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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6151884" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Indeed. I'm not suggesting they do that. I'm suggesting they recoil, disengaging, rather than throw themselves on the enemy's swords.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK. So they are scared witless <em>and then go into a dark alley to commit a routine shakedown</em>. This is an ... interesting ... combination of things to do. If they were actually scared witless before the fight started why would they have set foot outside? Rather than being huddled together and in <em>massive</em> blocks? And why would they have gone down a dark alley to shake someone down? That isn't the action of someone who starts out as scared witless.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Indeed. The orcs went in confident. Confident enough to try shaking down other people with weapons. But slightly wary of something else so it wouldn't have been an absolute shock when it turned. There was no direct intimidation or fear-enhancing magic. Merely fast and brutal combat. So Mearls has them behave at the highest possible level of panic (I'm prepared to bet that the intermediate morale failure has those who can flee safely fleeing, and the rest withdrawing until they can flee). Jumping straight to all out panic was a spectacular change in tone - and not one that was called out as spectacular by Mearls.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd agree here.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This. This is why I suggested a much more interesting situation would be the two orcs withdrawing then running in opposite directions along the wall.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This too. Humans are no better at physical violence than other orcs. And aren't supernatural (and certainly didn't display supernatural abilities until the entangle spell). Heavy violence is fairly mundane for orcs. The orcs would have grown up round violence, inflicted it, and received it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6151884, member: 87792"] Indeed. I'm not suggesting they do that. I'm suggesting they recoil, disengaging, rather than throw themselves on the enemy's swords. OK. So they are scared witless [I]and then go into a dark alley to commit a routine shakedown[/I]. This is an ... interesting ... combination of things to do. If they were actually scared witless before the fight started why would they have set foot outside? Rather than being huddled together and in [I]massive[/I] blocks? And why would they have gone down a dark alley to shake someone down? That isn't the action of someone who starts out as scared witless. Indeed. The orcs went in confident. Confident enough to try shaking down other people with weapons. But slightly wary of something else so it wouldn't have been an absolute shock when it turned. There was no direct intimidation or fear-enhancing magic. Merely fast and brutal combat. So Mearls has them behave at the highest possible level of panic (I'm prepared to bet that the intermediate morale failure has those who can flee safely fleeing, and the rest withdrawing until they can flee). Jumping straight to all out panic was a spectacular change in tone - and not one that was called out as spectacular by Mearls. I'd agree here. This. This is why I suggested a much more interesting situation would be the two orcs withdrawing then running in opposite directions along the wall. This too. Humans are no better at physical violence than other orcs. And aren't supernatural (and certainly didn't display supernatural abilities until the entangle spell). Heavy violence is fairly mundane for orcs. The orcs would have grown up round violence, inflicted it, and received it. [/QUOTE]
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