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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spider_minion" data-source="post: 2114847" data-attributes="member: 16096">Some of these arguements lead to ugly consequences . . .If goblins are evil just because they grew up in an evil society, then the PCs should feel guilty for slaughtering the tribe.  The real crime of the goblins was being born in the wrong place, and had they got the chance to grow up among humans, they would have turned out fine.  This is made worse because all the goblins the PCs have killed could concievably have been redeemed.  If the opposite is also true, that the PCs are good just because their society is good, it kinda undermines their past heroics.If the goblins are born evil, then again they are not really responisble for their actions.  They just were unlucky enough to be born with the evil gene.  Of course, now the PCs are obligated to massacre the remaining goblins in their holy genocide.If free will is the case, then why is it that goblins are usually evil?I'd recommend ignoring these messy question entirely, or take some compromise solution.</blockquote>