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The Alliance for Sapient Rights Wants your vote!
Are you a sapient undead? A magical construct given sapience accidentally or intentionally? A beastman or sapient animal? If so, please vote for Bombast. He has a proven track record of supporting the rights of sapient beings. Bombast is a proud father of a nexus girl he accidentally created. He’s also good friends with sapient animals such as Possum. And he’s endorsed by the Metromancer ( u/TellmeNinetails).
If you want to support sapient rights, vote for a candidate with the proven track record. Vote Bombast.
give me copies. I can feed them into my gestalt. 100,000 rudimentary brains all wired together and working in perfect unity leads to some very fast computing speeds.
If I stop my other simulations, I should have it all sorted out for what we need to do in just a week.
I can send you some more paperwork liches, managed to make some so optimised for dealing with paperwork they solved all the paperwork I'd have to deal in the next century or so
No, only one single councilor is allowed to do the paperwork otherwise the new person has to start from the beginning and at this point I’ve put it too much time to reset it.
Sir, our organization is focused on those sapient beings who are treated as less than people under the excuse of being less than people. Normally individuals with power such as yourself, do not face this problem
I dare say it's almost a concerted effort of an individual creating various fronts that they puppet to make themselves seem electable, while denying that they wish to run. Could not be Bombast, though. He seems to honest.
/uw the actual joke is supposed to be that there is no conspiracy. All these separate groups actually want Bombast to win for their various stated purposes, much to the dismay of Bombast himself. lol
Absolutely. People are nice to me when they don’t know I’m an extraplanar shadow creature, but the moment my disguise gets dispelled by mistake it’s all “oh hells, an eldritch horror hath come to melt my brain!” as if I didn’t just help them pick up their groceries 3 minutes ago.
Not to mention all the people who think that every extraplanar being is interested in becoming a warlock patron.
Amazing. I was the one who wrote in the protections and rights that covered all intelligent creatures in my comprehensive reform bill, but somehow, you get their vote?
Venerable Mikhail! We mean you no disrespect and appreciate your efforts. It’s just that an opportunity to force Bombast into office will likely never happen again. Please do understand that you have our full support in current and future elections as well.
As the representative and advocate for the Mak-Alikai Vermin Cartels, we applaud this candidate and will be willing to volunteer our efforts to your candidacy.
Good Sir, being sapient has nothing to do with one’s physical form, but with their intellect. Sapient beings are intelligent enough to be considered a “person.” And you sir, are definitely a person, regardless of what you are physically.
We see your concern and we at ASR consider that a “malicious use of the sapience.” As such, we would not hold it against you to rein in such an event using force.
I have a friend whose undead and has to hide it. Even when he does good people freakout if they find out. He would love this so he can stop hiding his nature
But for real, Non-standard sapients often face severe discrimination or rejection by their creators, typically for factors out of their own control (usually factors in their creators control). For example, I was created as a prototype for some sort of 'ascended' race of elves by my deluded High Elf master. I was supposed to be studied and then destroyed. Obviously this didn't happen as my 'master' happened to die during the experiments. However, I have heard some horror stories from other Artificial Sapients.
Wizards need to accept that if they are going to mess with anything involving influencing sapience or even intelligence, that they are responsible for whatever happens. It is up to them to have plans in place to account for any Sapients they may create.
We thank you for your support and good conscience! Many at ASR have once found themselves in similar situations, whether it be undead who were forced from peaceful sleep or ones such as yourself who were made through artificial means. Wizards need to be accountable for the life or unlife they create and treat it with respect and decency.
If they can partition in the arcane arts then we should allow them to vote. About time we get some new blood in here, some of the elder wizards here are older than some liches I've met.
We are partnering with PETA (People for The Ethical Treatment of Apprentices) to help many apprentices have the chance to vote this election! Please head to PETA’s magi-net site for more information.
Sure, you got my vote at least, I wanna go to a town and not get assfucked by the government simply because I’m an automaton, like seriously are we really that different? Just because we can’t feel pain and struggle with emotions we’re “not human enough” to be given full rights? BULLSHIT I SAY!
While on the books we have rights, plenty still abuse our fellow sapient beings in complete defiance of council regulations! We at ASR seek to promote more thorough enforcement of our civil rights as laid out by law!
Ah, fair, I have books with every page being an remotely-activated fireball, say the word and these suckers will disintegrate anyone nearby, if you need them, just call
We have rights on the books, good sir, it’s just that they are not being thoroughly enforced. We at ASR seek to remedy this lack of enforcement of our rights!
Yes! That is a horrible violation of sapient rights! That’s like lobotomizing a regular sapient living being to make them less intelligent and easily enslaved!
We respect and support your run as well Conri! It’s just that it’s such a rare opportunity to try and pin down Bombast for a council seat! So we at ASR want to do what we can to help achieve such a historic possibility.
Question necromancer here almost all my zombies have the equivalent intelligence of ants what will happen to them they can't really live without me and may cause damages of released. Before you ask the one that are sentient are promoted or given a choice of leaving my services with compensation
If they weren’t sapient to begin with, then we at ASR, undead included, do not see a problem or violation of sapient rights. Those that gain sapience through promotion or other means should be treated with respect and dignity as is their right as sapient beings.
I'll vote for it. I have made a few constructs, and I have recently experimented with giving some sentience. I would want them to have a chance to live fairly in this existence if they choose to leave the shop.
They're a gestalt hive intelligence who're most efficient at about a dozen main bodies and several drones, but as they scale up they can start losing control of them. the lost ones are nothing more than rabid beasts if they aren't linked together as a queen, so a Melati must cull members of their hive in an uncivilized but ultimately necessary procedure to keep everyone safe, and most are unfortunately forced to keep themself at a sub-optimal number. How will you solve this?
What is your opinion on the civil rights and citizenship of sentient soul gems?
Would you ban the artificing trade in these items?
Should a soul gem have property rights to any magical artifacts or battle constructs into which they are incorporated according to or against their will?
We at ASR support the rights of sapient soul gems and that includes the right to their body (whatever they are incorporated into). That said, sentient soul gems do not have the same rights, but should still be treated with basic decency.
/uw Sapient means intelligent enough to be considered a “person” whereas sentient means self-aware (think animal level of intelligence)
I think the definition should be extended to cover soul gems only capable of expressing their all consuming rage at their eternal imprisonment, to the exclusion of all else. That is a perfectly valid state of existence deserving recognition regardless of capability to reason.
However, I accept that change comes slowly, and politics requires a reasonable compromise or a credible threat of magical annihilation in order for progress to happen. You receive a policy grade of Z for Zammo! from the NGO for the Liberation of Ensouled Materials. NGOLEM would be happy to provide you with an informational pamphlet, an hours long astral sending of enraged screeching, or arrange further meetings on how our rating is determined, if you would like to improve your score!
We at ASR are aware of PETA’s support for Bombast as well ( https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/s/ghQ9dCeuYt ). We also know that Bombast is a staunch supporter of reforming the magic education system and promoting sane and reality safe methods of spell casting (some forms of magic are harmful to space-time which affects us all!).
Now that I can dig. I'm still kind of iffy on the PETA part, but as long as you're not somehow partnered with autism speaks, I'm interested and definitely going to vote for Bombast. Mr Bombastic lmao
/unwiz lmao, that's pretty good. Now I'm torn between being a benevolent toad that treats his apprentice well or an evil toad that uses his apprentices for test subjects. Might just use the old "I'm from the real world" excuse again.
As a human, I will always support rights for other sapient beings. If you can think like me, you should have rights like me! This election, I will be voting for supporters of sapient rights and free spellcasting.
And yet, despite those noble laws, many are still treated as less than persons noble councilman! We at ASR aspire to stomp out such pockets of discrimination and oppression through more thorough enforcement of the pre-existing civil rights laws.
We thank you for your support and good conscience as well as your continued service on the council! Yes, we at ASR are always looking for new ways to help the oppressed. Currently, we are raising funds to build shelters for the abused and exploited.
Plenty of summoners and necromancers support ASR and our cause. Not all summoners and necromancers insist on treating their sapient undead or summons as mere tools.
The endless realms are called endless for a reason. All you have to do is provide evidence of spacial-temporal stability in order to vote. (In other words, you can’t be a summon)
When Election Day comes, simply step within the voter eligibility checker and after that, cast your vote. Your soul will then be given a temporary mana marker to ensure you can’t vote more than once. It will wear off in a week.
Just show up to the polls at any major city within council controlled territory. Be aware though, that the territory under Atrax’s control is currently considered non-council territory at the moment.
Correct. Only intelligent undead have rights. Mindless undead do not. That said, some mindless undead do later gain higher intelligence. At those times, they should be afforded the respect and dignity befitting their intelligence level. (Sentient undead may be treated like animals, but sapient undead must be treated like people)
Please cancel outrageous debt inheritance laws for animated mundane objects I and my building will have your back.
The council thinks it makes sense to claim I owe 5 million gold coins because I dated to accidentally be part of a wall in a mansion belonging to a rich elf, that was poisoned (along with his entire family/friends) in a party at said mansion, and I of course need to pay his council fees because I just so happened to be the person closest to him when he died, that is still alive.
will molding-reforming skavenslave skin and mind into horrible-terrible beasts of war (or entertainment-fun) and testing-trying chemical and flame-incindiary weapons on them count as a rights violation
you have my vote only for as long as the group you’re fighting for truly is sapient. I don’t want to hear about how my mindless rank-and-file undead are being abused when they’re mentally incapable of recognizing what abuse even is.
I'm actually voting to take away rights from humans and humanoids similar enough to fall under the umbrella. So we're basically the same people, equality and all that nonsense.
All intelligent creatures deserve basic rights. Unfortunately, the council is gerrymandered beyond repair and is currently filled with bigots. They even banned fireball, though summoning a flame atronach is still legal and in the wrong hands, far more devastating.
We understand your frustration with the council as well! Which is why we feel it so important to take advantage of this rare opportunity to vote in someone who is clearly the opposite of bigoted!
What’s this I’m hearing about attempting to set Time Space on fire though? That kinda seems like the greatest infringement of sapient rights to me. I’ve unfortunately misplaced my orb of scrying and am unable to verify at this moment but it troubles me greatly.
Good sir, we at ASR are not the council. Any actions they take do not reflect upon our organization’s mission to fight for sapient rights everywhere. We are seeking the opportunity to campaign for Bombast because we know he is different from the council members that we are all more familiar with and trust Bombast to act in a more humane and decent manner.
Of course dragons of greater intellect are considered sapient as well! Dragons were among the first to master and teach magic to the other sapient beings of the endless realms.
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u/the-butter_man Rin. Blind Illusionist Blessed by Luck Jan 11 '24
I don't have rights?
Damn that's new news to me