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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4146303" data-attributes="member: 62992">I don't think the "monsters are herding humans like sheep" argument is very satisfactory because I don't want to create a situation where all PoLs are in the thrall of monsters. Sure, it will be fun as the exception, but not as a general rule.I think if monsters were behind the fate of most then PoLs they wouldn't be PoLs any more; they would be camps full of slaves. Oh I know we can hand wave and say " perhaps they are hiding from other monsters" or "it is like the matrix, they want everyone to be happy so they don't rebel" but I just don't like it as a general explanation.What else can we come up with? I think some of the important points are distance; many monsters will have a territory and will not stray out of it if they have everything they need. Since the world is vast and empty, most PoLs will be OK as long as they stay small enough not to be noticed.Of course, a monster might happen across them once very ten years, and then they are in big trouble, but this would not be an everyday event.I also think, that most big monsters would have an easier time dominating monsterous humanoids rather than humans because these creatures respect the "force is right" philsophy and are also inherently evil whereas humans just don't do as they are told. These creatures are in it for the long game and they know that whilst humans are down and out now they may grow in power, as has happened many times before and it is unwise to anger them.Humans have a social group feeling, because at core we are essentially good creatures, even though we are capable of evil. If we see another group of humans or even animals being exploited, our gut feeling is to rescue them. Monsters don't have any such fellow feeling and so if orcs find out that others of their kind are enslaved, they probably have a good laugh. All in all, it is safer to get orcs to do your work than humans as they are too busy trying to kill each other to rebel. Humans will always stand together.</blockquote>

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