D&D General Hive Mind Evil?

[Zardnaar]

If a human society was farming other humans for food, you'd call them evil, so the same applies to the Insects.

Unless the insects lacked free will (i.e. they were mindless beasts) in which case they would be unaligned.

Hiveminds not farming themselves though. They're farming or hunting a different species.

 

[Flamestrike]

Hiveminds not farming themselves though. They're farming or hunting a different species.

Ok, so if the local Elves started farming the local Humans for food. It's clearly evil!

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Ok, so if the local Elves started farming the local Humans for food. It's clearly evil!

And if humans started farming pigs for food that would clearly be evil!

 

[Zardnaar]

Ok, so if the local Elves started farming the local Humans for food. It's clearly evil!

Completly different species though and elves and humans can interbreed.

They're not doing it because they're cruel,. It's because they're hungry and perceive the humans as a threat or an intelligent plague of locusts.

The hive is self aware and can and will regulate their numbers. Logically to them they view humans much like humans view locusts.

Part of the idea is a morality question for the players around consumption and the environment I suppose.

 

[Zardnaar]

And if humans started farming pigs for food that would clearly be evil!

I'm not vegetarian but yeah the morality system is from our point of view.

The hivemind views humans as vermin basically that produce no useful byproducts and destroy the environment.

Hivemind can self regulate, humans can't.

 

[MarkB]

I'm not vegetarian but yeah the morality system is from our point of view.

The hivemind views humans as vermin basically that produce no useful byproducts and destroy the environment.

Hivemind can self regulate, humans can't.

Sounds like both sides have a point.

 

[Flamestrike]

And if humans started farming pigs for food that would clearly be evil!

Pigs and Humans are the same now are they?

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Pigs and Humans are the same now are they?

They have roughly similar amount of protein.

 

[Flamestrike]

They have roughly similar amount of protein.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

The thing is that you might feel that pigs are lower lifeforms and killing them doesn't really have a similar moral weight than killing a human would. But a massive collective sentience composed of thousands of minds might feel similarly about measly humans. It's just a matter of perspective.