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

[Patrick Phalen <pphalen@yahoo.com>]

AHHHH RUN!

--- BAuri65055@aol.com wrote:
> 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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