james@alberta.UUCP (James Borynec) (05/10/85)
There has been some discussion about orcs being weaned away from their evil ways... but there really is no problem, after all, orcs (as well as kobolds, gnolls, goblins, hobgoblins, etc) are LAWFUL creatures and as such will obey the rules of their tribe! Sure, they are disgusting, vile, bullies, but you really have to admire the sheer courage of a 3 foot kobold attacking a party of mail clad adventurers. You may say that they do it because they are more afraid of their chief than that 6 foot fighter wielding a sword twice the size of the chief, but I find it a little hard to believe. Would not a chaotic creature, being a true individualist, just run like hell, and avoid both the chief and that rather large sword? Sure they have little regard for the lives of others, and if the others are not members of the tribe, well then, they are not people and are fair game (quite literally). Besides, for the average goblin (or whatever), life is a bitch, and then you die. You cannot expect them to be nice, or dainty. They do not live in a nice, dainty world. It is a hard, cruel world out there, and only the tough ones will help the tribe, the weak deserve to die because they are a drain on the tribe. Remember, all orcs will die, but the tribe can live forever. J.borynec