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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Griffith Dragonlake" data-source="post: 4035055" data-attributes="member: 40379">In Grymwurld™ Orcs are always evilIn Grymwurld™ Orcs are always evil.  The women and children also fight as they are able or run away when they can't.  Sure it's old school but that's the way I like it.The intra-party conflict arises when the paladin wants to put the Orcs to the sword whereas the rest of the party wants to enslave them.  Interestly enough, the dwarf argues that slavery is a punnishment worse than death which is precisely why the Orcs should be sold and not killed.The half-orc keeps his mouth shut because he doesn't want to get sold into slavery either.  And he won't comment on whether his mother was an Orc slave or if she was a Human raped by an Orc.  His attitude is 'it doesn't matter what you think, it only matters what you do.'When I want put the PCs into morally ambiguous situations I use Humans as the opponents, not monsters.  In that situation, the paladin knows that the non-combatants can be redeemed but also that they will seek revenge when his guard is down.  The other party members still want to sell them into slavery (greedy bastards they are) but the paladin won't allow it so long as they repent of their evil ways.</blockquote>