I think while we, as pacifists, enjoy the protection from combat that our life choice brings us we should never, ever interfere in a fight, whether it be a jumping, a team fight or any other form of combat.

Pacifism is not and should not be used as a means to get around the daily trials of having to deal with death and people who choose to abuse their invulnerability to the Grim Reaper by interfering in other people's combat does nothing but bring shame

on all of us.

We are derided by a vast majority in this land for choosing a less aggressive way of life than some others, I personally think we have a hard enough battle on our hands to gain any form of respect from the fighters of Avalon without people summoning a

nd portalling (obviously this charge is levied only at us of the loremaster profession - animists being quite within their rights as a peaceloving guild) others out of fights.

If we wish to do something to help our friends we should drop the mantle of pacifism which protects us from retailiation in all but a very small minority of attacks and go out and learn to fight. It is a far harder thing knowing you have to stand by a

nd see a friend die than to cross the line to interfere.

Then again, I have always subscribed to the theory that a pacifist choice should be for life and not renewable after one year and then maybe more people would put some consideration into it before choosing it, rather than using it as a get out clause

when they can't stand the heat out on the battlefield.

In addition, I would expect pacifist members of my guild to follow the same unwritten rule that pacifists do not interfere directly in combat. By directly I mean portally and summoning, I don't count mixing potions, fetching herbs or charging instrume

nts as a direct interference as you are not taking the target beyond the reach of their enemy when doing so.

This is, obviously, my personal opinion and everyone's free to argue the toss with it.

Mirrigold

Written by my hand on the 21st of Midsummer, in the year 1077.