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No wonder Larian likes him so much.
something vastly underrepresented on the codex is minsc fanboyism, it was basically impossible anywhere else to discuss BG without someone saying "GO FOR THE EYES BOO! XD" since the games released.No wonder Larian likes him so much.
He's an early example of representation in games. In this case he represents the low IQ Reddit crowd, which also is Larians audience.something vastly underrepresented on the codex is minsc fanboyism, it was basically impossible anywhere else to discuss BG without someone saying "GO FOR THE EYES BOO! XD" since the games released.No wonder Larian likes him so much.
I never understood it, but minsc has always been the most popular character from the series.
something vastly underrepresented on the codex is minsc fanboyism, it was basically impossible anywhere else to discuss BG without someone saying "GO FOR THE EYES BOO! XD" since the games released.No wonder Larian likes him so much.
I never understood it, but minsc has always been the most popular character from the series.
*A few moments laterReverse them and it's accurate.
Charname: "But we could try bringing his body to a temp-"
Jaheira: "SHUT THE FUCK UP HE'S DEAD."
Killing goblins is a civic duty.Lmao, look at reddit right now. They are having a meltdown arguing whether or not paladin should fall for killing goblins (hint: they believe that killing goblins is bad, unless you are acting in self-defense).
Lmao, look at reddit right now. They are having a meltdown arguing whether or not paladin should fall for killing goblins (hint: they believe that killing goblins is bad, unless you are acting in self-defense).
Killing goblins is a civic duty.
Lmao, look at reddit right now. They are having a meltdown arguing whether or not paladin should fall for killing goblins (hint: they believe that killing goblins is bad, unless you are acting in self-defense).
If the infant orc was not able to reason, the paladin would not slay it, possibly see to its care somewhere until it reached a state where reason was possible; but if and when the immature humanoid was able to reason, the paladin would make it swear its rejection of evil, confess its adherance to LG, and then execute it before it could recant. Thus the orc would be guaranteed acceptence in a more benign afterlife.
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I disagree with you. Their stat sheets list a general weal for the race as a whole.
The way DnD seems to be going, is that there is a lot more agency for individuals within a race to be something other than their racial stereotype. Which is just fine. I actually support that.
I'm totally fine with, "You made nice with a goblin and then killed it. Your Oath breaks."
I'm totally fine with, "You randomly attacked a goblin for no damn reason at all other than to take their rusty sword and to practice swinging your hammer.. Your Oath breaks.
I have an issue with, "These goblins have proven to be evil. And then the game makes it difficult to just attack these evil goblins.
My issue is that even with all of that as background context, these goblins have already demonstrated their willingness to attack a druid grove and some refugees on the road. There is no in game context given for the idea that the refugees did something to the goblins first to incite their attacks. Nor for the druid grove to have incited the attack.
Every bit of context you can draw from the game indicates that the goblins are setting up shop in a nearby abandoned temple, and are the aggressors in this story. Even without meta knowledge, you can pick all of that up just by defending the druid grove and talking to everyone in the grove.
Goblins in general might still be N.E. Goblins in general might have agency, but these goblins have already demonstrated their choices.
Ah, yes. The classic "baby orc" dilemma.
The arguments are not about baby orcs. I think most people would agree that killing a baby orc is wrong, unless we are talking about complete ancient OSR, where all orcs were always irredeemably evil. The goblins in question are enemy combatants. The only issue is, they are not actively killing anyone right now. Can a paladin walk into the stronghold of goblin cultists and start killing goblins? Most people would say yes, reddit says no.