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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VelvetViolet" data-source="post: 6453161" data-attributes="member: 6686357">I am dissatisfied with Pathfinder's reliance on the cliche of  entire races being evil. Even Tolkien struggled with the idea of orcs being born evil or not until he died (he was Catholic).So I'd like to use this thread to brainstorm non-evil societies of evil races. I'll start with the most controversial: drow.[TABLE="width: 500"] [TR] [TD]SerqIf any race exists to prove that being good or evil is a choice, the serq would be it. The serq, or “shadow elves,” are distant relatives of the drow who have forsaken their evil ways and adopted the worship of the benevolent scorpion goddess Serqet. The serq are immigrants from the Plane of Shadow, though their precise origin before they lived on that plane is lost to history. They practice matriarchy and servitude that good societies find distastefully strange and off-putting, but lack the sadism and cruelty characteristic of drow. Serq men have the same legal rights as women, but suffer subtle discrimination such as lower wages and sexual objectification. Slavery, indenture, debt servitude, serfdom, prison labor, conscription, and corvée is legal within serq lands but, unlike evil societies, serq law prohibits the mistreatment of servants (as unhappy servants make for poor workers and are prone to revolt), allows servants to have servants of their own, and permits servants to buy their freedom, among other differences. While serq society at large is not evil, they are not necessarily good.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Opinions? Advice?</blockquote>

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