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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7973090" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Discussions of morality always seem to make the basic assumption that monsters aren't really evil.&nbsp; That all sentient creatures have a choice of alignment.&nbsp; D&amp;D is not the real world.&nbsp; Some monsters were literally created evil.&nbsp; Well that and we know they're evil because it's written right there in the rule book.&nbsp; Some monsters are not evil because other people decide they are evil, it has nothing to do with tribalism.&nbsp; They're evil because they have no conscience and live to slaughter innocents and anyone weaker than them.You don't have to run your game that way, but it certainly seems to be the default. It's a game.But let's take the poster child of evil, demons.&nbsp; Demons are chaos and evil incarnate, most people would not blink an eye at killing them.&nbsp; There is no call to send demons to a reeducation center so that they can be civilized.So ... is it evil to kill Manes?&nbsp; They're effectively baby demons.In previous discussions it's regularly &quot;but fiends are different&quot;.&nbsp; Why?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7973090, member: 6801845"] Discussions of morality always seem to make the basic assumption that monsters aren't really evil. That all sentient creatures have a choice of alignment. D&D is not the real world. Some monsters were literally created evil. Well that and we know they're evil because it's written right there in the rule book. Some monsters are not evil because other people decide they are evil, it has nothing to do with tribalism. They're evil because they have no conscience and live to slaughter innocents and anyone weaker than them. You don't have to run your game that way, but it certainly seems to be the default. It's a game. But let's take the poster child of evil, demons. Demons are chaos and evil incarnate, most people would not blink an eye at killing them. There is no call to send demons to a reeducation center so that they can be civilized. So ... is it evil to kill Manes? They're effectively baby demons. In previous discussions it's regularly "but fiends are [I]different". Why?[/I] [/QUOTE]

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