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Order of the blackened Denarius Question.

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Hick Jr:
This sounds like a bad case of the D&D classic: "bad GM throws the unwinnable moral dilemma at the Lawful Good paladin and forces him to fall".

cdm014:
First let me say:

1. It was Nicodemus (and you presumably knew that), when he throws something small to/at you, a coin is a reasonable assumption. You had options to deflect or dodge, perhaps much like Harry, your subconscious made a decision for you...

Now to the other hand:

2. Harry considers a glove and a crown royal bag sufficient. There's no indication that the cloth need be blessed.

3. A shadow could have done very little to you. Indeed without first knowingly using some of its power, it couldn't even appear to you as itself; it would have to deceive you.

So there are cases where your GM is not staying true to canon.

Your bit about how your character can only be described as a LG Paladin however, might indicate this isn't the best fit for you either. Canonically, there are about 3 people who would never [insert specific violation of moral code here], and they all carry the swords. Most of the books are about the fact that the characters keep having to things which are clearly gray areas. Theoretically, your story could be about how you never ever ever ever fall to temptation, on the other hand that likely means the situations you are in aren't tempting enough.

If you're not in a situation where the power of a fallen angel might make the difference between success and dying, how terrible could the bad guys really be.

Grasharm:

--- Quote ---First let me say:

1. It was Nicodemus (and you presumably knew that)
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False, at the time of the incident i had read none of the books and it was my first time playing DFRPG.

Grasharm:
Let me just say this in closing. Again thanks to all who participated in this discussion, your input was very much appreciated. What my main concern was I was given an item that gave me a constant penalty to all my Role playing interactions and the only way to get rid of it was to give up my magic forever, which if i wanted to do that why would I have rolled a wizard.

shadowlost:

--- Quote from: HumAnnoyd on May 16, 2014, 07:26:03 PM ---I guess what I am trying to ask is would the Denarion have to break the human before they will get the shadow? Or would simply placing a coin in their hand while they are restrained be enough to...infect them?

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Remember in Death Masks Nic had Harry bound and under water and he still needed him to choose to take the coin. You just can't force someone to take the coin and hope for a viable result. Just remember in he Christian theology the idea of Free Will is more prominent than the ideas of salvation. If someone has the coin it should be because they chose to take it up knowing full well the results and not just some poor schmuck who found a coin out in the park.

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