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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4655961" data-attributes="member: 54846">Again. It's not about &quot;Working through issues&quot;. Part of it is playing in a word that isn't Black and White, where the plot is a bit more complex than &quot;they're evil, therefore they attack us, and thus we kill them.&quot; If the Orcs are attacking your village because someone from your village snuck into their encampment and stole their Idol to Gruumsh, then they're not attacking your village because they're evil orcs, they're doing it because they want the idol back. As PCs, the plot can be &quot;Find out who took the idol and give it back to prevent the village being sieged.&quot;The Orcs could be laying siege to the village because some out-of-town human paid the orcs to destroy the town so he can buy the land. Sure, they're evil orcs and that's why they're doing it.But for the PCs, &quot;They're orcs, attacking villages is what they do, so we kill them&quot; is going to cause the plot thread to be lost, and now the Evil Human is going to get assassins to kill the PCs. If you want to say &quot;I fight orcs cuz they're evil and I don't want to think about they why of it&quot;, that's fine. But I don't appreciate the &quot;If you care about the why of it, you've clearly got issues&quot;. I am not using D&amp;D as therapy. I am simply not using the blanket statement of &quot;They do it because they're evil and that's that&quot; for orcs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 4655961, member: 54846"] Again. It's not about "Working through issues". Part of it is playing in a word that [I]isn't[/I] Black and White, where the plot is a bit more complex than "they're evil, therefore they attack us, and thus we kill them." If the Orcs are attacking your village because someone from your village snuck into their encampment and stole their Idol to Gruumsh, then they're not attacking your village because they're evil orcs, they're doing it because they want the idol back. As PCs, the plot can be "Find out who took the idol and give it back to prevent the village being sieged." The Orcs could be laying siege to the village because some out-of-town human paid the orcs to destroy the town so he can buy the land. Sure, they're evil orcs and that's why they're doing it. But for the PCs, "They're orcs, attacking villages is what they do, so we kill them" is going to cause the plot thread to be lost, and now the Evil Human is going to get assassins to kill the PCs. If [I]you[/I] want to say "I fight orcs cuz they're evil and I don't want to think about they why of it", that's fine. But I don't appreciate the "If [I]you[/I] care about the why of it, you've clearly got issues". I am not using D&D as therapy. I am simply not using the blanket statement of "They do it because they're evil and that's that" for orcs. [/QUOTE]

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