My opinion of backstab has always been what it was. But when Tessa spent her career as a Lilith-loving lawless thief/rogue, why wouldn't she use thief/rogue tactics to accomplish her dirty work? She wasn't really a 'lawful' character until recently, during which she stopped using thief skills.vurdijak wrote:Ok Herst, then everyone in Geas except you (and presumably Tessa) at that time was using 'weak' reasoning. Since I don't remember you (or Tessa) coming out against it back then
What Asralites did was their business. Tessa never contributed to Asral dogma.you are just as complicite in creating a world in which backstab was both honorable and brave according to Asral.
Again, my opinion of backstab has never changed. I thought it was a universal belief that thieves were sneaky snakey bastards, rather than noble warriors. And I do believe the changes made in the move reveal how the wizards feel about the move, too.Hopefully in the present and in the future, you will be kind enough to demonstrate to the entire playerbase where their reasoning is flawed when it is actually happening rather than several years later (when no one remembers you uttering a peep about it).
Anyway, I still stand by the point that the rationalisations made about backstab are done not because the move is honorable, brave, acceptable, normal, or so forth, but rather because it's a unrivaled, superpowered move that until recently had no consequences or repercussions for using.