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The First Law of Magic In-Play: Semi-Official Advice
Mr. Death:
It's because magic isn't just another tool--it is, fundamentally, the wizard imposing his will on the world to make it the way he thinks it should be. And it's tied into who and what the wizard is in a much more intrinsic way than a sword or a gun would be. You hear the expression, 'You are what you eat?' Well, with magic, it's 'You are what you do with it.'
So when a magic user kills someone with magic, it's not just them making a conscious decision of, "Okay, in those specific circumstances it's okay to kill," it's them shifting toward, "I'm right to kill who I want because I have this power," on the level of their soul.
blackstaff67:
But yet the First Law does have two exceptions as noted in Storm Front: In self-defense and to defend the innocent/defenseless. That implies that while it is killing, it is somehow different from murder.
Tedronai:
Those are not exceptions to the First Law. Those are exceptions to the executions imposed by the White Council for violating the First Law. The corruption of the soul has no such exception.
ReaderAt2046:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on May 14, 2013, 02:49:48 AM ---It's because magic isn't just another tool--it is, fundamentally, the wizard imposing his will on the world to make it the way he thinks it should be. And it's tied into who and what the wizard is in a much more intrinsic way than a sword or a gun would be. You hear the expression, 'You are what you eat?' Well, with magic, it's 'You are what you do with it.'
So when a magic user kills someone with magic, it's not just them making a conscious decision of, "Okay, in those specific circumstances it's okay to kill," it's them shifting toward, "I'm right to kill who I want because I have this power," on the level of their soul.
--- End quote ---
But that's just the point I'm trying to get across. If your fundamental motivation for a specific killing is "protect myself" or "protect these innocents", then it is that desire, that motive, which should be reinforced.
blackstaff67:
--- Quote from: Tedronai on May 14, 2013, 03:40:24 AM ---Those are not exceptions to the First Law. Those are exceptions to the executions imposed by the White Council for violating the First Law. The corruption of the soul has no such exception.
--- End quote ---
So, to correctly understand your position, is that the deliberate act of killing with magic, regardless of purpose or intent, is soul-corrupting, while the Cosmos may give you a pass regarding accidental killing with magic or just plain acts of stupidity/suicide ("Let's walk into this Wall of Fire, I'm sure its an illusion.").
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