D&D General "Red Orc" American Indians and "Yellow Orc" Mongolians in D&D

[Vaalingrade]

But many humans also eat creatures they deem to be intellectually inferior to them. So what's the difference between humans eating pigs, which we know to be intelligent sentient creatures and mind flayers doing the same to humans?

I am eating boneless spare ribs right now.

 

[Vaalingrade]

So then the question become; is the only non-evil mindflayer one that willingly starves themselves to death?

Using D&D's psychotic take on alignment, they can go the punisher route and only rip the brains out of 'evil' people.

 

[Zardnaar]

So then the question become; is the only non-evil mindflayer one that willingly starves themselves to death?

I did start a thread about how evil something is if it eats sentients.

It was more about a hive mind like insects that will eat anything more or less.

Eating meat is unethical is an argument some vegetarians use even though our bodies are designed for doing it eg our teeth.

 

[CleverNickName]

But many humans also eat creatures they deem to be intellectually inferior to them. So what's the difference between humans eating pigs, which we know to be intelligent sentient creatures and mind flayers doing the same to humans?

I'm seriously not going to try to argue similarities between "being hungry" and "knowing the difference between right and wrong." If you don't know, I'm the wrong person to explain it.

 

[Zardnaar]

I'm seriously not going to try to argue similarities between "being hungry" and "knowing the difference between right and wrong." If you don't know, I'm the wrong person to explain it.

Right and wrong is subjective though. On a world with multiple sentients some might have dietry requirements to eat other sentients.

 

[CleverNickName]

Right and wrong is subjective though. On a world with multiple sentients some might have dietry requirements to eat other sentients.

Like I said: I'm not the right person to explain the difference.

(Full disclosure: I think most people actually do understand the difference, and just want to argue about it. I'm not a fan of arguments, and this isn't the right thread for it anyway.)

 

[Gradine]

Wasn't there a movie where a group of vampires were trying to create synthetic blood? I mean it was mostly because they were running out of humans, but I'm sure there are opportunities to cultivate and create "vegan" cuisine that sustains mindflayers.

 

[Umbran]

I define "evil" as "understanding the difference between right and wrong, and choosing wrong."

So a tiger isn't evil, but a mind flayer is.

Folks may be missing the actual analogy here. Cats are obligate carnivores - they must eat meat in order to survive. Some of the nutrients they need are not found in plants at all. If you feed a cat a vegan diet, it will die.

If the mind flayer needs to eat brains in order to survive, what choice does it have - be evil or willfully choose to die of malnutirion?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Using D&D's psychotic take on alignment, they can go the punisher route and only rip the brains out of 'evil' people.

D&Ds Alignment only seems psychotic when you put scare quotes around Evil.

 

[Gradine]

Using D&D's psychotic take on alignment, they can go the punisher route and only rip the brains out of 'evil' people.

Like a cross between Dexter and Hannibal Lecter!