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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8842791" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>My logic is: knowledge can be used for both good and evil. So can free will. Same with fire, crafts, trade, nature, and wisdom, which Dragonlance also considers to be Neutral.</p><p></p><p>It's not that having free will is bad or not good; it's neutral. And having free will as your portfolio does not make you a Good god. Especially if you're also smashing mountains into people for daring to use that free will.</p><p></p><p>Especially since [USER=30788]@Teemu[/USER] had originally said that the gods of good were focused on maintaining free will, not actually fighting evil... but maintaining free will is specifically the job of the chief God of Neutrality.</p><p></p><p>Also...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure... but what does it say about "cruel and unusual punishment," or killing innocents along with the guilty? </p><p></p><p>Because unless you're really trying to claim that saying "yo, gods, I want to stop evil so give me power" deserves <em>death</em> (and don't forget: the gods only smooshed him after he asked for power, <em>not </em>in the 80 years the kingpriest spend committing evil acts in the Good gods' names), or that <em>every single person </em>who died in the Cataclysm and the apocalypse that occurred because of it deserved the death penalty... the gods' punishment <em>far </em>outweighed the crime.</p><p></p><p>Really, the <em>best </em>you can claim is that the gods have no fine motor skills and very bad aim. In which case it changes from <em>deliberate </em>genocide to <em>accidental </em>genocide.</p><p></p><p>But what it <em>really </em>says is that the Good gods didn't care about mass murder in their name and only got upset when the kingpriest wanted a promotion. Sure, they yanked spells, but they didn't actually do anything to stop the murder in their name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8842791, member: 6915329"] My logic is: knowledge can be used for both good and evil. So can free will. Same with fire, crafts, trade, nature, and wisdom, which Dragonlance also considers to be Neutral. It's not that having free will is bad or not good; it's neutral. And having free will as your portfolio does not make you a Good god. Especially if you're also smashing mountains into people for daring to use that free will. Especially since [USER=30788]@Teemu[/USER] had originally said that the gods of good were focused on maintaining free will, not actually fighting evil... but maintaining free will is specifically the job of the chief God of Neutrality. Also... Sure... but what does it say about "cruel and unusual punishment," or killing innocents along with the guilty? Because unless you're really trying to claim that saying "yo, gods, I want to stop evil so give me power" deserves [I]death[/I] (and don't forget: the gods only smooshed him after he asked for power, [I]not [/I]in the 80 years the kingpriest spend committing evil acts in the Good gods' names), or that [I]every single person [/I]who died in the Cataclysm and the apocalypse that occurred because of it deserved the death penalty... the gods' punishment [I]far [/I]outweighed the crime. Really, the [I]best [/I]you can claim is that the gods have no fine motor skills and very bad aim. In which case it changes from [I]deliberate [/I]genocide to [I]accidental [/I]genocide. But what it [I]really [/I]says is that the Good gods didn't care about mass murder in their name and only got upset when the kingpriest wanted a promotion. Sure, they yanked spells, but they didn't actually do anything to stop the murder in their name. [/QUOTE]
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