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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlackMoria" data-source="post: 1815766" data-attributes="member: 424">I would call no foul on the cleric's behavior.  He acted according to the tenets of his faith in a situation that lacked clarity.Assumption 1:  Orcs are normally evil.  Unless proven otherwise, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, I am inclined to say it is a duck.  The orcs in the village did not act in a fashion to say they were not evil.  They did attack the psionic warrior.  The village was empty and the orcs had an defensive emplacement in the village (that implies a level of hostility) - which means they were not there to play canasta.  If this happened in my game, all of my players would draw the same conclusion - the orcs somehow overwhelmed the village and carted off the inhabitants as slaves or forced labor.  Why? - because that is what 'normal' orcs usually do.  The village is empty and it takes no small leap of assumption to assume the orcs are responsible.  The orcs have shown themselves to be hostile (they fired first) - therefore, it takes no small leap of assumption to conclude you are dealing with your run of the mill evil orcs.Assumption 2 - Evil creatures can misrepresent, mislead and make a situation not what is seems.   While the situation becomes clearer later (when the orc leaders and party finally talk), the cleric has every right to be suspicious and not take the words of some orcs leaders (remember assumption 1 - orcs are normally evil) at face value.  The humans can be charmed, dominated or simply so frightened for their lives that they are backing the story of the orc leaders.  In short - is this situation really what it is or is it a clever ploy by the orcs to have their army move unimpeded through the area in pursuit of some evil agenda.Therefore, the cleric acted within reason given the circumstances and can claim that he acted in the best interests of justice given the information at hand.No foul, IMHO.Edit:  Of course, if orcs in your campaign are normally peaceful, good,  law abiding types, the cleric's actions are on shaky ground, since assumption 1 and 2 are no longer true.</blockquote>

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