I think you might be taking the analogy a little too seriously, Roman. xD Blinkin's point is that racism is based on the stereotype of things and ignores the reality. The danger he is saying that PC's have is relying on the stereotype of "All Necromancers = Bad" and ignoring that Necromancy doesn't change your mental alignment; it's a type of magic just as much as evocation or conjuration and that saying "This necromancer is bad because ALL Necromancers are bad" is the same as saying "This X Race Individual MUST be bad<em>because</em>all X Race are bad."<br/><br/>[Also, historically speaking, every single "race" of human has at some point genocided, oppressed and abused another race, so no one population has the monopoly on being fucked over by somebody else, and no race is immune to being an asshole. It's a human thing. Though, granted, to different extremes. Before Europe went to Africa, they were going around being dickheads to everybody else in their immediate vicinity. I mean, Egypt and the Jews much? The Hittites and...everybody who wasn't a Hittite? Persia and the Greeks. Japan and...everybody who wasn't Japanese...]<br/><br/>Anyway. The point Blinkin was making is a valid one, and I don't think it's fair for you to jump down his throat because the comparison was one that you found a little distasteful. The point he was making is that there's always wiggle room, especially if that character has experience with this other person, because no belief is THAT unshakeable and if it IS that black and white, then it's probably a bad thing. xD<br/><br/><br/>In any case, I'd really like to get back to the matter at hand! We keep getting sidetracked, Roman xD Given what I've said about Arty, what are you thinking in terms of their relationship? Any further thoughts? Any comments on my last statements on the matter? I do really wanna get this ironed out since they have adventured together before, and I don't want too much intraparty hostility xD You're right that an interaction would help, but at the same time, since they already know each other there needs to be a shared kinda consensus on what their interactions thus far have looked like. Really, it's a chicken and the egg problem.<br/><br/>Roman, would you mind if I PMed you with an idea? ^_^