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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8330786" data-attributes="member: 23751">There's nothing at all contradictory about those two statements.&nbsp; At all. In fact, they are complimentary with each other.There are literally thousands of reasons.&nbsp; The hunters might be close to a human town and they might want to know where the hunters are from.&nbsp; They may want to know how many other hunters and warriors are in the area, because they have to travel through and want to be prepared.&nbsp; Or... Or... I mean, the sky is the limit with why they might do it. What I've never seen, is capturing orcs because they are orcs.&nbsp; I've seen plenty of kill the orcs because they are orcs, but never a capture.&nbsp; I mean, what's the point?It's not a danger.&nbsp; It's not even a worry.&nbsp; I've never seen it and I've played in a myriad of groups from RP heavy to power gamer to a mix, to sand box, to railroad.&nbsp; And really, you need to stop calling how we use alignment &quot;lazy.&quot;&nbsp; It's quite frankly insulting and unnecessary.As for helping, following, etc., that really depends on how orcs are run in the game.&nbsp; Are they generally a great enemy of all, or are they just another race with good and bad, if a more bad than other races.There were none, but let's see what you say.Okay.&nbsp; But only screaming in anger and being hostile is just a one dimensional cartoon character, and I don't run those.&nbsp; Maybe he gives that answer and the PCs don't accept it and continue interrogation.&nbsp; Maybe they include threats.&nbsp; Maybe they promise freedom.&nbsp; Maybe a hundred other things.&nbsp; I need to know FAR more than just &quot;hostile if interrupted&quot; in order to play the orc and alignment is an invaluable tool for that.Nope.&nbsp; It helps me know how he might react to various things.&nbsp; If threatened, he's likely to cow to the much stronger force that has him captured.&nbsp; With CE might makes right.&nbsp; The weak bend to the strong.&nbsp; If they offer freedom, he might take the now weak in his eyes PCs(who lets an enemy go!?) up on their offer, then get a few dozen buddies and hunt the group down to make the PCs his captives and show THEM how a captor acts. Alignment tells me a lot.Your box is useless for what I needed above.&nbsp; It's also far smaller than alignment ever could be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8330786, member: 23751"] There's nothing at all contradictory about those two statements. At all. In fact, they are complimentary with each other. There are literally thousands of reasons. The hunters might be close to a human town and they might want to know where the hunters are from. They may want to know how many other hunters and warriors are in the area, because they have to travel through and want to be prepared. Or... Or... I mean, the sky is the limit with why they might do it. What I've never seen, is capturing orcs because they are orcs. I've seen plenty of kill the orcs because they are orcs, but never a capture. I mean, what's the point? It's not a danger. It's not even a worry. I've never seen it and I've played in a myriad of groups from RP heavy to power gamer to a mix, to sand box, to railroad. And really, you need to stop calling how we use alignment "lazy." It's quite frankly insulting and unnecessary. As for helping, following, etc., that really depends on how orcs are run in the game. Are they generally a great enemy of all, or are they just another race with good and bad, if a more bad than other races. There were none, but let's see what you say. Okay. But only screaming in anger and being hostile is just a one dimensional cartoon character, and I don't run those. Maybe he gives that answer and the PCs don't accept it and continue interrogation. Maybe they include threats. Maybe they promise freedom. Maybe a hundred other things. I need to know FAR more than just "hostile if interrupted" in order to play the orc and alignment is an invaluable tool for that. Nope. It helps me know how he might react to various things. If threatened, he's likely to cow to the much stronger force that has him captured. With CE might makes right. The weak bend to the strong. If they offer freedom, he might take the now weak in his eyes PCs(who lets an enemy go!?) up on their offer, then get a few dozen buddies and hunt the group down to make the PCs his captives and show THEM how a captor acts. Alignment tells me a lot. Your box is useless for what I needed above. It's also far smaller than alignment ever could be. [/QUOTE]

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