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<blockquote data-quote="Darmatage" data-source="post: 1828936" data-attributes="member: 25497">So here's me showing my general ignorance of D&amp;D minutiae.Are all animals in the Halmae sentient, or do elves, in communicating with them, tap into primal urges that they interpret as communications with the appearance of full sentience?If a person were attacking the party and saying things like &quot;Please, I can't control myself, run away so I can't hurt you&quot; and someone killed that person, I have to imagine a Justicar would find that troubling. Hearing this coming from a bear, the normal animal-rights argument of &quot;ok, it can't reason, and it can't talk, but it can suffer, and therefore it is sentient&quot; appears to be moot. This bear appears to be able to distinguish between its actions and its desires, thus exhibiting an ability to reason, and is quite clearly able to express this in speech, at least to elves.How do animals fit into D&amp;D worlds, rights-wise?--Jason</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darmatage, post: 1828936, member: 25497"] So here's me showing my general ignorance of D&D minutiae. Are all animals in the Halmae sentient, or do elves, in communicating with them, tap into primal urges that they interpret as communications with the appearance of full sentience? If a person were attacking the party and saying things like "Please, I can't control myself, run away so I can't hurt you" and someone killed that person, I have to imagine a Justicar would find that troubling. Hearing this coming from a bear, the normal animal-rights argument of "ok, it can't reason, and it can't talk, but it can suffer, and therefore it is sentient" appears to be moot. This bear appears to be able to distinguish between its actions and its desires, thus exhibiting an ability to reason, and is quite clearly able to express this in speech, at least to elves. How do animals fit into D&D worlds, rights-wise? --Jason [/QUOTE]

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