[UA] Justified Violence Check

[stuartanderson at uswest.net]

Gregory Paul Stolze wrote:

> At 04:40 PM 04/12/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >To bring this back a bit more on-topic for UA... if a character did a
> >violent act against someone they sincerely believed deserved it,
> >should this be a lower level of a Violence Madness check? Or should
> >the person simply get a bonus on the Mind roll? I can see arguments
> >for both sides...
>
> I see no reason to change the check at all.  This is my opinion, but I
> don't envision Violence checks as being particularly intellectual.
> (Unlike, say, Self checks.)  You freak out because it's damn nasty and
> because seriously hurting another human being -- regardless of how pissed
> off you are, or how righteously indignant -- is difficult and often
> disgusting.  (Not to mention a lot of social conditioning against it,
> though that's debatable.)

If you can reasonably justify murder or assault, maybe that alone would be
worth another check.

--Stu

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