Orcs and Elves living together...

Calico_Jack73 · Jan 7, 2005

Quasqueton said:
What would it take for a "world society" to evolve that chould have humans, orcs, elves, goblins, dwarves, etc. living together in [relatively] peaceful co-existance? Metropolises with mixed D&D races and societies not constantly at each other's throats?

I'm sorry but I don't really have an answer for you. We can't even do it in our own real world. Someone mentioned easy trade and travel but look at us... instant communication with most of the world and you can fly pretty much anywhere within 24 hours but we are still at each other's throats and we are all human.

painandgreed · Jan 7, 2005

Klaus said:
The gods. Remove Corellon, Gruumsh, Moradin, Lolth, etc. In the RAW (sorry there, Joshua! ), these gods activelly promote cross-racial hatred and violence (specially Gruumsh, but the others are not so innocent).

This is also my vote. IMC, much of the racial attitudes are made up by those of their gods. Orcs are inherently evil because their god Gruumsh will activly influence them to become evil. Corellon, Gruumsh and Lolth all have issues with each other (as well as personal issues) that can only be solved by death (agian IMC) and this will carry over to their servants. Nothing is going to end up in a lasting Pax until they're all dead or replaced. Only once there is a Gotterdammerung of the gods can the mundane peoples can go about their own business.

Voadam · Jan 7, 2005

Calico_Jack73 said:
I'm sorry but I don't really have an answer for you. We can't even do it in our own real world. Someone mentioned easy trade and travel but look at us... instant communication with most of the world and you can fly pretty much anywhere within 24 hours but we are still at each other's throats and we are all human.

Well I do think we have metropolises with multiracial components that are relatively peaceful IRL. I guess for you it is the societies not constantly at each other's throats aspect that you are saying cannot happen.

A scene like that picture does not seem so far fetched to me under standard D&D assumptions. It seems natural.