On 11/29/2011 7:45 AM, boztakang wrote:
> When a Thanatari steals heads for his own use, it's chaotic, because is denying the victim a natural death.
But when an Orlanthi does the same? Some do take human heads after all.
Or is the action of making a ghost chaotic? The journey to the
afterlife is delayed which seems to me to be a feature of an unnatural
death. I prefer to resolve this conumdrum (and others) by saying that
the Thanatari severed heads are chaotic because chaos magic is used in
their creation which gives them some bonus not available to the Orlanthi
when they make severed heads.
> When Orlanth steals a dragons head, it's ok, because it is Orlanth's nature to kill monsters and take trophies.
The trouble is that it is also the Ogre's nature to prey on humanity
from within and the Broo's nature to rape whatever they please. Which
is why I don't think the argument that actions in accordance with one's
nature are nonchaotic actions is a convincing one. It's an argument
that many gloranthans would make which is why I have been careful not to
dispute gloranthan beliefs that cannibalism is chaotic etc.
--Peter Metcalfe