Re: A question on half-Orcs, half-Elves, etc.
The question is can a "race", ie kobold, orc, trog, be evil.. If it is so, then why.
Picture a race B where all members get fifty percent motivation from pleasure fifty from pain. In humans positive reinforcement is actually more effective.. anyway. Race B is more like humans, now picture another race "C". Race C gains 75+ percent motivation from pleasure (they understand the "good" things in life, and personal relationships). Now picture their counter part these gain 75+ percent motivation from pain. Picture the difference in the societies these races create. Picture demons as a race that gains no motivation at all from pleasure, and angels gaining none from pain. These groups may intellectually know that others are differently motivated, but how important is it to one to make use of this knowledge.
Beyond that is suppose not all in the society are one reinforcement percentage, you could have some thirty percent of the races Society balanced, while the rest wander into Good or Evil. A race may have balanced members, but the vast majority far off balanced to one direction.
Now the party may have an Aristocrat/Sage with them that can explain this to them.. but what good (pun) intended will this do them if they know that if they are captured by the trogs they will be eaten.
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