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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sundragon2012" data-source="post: 2547928" data-attributes="member: 7624">Good points.The fact is that there is something in these creatures that makes them prone to evil. Maybe they are naturally cruel and get a viceral joy out of inflicting suffering on others. Maybe they will instinctively kill those weaker than themselves. There are many things. I think that to attribute actual humanity to races that are by their nature more vicious and cruel than the mass of humanity is a mistake and hamstrings the good aligned players and the DMs who have to avoid like the plague and realistic portrayal of the consequences of rampant violence and war.Humans, dwarves and elves likely see the killing of such young creatures as a mercy for them at best or at worst something not to give anymore thought than swatting a fly. Too much 20th century sensitivities will divorce your game from any gritty quality at all.According to D&D sensibilities nearly none of our ancestors were good and warriors, due to the realities of war, would be nearly uniformly evil or at best neutral and never good. Paladins.....please you'll be lucky to have someone lawful good survive a trip to the store with his alignment intact let alone deal with the rampant meaness, cruelty and horrors of war.Chris</blockquote>