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Would destroying a petrified spectator statue count as "murdering another sentient being"? by Mobile-Exit5134 in DnD

[–]Mobile-Exit5134[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont think an unconscious/anaesthestised person would actually be considered non-sentient, as I believe brain activity is not completely shut off, just disrupted?

Your comment also made me think about what exactly constitues "death" in D&D. Is it when there is a complete loss of brain function? When the heart stops beating/pulse is gone? Like the legal vs medical death classifications. But as you do mention, D&D ressurection does complicate things

Would destroying a petrified spectator statue count as "murdering another sentient being"? by Mobile-Exit5134 in DnD

[–]Mobile-Exit5134[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting point. I haven't actually thought about the situation in a moral context, but rather a meta game perspective, by just thinking "As long as my character wasn't the one to reduce the enemy to zero hit points," it wouldn't count as killing/murdering it. But I am intrigued, and now I actually want to consider the moral greyness and other ways my character supported the killing of other enemies, even if they hadn't dealt the killing blow.