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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Firstborn" data-source="post: 597219" data-attributes="member: 9767">Hey Arcady,Quote:We come to a ruined Elven city (Elven Port in FR) and have reason to assume it is Orc infested. We begin to scout out a stone fortress on the edges of this city and find Orcs in it. We proceed to take them out.At the end of the battle we have 4 to 5 of them sleeping thanks to my spells. A debate ensues on how to deal with them.The very people opposed to killing prisoners want to slit these guys throats. Some of us want to wake them and question them about the area and the strength of it's local communities. But if we wake them, we know the very people who simply want to kill them now will suddenly be advocating for keeping them alive.This is one of those moments when D&D ethics -or rather the ethics I witness from D&D players- confuses me.End QuoteActually I can see your confusion.  Sorry but I really got focused on you actions as a PC rather than your real question.Kill them all (Other PC’s and prisoners) and let the gods sort them out.Just kidding.The problem here is probably that they are not in touch with their inner child.Sorry, another bad joke.Okay.  These folks have obviously not decided what the ethics for their characters are.  Or they are flip flopping between personal ethics and the characters ethics.  Either way, they are not being consistent in their the application of ethics.  I agree with you that it seems … how do I say this tactfully…stupid.  There it’s out.  I have no answer for you really because I am not those players.  Only they could tell you and it doesn’t seem like they have put much thought into it at all.I did enjoy talking about our individual ethics though.Thanks</blockquote>

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