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<blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2778177" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>"Please. Trust us, we would be the last to attempt to glorify humans. Humans can be brutal, they quite often are, and they are often shortsighted and foolish. But make no mistake that orcs follow the pattern more often than humans. Now, you personally may break the mould, which is why such things are not good methods to use on individuals, but the fact remains that just as the the generality proves nothing about you, so do you prove nothing about the generality. Orcs, on average, are less intelligent and more rash than humans. This is no mere speculation--it is fact. Now, are there orcs who are smarter than most humans? Yes, there are. And there are humans who are less intelligent than the average orc, but the fact remains. And orcs tend towards evil and entropy. These are no speculations or prejudice--they are facts. Are orcs 'inferior' to humans, as you have said we claim? We make no such claim to rank the two mortal races. But are they capricious and evil as a race? Yes, they are. We are surprised that this is even a question--it is like asking whether dark elves or red dragons are generally evil. Of course they are."</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">(OOC: And from what I've seen in my adventure Immortality Awakens, Enworld is more prejudiced against members of typically evil races than any world I've ever seen. My adventurers saw hobgoblins attacking a gray render and they decided to attack the hobgoblins <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)</span></p><p></p><p>"But let us speak not of these things, but rather, let us speak of the task ahead of us, and how we shall pursue it together."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rystil Arden, post: 2778177, member: 29014"] "Please. Trust us, we would be the last to attempt to glorify humans. Humans can be brutal, they quite often are, and they are often shortsighted and foolish. But make no mistake that orcs follow the pattern more often than humans. Now, you personally may break the mould, which is why such things are not good methods to use on individuals, but the fact remains that just as the the generality proves nothing about you, so do you prove nothing about the generality. Orcs, on average, are less intelligent and more rash than humans. This is no mere speculation--it is fact. Now, are there orcs who are smarter than most humans? Yes, there are. And there are humans who are less intelligent than the average orc, but the fact remains. And orcs tend towards evil and entropy. These are no speculations or prejudice--they are facts. Are orcs 'inferior' to humans, as you have said we claim? We make no such claim to rank the two mortal races. But are they capricious and evil as a race? Yes, they are. We are surprised that this is even a question--it is like asking whether dark elves or red dragons are generally evil. Of course they are." [size=1](OOC: And from what I've seen in my adventure Immortality Awakens, Enworld is more prejudiced against members of typically evil races than any world I've ever seen. My adventurers saw hobgoblins attacking a gray render and they decided to attack the hobgoblins ;))[/size] "But let us speak not of these things, but rather, let us speak of the task ahead of us, and how we shall pursue it together." [/QUOTE]
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