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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 5127640" data-attributes="member: 8863">Doesn't really bother me.&nbsp; I hate tree-hugging hippie elves and prefer to make them a bit nastier as a shadow of their original mythological archetypes.&nbsp; I've had elves act ruthlessly towards goblinoids IMC, which some of my players actually found shocking.&nbsp; But let's take two things under consideration here:First, in the standard D&amp;D rules, hobgoblin are noted for hating elves.&nbsp; Likely if this hobgoblin had taken an elf prisoner, he'd probably kill the elf.&nbsp; These elves are obviously aware of that, so they pay back the fanatical racism in kind.Second, they don't know if this hobgoblin is a spy or not, and they don't feel they have the luxury of taking the time to find out while they're trying to help liberate Azure City.&nbsp; So the poor schmuck ends up a casualty of war.I'd consider this elf to be a total jerkass, but considering that he is an elf, that pretty much goes without saying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 5127640, member: 8863"] Doesn't really bother me. I hate tree-hugging hippie elves and prefer to make them a bit nastier as a shadow of their original mythological archetypes. I've had elves act ruthlessly towards goblinoids IMC, which some of my players actually found shocking. But let's take two things under consideration here: First, in the standard D&D rules, hobgoblin are noted for hating elves. Likely if this hobgoblin had taken an elf prisoner, he'd probably kill the elf. These elves are obviously aware of that, so they pay back the fanatical racism in kind. Second, they don't know if this hobgoblin is a spy or not, and they don't feel they have the luxury of taking the time to find out while they're trying to help liberate Azure City. So the poor schmuck ends up a casualty of war. I'd consider this elf to be a total jerkass, but considering that he [i]is[/i] an elf, that pretty much goes without saying. [/QUOTE]

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