RE: [DL] "Killing in self-defense"

[Scott Lufkin <Scott.Lufkin@telethinking.com>]

Sorak speaks:

I think basically self-defense is whenever the Blessed wants to shoot
someone and not make a sinnin' role.  Course, I may be a might biased, I am
said PC in this example!  :)

Scott D. Lufkin
IT Operations Technician
Ron Weber and Associates
Waterloo, IA


-----Original Message-----
From: BAuri65055@aol.com [mailto:BAuri65055@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 02:19
To: deadlands@gamerz.net
Subject: [DL] "Killing in self-defense"


Not to bring back my earlier thread about sinnin', but....

What exactly qualifies as "self-defense" (in reference to Christian blessed 
being able to kill in self-defense)? I basically took it to mean if they are

shooting at you or trying to stab you, etc. you cant get away will killing 
them. 
Perfect example is last session the original blessed in the group (there are

2 now), shot a cultist in the leg as he was trying to summon something
awful. 
The cultist went down with a serious leg wound. Unfortunately the cultist 
succeeded. The resulting battle with said demon left all of the posse save 
the newly recruited PC on the ground bleeding or winded. In all of the 
confusion trying to stop the other cultists from escaping and binding 
wounds,etc. The cultist he shot in the leg bled to death. I made him roll
for 
a mortal sin since he wasn't acting in self defense and he killed the guy, 
albeit accidentally (hell he wanted to question him). 

My question was, basically, was I too rough on him or is that about right
for 
a blessed? At the time he shot him the cultist was no immediate threat to
him 
and didn't take any overt action (well he summoned a demon, but the demon
was 
the threat not the cultist). I guess "self-defense" is a gray area that can 
mean a lot of things to a lot of people, but Im just looking for its 
definition in relation to sins.


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