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William · 06-12-2018, 05:34 PM

Leading someone to their Fate will never help others achieve their Destiny. By definition, Fates damage the Symphony more than they help it.

Seeing that someone with an enormously powerful Fate and minor Destiny is killed before they can achieve the former is a highly dubious proposition. In most playings of the game, Heaven simply doesn't go around assassinating humans unless they have knowingly aligned themselves with Hell or have already performed acts which justify an execution. Pre-emptive killings open up terrible ethical problems.

The exception is a Dark and/or Backwards game. In the former case Heaven does all sorts of vicious and morally dubious things in a desperate struggle to save what they can; in the latter case Heaven is the real villain and feels that anything they want to do can be justified by appealing to Destiny.

06-12-2018, 05:34 PM	#4
William Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan	Re: Can a Destiean Sabotage someones future to avert their fate? Leading someone to their Fate will never help others achieve their Destiny. By definition, Fates damage the Symphony more than they help it. Seeing that someone with an enormously powerful Fate and minor Destiny is killed before they can achieve the former is a highly dubious proposition. In most playings of the game, Heaven simply doesn't go around assassinating humans unless they have knowingly aligned themselves with Hell or have already performed acts which justify an execution. Pre-emptive killings open up terrible ethical problems. The exception is a Dark and/or Backwards game. In the former case Heaven does all sorts of vicious and morally dubious things in a desperate struggle to save what they can; in the latter case Heaven is the real villain and feels that anything they want to do can be justified by appealing to Destiny.