[e23-announce] It's Not Cruel, It's . . .

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It's, um . . . a guarantee. Yeah, see, you wouldn't want that very bad man to recover from his wound. What if you missed the heart or something? He might stagger off, heal up, and end up standing over you, laughing manically, one hand on the lever to winch that's slowly lowering you into a pool of acid. I don't care how high your horse is in that little scenario, buster. Acid beats moral high ground.

So toss that "honorable combat" malarkey out the big metaphorical window and put Pale Designs: A Poisoner's Handbook ( http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=BAS1007PDF )  to good use. There's no harm in being sure, and this book has enough different lethal chemical concoctions to kill anything this side of the elemental planes possessing a central nervous system. (That is, creatures with their own central nervous systems. You're on your own with those in possession of someone else's.)

And besides. That guy would have done the same thing if he'd just thought of it first. Or had seen you coming. Or even knew that someone wanted to kill him. Look, trust me, don't dwell, just stab him with the poisoned dagger and run.

-- Fox Barrett