So I'm having a debate with a friend who wants to play an assassin in an upcoming game (3.5, if it matters). He wants to play an assassin, but doesn't believe the use of poison is always an evil act. I believe it is (I'm not the DM) due to the fact that consistent use of poison for a combat edge creates pain and suffering beyond what is needed to overcome an enemy. He sees it as utilizing an available tool, neither good or evil, and on the same level as using a sneak attack.
Only the GM's opinion on the subject matters, so shut up and deal with it.
Parker Lewis
Good =/= Nice.
Not every good character needs to be an upstanding knight of honour who only does battle and never catches his foe off guard. By your logic, ambushes shouldn't be done by good characters because they make their enemies scared before killing them.
Bentley Green
There's a difference between sneaking up on somebody and hitting them with a dart that makes them shit out their intestines.
Nathan Morris
>every poison causes pain
Aside from that, plenty of casters routinely inflict far worse shit on unsuspecting victims, yet nobody thinks to label those spells as evil.
Adam Davis
Yeah, just call them up and ask them if they feel better about being fucking murdered because it was slightly less painful for them to slip into the suffocating embrace of death before being tossed into Hell to suffer for all eternity.
Austin Hill
Never change, Veeky Forums.
GM hasn't ruled, and of course I'll go with what he decides. This is outside of the game; just a debate about ethics.
Cameron Brown
Ambush =/= Sneak attack. I am talking about 'enemy is on the road, lets attack from the forest on both sides' ambushes, not 'hurr durr I use Sneak to backstab him'.
