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Old 02-28-2021, 10:24 AM   #5
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Default Re: Pacifism (Cannot Kill) except mercy-killing

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Originally Posted by Polkageist View Post
Are you trying to flesh out the PC's internal conflicts over the hard choices in life, or are you trying to get out of having to dump a healing potion on an orc?
The former. Healer character who has a deep respect for life but also realizes that at some point the battle is lost. As it's put in A wizard of Earthsea:

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the first lesson and the last of all that lore was this: Heal the wound and cure the illness, but let the dying spirit go.
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