The whole idea of barbarism is actually our invention, and it's meant more to disadvantage groups who don't happen to have steel so the steel wielders can take their lands and stuff. Sentience, as we are learning every research cycle, is something modern culture has mostly chosen to ignore, or else we move the bar whenever it's convenient to keep every other species out of our club.
I'd hope that the world of paladins and the strength of their faith bears more of a resemblance to older cultures that understood that the lion or bison had a right to the plains, and you had a right to the lion or the bison, with the understanding that there be an obligation to respect the energy you were inheriting. Circle of life stuff. Yes, there may be consequences to wearing dragon skin, other than the advantages, but those go with the territory. Letting the magic or the energy go to waste would be more ethically problematic than using it.
In a quiet moment, assuming Hal is staying behind, I'd like to ask Gunrus about the stories of giants and their reputations for eating humans. Most things, after all, if given the opportunity, do eat humans. We're petty tender as far as menu choices go.Statistics: Posted by bralbovsky — Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:03 pm
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