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Paladins and Good Aligned Folk In War - Are Orc Children Slain?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 2558143" data-attributes="member: 2002"><p>This is the way that I look at it and the way I GM my own setting.</p><p></p><p>Take a look at the way Humans have treated other humans throughout history.</p><p></p><p>I against my Brother.</p><p>My brother and I against my Cousin.</p><p>My family against the World.</p><p></p><p>Huge chunks of the world are still governed by this dictum.</p><p></p><p>Back in the ancient days, the people of the next village were treated as if they weren't really human at all.</p><p></p><p>Now put that (all too human) attitude into a world where the people in the next village <strong>are not</strong> Human!</p><p></p><p>A lot of campaign worlds seem to operate as if there is no racism, there is no operable difference between the races, there isn't a lot of bad attitude going around toward other races. Given Human History, this doesn't seem very realistic.</p><p></p><p>Sure, you can do it that way, and I'm not saying that you're wrong for doing so. More power to you and I wouldn't have any problem playing in your world. In fact, I'm going to be playing a Human in an Eberron campaign with another PC who is a Hobgoblin!</p><p></p><p>In my world, racism is rampant and strong. The Orcs, the Hobgoblins, even the Elves and the Gnomes are all NOT HUMAN. <em>They're not like us</em>. The same attitude appears on the other side of the coin as well. Thus, you won't find the "mixed communities" of the DMG; or at least not very often and not widely occuring.</p><p></p><p>Orc children? (substitute any other race seen as "evil") Kill them. Bash their heads in. Don't leave them around to grow up and seek revenge, don't leave them around so they grow up and repeat the "evils" that you're wiping out their parents for. Kill ALL of them and be done with it. Anything less is (seen as) foolish and irresponsible.</p><p></p><p>Whether or not we would see this as evil is not the issue. The issue is whether or not people in that society would see it as evil.</p><p></p><p>I'm quite certain that there's a lot in our current society that someone, somewhere in time, would point to and see us as the most vile and evil people who ever lived. The people of my world see themselves as good, just as everyone through history has done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 2558143, member: 2002"] This is the way that I look at it and the way I GM my own setting. Take a look at the way Humans have treated other humans throughout history. I against my Brother. My brother and I against my Cousin. My family against the World. Huge chunks of the world are still governed by this dictum. Back in the ancient days, the people of the next village were treated as if they weren't really human at all. Now put that (all too human) attitude into a world where the people in the next village [b]are not[/b] Human! A lot of campaign worlds seem to operate as if there is no racism, there is no operable difference between the races, there isn't a lot of bad attitude going around toward other races. Given Human History, this doesn't seem very realistic. Sure, you can do it that way, and I'm not saying that you're wrong for doing so. More power to you and I wouldn't have any problem playing in your world. In fact, I'm going to be playing a Human in an Eberron campaign with another PC who is a Hobgoblin! In my world, racism is rampant and strong. The Orcs, the Hobgoblins, even the Elves and the Gnomes are all NOT HUMAN. [i]They're not like us[/i]. The same attitude appears on the other side of the coin as well. Thus, you won't find the "mixed communities" of the DMG; or at least not very often and not widely occuring. Orc children? (substitute any other race seen as "evil") Kill them. Bash their heads in. Don't leave them around to grow up and seek revenge, don't leave them around so they grow up and repeat the "evils" that you're wiping out their parents for. Kill ALL of them and be done with it. Anything less is (seen as) foolish and irresponsible. Whether or not we would see this as evil is not the issue. The issue is whether or not people in that society would see it as evil. I'm quite certain that there's a lot in our current society that someone, somewhere in time, would point to and see us as the most vile and evil people who ever lived. The people of my world see themselves as good, just as everyone through history has done. [/QUOTE]
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