<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=152039.msg6957232#msg6957232">Quote from: The Great Triangle on 21-09-2012, 21:40:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Infiltrating the orcs has the advantage that it could get the map bloodlessly, without any excessive fighting.  The main  disadvantage is putting certain members of the party in extreme danger, and not having enough of a role for the more combative characters if everything goes according to plan.<br/><br/>The tribe you're dealing with typically interrogates captives before carrying them into the deepest dungeons.  Orcs rarely even bother to strip their captives of their weapons, though they do restrain them slightly by feeding them large amounts of alcohol and poisonous herbs.  Orcs frequently beat and bully their captives, using them as bait to lure adventurers for loot.  Orc society has an incredibly hazy line on consensual sex, though prisoners generally suffer less exploitation than they might expect, unless they accidentally initiate mating rituals by actively attacking their captors.  Some human prisoners are known to actually enjoy the violent and drug fueled haze they live in, and such individuals are typically given full status as an orc, which is where most half orcs come from.<br/><br/>Orc society has no concept of rights, so slavery is meaningless, confusing, and a little bit sinister to them.  Orcs will nearly never willingly purchase a slave, though they are known to attack slavers particularly aggressively if their numbers are down and they need recruits for the horde.  In areas where slaves are treated particularly badly, slaves are known to run off and allow themselves to be captured by orcs, trading a life of certain oppression for one of uncertain raiding.  <br/><br/>Orcs consider themselves superior to all other forms of civilization, and if following their traditional culture, will never pay for what they can take.  Orcish craftsmanship is ugly, but highly functional, designed to still function perfectly after being looted off an orc's corpse.  The greatest enemies of the orcs are not the humans and elves, but the hobgoblins, whose organized society and habit of slaving is deeply offensive to the orcs.  Underground wars between orcs and goblins take place frequently, driving the hordes to engage in more raiding on the surface to provide for the battles.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>This is what I'm talking about, GT.  This is awesome!