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<blockquote data-quote="Viktyr Gehrig" data-source="post: 5508018" data-attributes="member: 9249">I'd say there are degrees of evil. You can give the Orcs and Goblins a rich, detailed culture and worldview that predisposes them toward evil-- like the culture of Dwarves and Elves predisposes them toward good-- and then address the issue of whether or not their cultural predisposition justifies the behavior of the &quot;goodly&quot; races toward them.Most fantasy settings have their &quot;evil empires&quot; of Humans, but no matter how Evil they are, the setting typically expects that the PCs will not kill them on sight. It's curious that Orcs and Goblins, who are frequently less Evil than the villain of the campaign, do not merit such moral consideration. It's also funny to me that Drow renegades are so common as to be considered a cliched character type, but the possibility of good-aligned Orcs and Goblins is dimissed as &quot;unrealistic&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Viktyr Gehrig, post: 5508018, member: 9249"] I'd say there are degrees of evil. You can give the Orcs and Goblins a rich, detailed culture and worldview that predisposes them toward evil-- like the culture of Dwarves and Elves predisposes them toward good-- and then address the issue of whether or not their cultural predisposition justifies the behavior of the "goodly" races toward them. Most fantasy settings have their "evil empires" of Humans, but no matter how Evil they are, the setting typically expects that the PCs will not kill them on sight. It's curious that Orcs and Goblins, who are frequently less Evil than the villain of the campaign, do not merit such moral consideration. It's also funny to me that Drow renegades are so common as to be considered a cliched character type, but the possibility of good-aligned Orcs and Goblins is dimissed as "unrealistic". [/QUOTE]

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