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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CruelSummerLord" data-source="post: 3453439" data-attributes="member: 48692">Lots of interesting posts all around.  First off, the paladin example is, as several people pointed out, unfair unless the paladin knows this beforehand.  Such things would, of course, be explained to the paladin's player-that the slaughter of humanoids is not only condoned, but viewed as a virtue.  If he were to hesitate, he would be punished with a loss of spells, but he would NOT have lost his paladinhood in this example.  And the last thing I'd want to do is upset any woman players at the table.  If a woman is upset by this, I can drop it.  Besides, for every place that treats women as second-class citizens, there is another place that does not.  Slavery in Nyrond comes from the blood feud between Nyrond and Aerdy, that dates back to the days when they were nomadic Oerid tribes known as the Nehron and Aerdi.  It is specifically set up to stick it to their blood enemies.  They are not "cousin nations"-in some cases, the hatred among 'family' can be even more intense than that between strangers.  It's only very grudgingly that Nyrond and Ahlissa have called a truce to open trade relations after the Wars.  I suppose my major worry is that, by including things like this, I am opening myself to accusations of having these beliefs myself-something which I obviously do not, of course!</blockquote>