Recent content by Bagpuss

No it doesn't because if all orcs are that way and it is established in the setting to be a fact, then they aren't judging on the actions of a few. And orcs aren't effectively alien? They aren't human that's a certain. So psychological make up doesn't need to be human, so what's the issue with...

Well that's saved me reading... (quick google search) 36 books.

And he wields dual scimitars!! Don't forget that...

Kind of depends, culture can come from the physical nature of the creature. At the crudest level kobold tunnels, will likely have lower ceilings, and this is likely true for kobolds the world over, in pre-history they might have develop traps to deal with larger opponents because they are...

Okay but the only orcs you've ever met are those marauding orcs is it still not justified? Isn't their marauding existence antithetical to the life of other sapient beings? In fact what if the lore of the game world is that only marauding orcs exist (as was true of D&D) in the game world is it...

Totally agree if there weren't any PCs my campaigns would run so much smoother... ...oh PC defaults. That makes more sense, still one can but dream.

Would the bias against Mind Flayers be also misplaced? Also if orcs are constantly attacking your nation is the bias misplaced, or based on experience?

they should all have the same range of physical attributes.

Well it is if you were brought up CoE and had never heard of the Curse of Ham until you mentioned it. Seems another US culture thing. Edit: Also checked with my RC wife and she’s not heard of it either.

So what you consider obvious you immediately admit in the next sentence is incorrect. So you are seeing racism because your conditioned to see it by US culture, not because it is actually there.

Oh so like some Christian groups seeking the end times?

You know what a lot of us are lazy, we don't play D&D to create great works of fiction, we do it to meet up with friends, share a laugh, slay a dragon and maybe a few orcs along the way. And there is nothing wrong with that. We don't go thinking hmm these orcs actually represent an oppressed...

Works pretty well with it, and it is a useful tool for the sort of heroic stories that D&D is about. Right so what your saying is players should instead be crushed by overwhelming guilt when they go round killing orcs? Sounds like fun game... not sure it will catch on as well but you do you...

Why? They do evil shit, they are evil. Should we start calling them misunderstood humanoids?

D&D has an alignment system, for better or worse. It is a bit of a chicken and egg situation most of the time. Are Orcs evil because they have a culture based on rampaging and pillage, or do they rampage and pillage because they are evil? In D&D lore they are Evil intrinsically and thus have a...