Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3144072" data-attributes="member: 22424">Welcome to the world of complex moral dilemmas <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In the real world, it's highly unlikely that the losers would fight to the last man, but would rather have some number of cowards who ran away, prudent shamans who knew when to abandon the fight, and others who just weren't involved for some reason. Plus, of course, the wounded who probably weren't killed, but weren't able to take further part in the fight.Also, in the real world, in such a scenario it is likely that the women and children of the losing tribe would be assimilated into the winning tribe in some fashion, either as slaves, trophies, or wives.The upshot of all that is that in the scenario as presented, I suspect the 'best' solution might lead to the lawful good paladin suddenly finding himself the owner of scores of orcish slaves!Not necessarily. In the worst case, arm the women, and let them fend for themselves. If feeling particularly charitable, dispatch a force of riders to help protect and feed the orcs through the winter.It's really a tough situation. I think perhaps the best solution is to decimate the orcish warriors, but not wipe them out totally, and drive them to the point where they have to retreat or they'll be wiped out. Ideally, try to capture a shaman at some point in the conflict, and explain all that to him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 3144072, member: 22424"] Welcome to the world of complex moral dilemmas :) In the real world, it's highly unlikely that the losers would fight to the last man, but would rather have some number of cowards who ran away, prudent shamans who knew when to abandon the fight, and others who just weren't involved for some reason. Plus, of course, the wounded who probably weren't killed, but weren't able to take further part in the fight. Also, in the real world, in such a scenario it is likely that the women and children of the losing tribe would be assimilated into the winning tribe in some fashion, either as slaves, trophies, or wives. The upshot of all that is that in the scenario as presented, I suspect the 'best' solution might lead to the lawful good paladin suddenly finding himself the owner of scores of orcish slaves! Not necessarily. In the worst case, arm the women, and let them fend for themselves. If feeling particularly charitable, dispatch a force of riders to help protect and feed the orcs through the winter. It's really a tough situation. I think perhaps the best solution is to decimate the orcish warriors, but not wipe them out totally, and drive them to the point where they have to retreat or they'll be wiped out. Ideally, try to capture a shaman at some point in the conflict, and explain all that to him. [/QUOTE]

Verification