D&D General I really LOVE Stomping Goblins

[HammerMan]

has anyone ever had to stop and say "Wait... we are invading a kingdom of ______ and these are really just the guards, doing there jobs" has anyone ever been able to see an orc/goblin/drow in the wild and set up an ambush because you KNOW you are in the right to just kill them?

 

[Scribe]

I get that alignment kicked your puppy across the room at some point, but you do not have to be a jerk about it.

Meh, the less engagement on it the better.

I find it humorous that the same topics are on loop in this forum, they will never be resolved.

 

[Scribe]

has anyone ever had to stop and say "Wait... we are invading a kingdom of ______ and these are really just the guards, doing there jobs" has anyone ever been able to see an orc/goblin/drow in the wild and set up an ambush because you KNOW you are in the right to just kill them?

Like in a game? No, why would I?

In the wild, if I have an opportunity for ambush but dont need it? I would avoid the fight. If I have to go through some mooks of the big bad, then thats the obstacle which has been placed before the group.

 

[MNblockhead]

has anyone ever had to stop and say "Wait... we are invading a kingdom of ______ and these are really just the guards, doing there jobs" has anyone ever been able to see an orc/goblin/drow in the wild and set up an ambush because you KNOW you are in the right to just kill them?

[Raises hand]

 

[MNblockhead]

Meh, the less engagement on it the better.

I find it humorous that the same topics are on loop in this forum, they will never be resolved.

The Great Wheel keeps on turning.

 

[Reynard]

If they are not capable of being other than fiery Cuisinarts of death and dark hilarity, how can it be said that they have free will?

They don't have free will. That's what I said. Free will isn't a prerequisite for personality.

 

[CleverNickName]

has anyone ever had to stop and say "Wait... we are invading a kingdom of ______ and these are really just the guards, doing there jobs" has anyone ever been able to see an orc/goblin/drow in the wild and set up an ambush because you KNOW you are in the right to just kill them?

Sometimes? I guess it depends on how soon I want the alarm to be raised.

 

[HammerMan]

[Raises hand]

one of them or both?

 

[Charlaquin]

They don't have free will. That's what I said. Free will isn't a prerequisite for personality.

…ok? So, your goblins are uncomplicated, unnuanced, evil things that it’s ok to kill. I’ve been saying this whole time that it’s when you try to make them complicated, nuanced beings that it’s ok to kill that it causes problems.

 

[Charlaquin]

has anyone ever had to stop and say "Wait... we are invading a kingdom of ______ and these are really just the guards, doing there jobs"

Of course. I generally try to avoid killing guards whenever it can be helped.

has anyone ever been able to see an orc/goblin/drow in the wild and set up an ambush because you KNOW you are in the right to just kill them?

I mean, yeah, there was a time when I would play with always-evil monsters. Been a long time though.