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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 2552657" data-attributes="member: 27957">It comes down to Nature or Nurture and the quality of evil (or Evil) in your gameworld.  Are orcs inately violent nasty cruel and all around Evil with a capital E?  If they are, then the best solution is extermination down to the last child.  They're part of the armies of Evil and there can be no peace or rest for Good while they exist.  And the paladins will get nice shiney medals for it.If they're not, then like all defeated peoples they will be assimilated into the victor's society.  Eberron is a decent example of there, where slums of goblins live as second class citizens and menial workers.  Depending on the culture of the victors the surviving orcs are taken as slaves, made serfs for the newly apointed lords of the conquered territory, or made a new province that's mostly left alone so long as they pay their taxes and don't attempt to raise arms.  Expect to see a lot of cultural mixing as new settlers move in, a lot of racial tension and a lot of half-orcs.  War is about claiming resources, and conquered peoples are one of the prime resoucnes to be won.</blockquote>