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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9359568" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I mean... should I? Greyhawk is the home to the Mighty Servant of Leuk-o who fought against Lum the Mad and his Infernal Machine. Shield Guardians are also constructs made by wizards and dedicated to protecting and serving them, and since Shield Guardians have existed since at least 3rd edition, they are in Greyhawk already. So, while the average peasant might not welcome a Warforged like family.... would you throw rotten tomatoes at the magical bodyguard of someone who can destroy your village with a few words, like the mages who destroyed an entire country with the Rain of Colorless Fire? This is another thing I just never understand when people talk about racism against Tieflings. Okay, sure, your average peasant might think that the Tiefling is a Cambion or a Demon... How do people react when a nigh-immortal engine of destruction walks into their village? If a Hezrou was summoned into a village, would the peasants sneer at it and throw rotten vegetables? A being so powerful and deadly, it can kill three men in six second, ripping them apart? The peasants wouldn't gather a mob to attack the Tiefling, they would, at worse freak out and flee, cowering in their homes. The reason they end up reacting with derision and scorn is because the DM knows the Tielfling character is not a demon, and that they are unlikely to start slaughtering people for treating them badly. Also, because they know a mob COULD kill the character.And if Greyhawk really is a land of moral greys, where power rules above good and evil... then those villagers may roll out the red carpet, because if they can convince a powerful demon and his servants that they too are worth protecting, then they might be set for life! Because while it might be a demon... it is also incredibly powerful and they would rather it think favorably of them, rather than reduce their homes to ashes and pick its teeth clean with their children's bones.</blockquote>

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