[net.games.frp] Whats the matter with orcs.

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