging in dangerous stuff.
A person who, while walking across the street is distracted, is run over by a wagon (or car, bus, moped, horse) is untimely because at no time did that person think that danger was eminent. A person falling off a ladder who punchures a lung, an innocent bystander hit by gang crossfire would all be, IMO, versions of untimely death.
So to answer your question, a Cleric of Kelemvore who is in a sitation that a bad-guy or evil-doer is caught in a plot and he probably won't give up then he's selected his option to fight to the death and thus, wouldn't be untimely. |
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farinal
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 19:52:38
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| Thank you for the response. And would the cleric give his enemies a peaceful way out? Try to avoid killing them? Like "this is my last warning, please surrender" etc. |
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Diffan
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 20:11:03
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Originally posted by farinal
Thank you for the response. And would the cleric give his enemies a peaceful way out? Try to avoid killing them? Like "this is my last warning, please surrender" etc.
I think that depends on the severity of the crime being committed. If he's a thug that mugs people, perhaps there's some redeeming qualities that could be brought forth after spending some jail time and perhaps time in the militia or military institution. If that person is sacrificing people for his sadistic pleasure then perhaps keeping him alive isn't the best solution. It would also depend on the Cleric's alignment. Remember that Kelemvore is LN and is more about Law than either Good or Evil. That means Kelemvore clerics (using v3.5 mechanics) could be LG or LE and that'll make the situation different too.
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farinal
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 : 20:18:03
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| Mine will be LN so I think best way for him would be following that land or city's laws to punish the offenders. |
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