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<blockquote data-quote="darthkilmor" data-source="post: 4032118" data-attributes="member: 23365"><p>An act of mercy by the PC's could well be what keeps the next village over from being burned to the ground and everyone slaughtered. If I were another orc and came across an entire village of my kinfolk slaughtered by humans, I'd go wipe out a human settlement as revenge. If you come across a village with no males and just woman and childer, then well, your clan would just assimilate them into your own, and probably thank the humans that killed your rivals. Assuming it was a group of humans that came across the village, well, half-orcs have to come from somewhere. Repercussions are definitely worth the PC's consideration. Maybe the dwarves make it a point to leave the woman and children alone, and thats what makes them better than the orcs, who probably often go on the traditional rape and pillage.</p><p></p><p>I would personally see the killing of intelligent non-combatants as an neutral-to-evil act, depending on the situation. The village could just as easily be a clan of evil human barbarians, then the decision will probably be a little less easy for your PC's. This all actually reminds of the star wars movie where anakin kills the whole village of sand people, which some people would probably consider an evil act(and theatrically served to illustrate his slide to the dark side).</p><p></p><p>Also, just because someone is evil doesn't mean anyone good can just kill them. The local sheriff, magistrate, nobility, and even local church officials may be evil. You don't see paladins walking around with constant detect evil, slaughtering anything they don't approve of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darthkilmor, post: 4032118, member: 23365"] An act of mercy by the PC's could well be what keeps the next village over from being burned to the ground and everyone slaughtered. If I were another orc and came across an entire village of my kinfolk slaughtered by humans, I'd go wipe out a human settlement as revenge. If you come across a village with no males and just woman and childer, then well, your clan would just assimilate them into your own, and probably thank the humans that killed your rivals. Assuming it was a group of humans that came across the village, well, half-orcs have to come from somewhere. Repercussions are definitely worth the PC's consideration. Maybe the dwarves make it a point to leave the woman and children alone, and thats what makes them better than the orcs, who probably often go on the traditional rape and pillage. I would personally see the killing of intelligent non-combatants as an neutral-to-evil act, depending on the situation. The village could just as easily be a clan of evil human barbarians, then the decision will probably be a little less easy for your PC's. This all actually reminds of the star wars movie where anakin kills the whole village of sand people, which some people would probably consider an evil act(and theatrically served to illustrate his slide to the dark side). Also, just because someone is evil doesn't mean anyone good can just kill them. The local sheriff, magistrate, nobility, and even local church officials may be evil. You don't see paladins walking around with constant detect evil, slaughtering anything they don't approve of. [/QUOTE]
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