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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7726987" data-attributes="member: 29398">Er...your world might be different, I suppose, but I'm not sure Orcs in most worlds really do orphanages...That said, a Paladin who kills Orcs just because they're Orcs without bothering to use her 'Detect Evil' ability* first is not what I'd call Goodly.* - please tell me Paladins still get this in 5e...if they don't, they should.Did you mean to say &quot;shouldn't&quot; in that last sentence?&nbsp; Otherwise you're undermining your own stance.Depends on the culture.&nbsp; A culture can be very insular yet still be societally Good - look at the Elves, for example, who almost never let anyone of another race into their home forests.And one can (and in my current campaign I have) hang a huge long storyline on this, where a whole society in effect changes its alignment and nobody notices until it's almost too late.&nbsp; In my case it's the Elves - while many individuals are still quite decent the underlying society has been corrupted** kind of from the top down on an almost-worldwide basis, to the point where Elves are slowly and (in most cases) quietly trying to more or less take over the world.&nbsp; This process has been underway for centuries and is only just now coming to a head.** - to tell this story would require far longer than it's probably worth...and half of it would be redacted anyway just in case any of my players were to wander by...Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7726987, member: 29398"] Er...your world might be different, I suppose, but I'm not sure Orcs in most worlds really do orphanages... That said, a Paladin who kills Orcs just because they're Orcs without bothering to use her 'Detect Evil' ability* first is not what I'd call Goodly. * - please tell me Paladins still get this in 5e...if they don't, they should. Did you mean to say "shouldn't" in that last sentence? Otherwise you're undermining your own stance. Depends on the culture. A culture can be very insular yet still be societally Good - look at the Elves, for example, who almost never let anyone of another race into their home forests. And one can (and in my current campaign I have) hang a huge long storyline on this, where a whole society in effect changes its alignment and nobody notices until it's almost too late. In my case it's the Elves - while many individuals are still quite decent the underlying society has been corrupted** kind of from the top down on an almost-worldwide basis, to the point where Elves are slowly and (in most cases) quietly trying to more or less take over the world. This process has been underway for centuries and is only just now coming to a head. ** - to tell this story would require far longer than it's probably worth...and half of it would be redacted anyway just in case any of my players were to wander by... Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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