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  1. 2018-10-08, 07:45 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #131
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    Default Torture? Not gonna happen

    Quote Originally Posted by Liquor Box View Post
    From a story perspective it adds an interesting ethical question as well - is torture justified when it's the only way to save the world?
    Rich is writing OoTS, not the TV show 24.
    Do we think that magically compelling Redcloak to cast the spell would work?
    Haley; what she does is beyond magic, and defies reason.

    Insofar as your suggestion regarding torture: Belkar will be for it, Roy will not. That conversation, if there is one, will be very, very short. It's outcome is known.
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