"races"

[SimDing0]

~Me Madulf...lead fellows from great army of Sythsill in the south. No want to kill races no more. Lead fellows in desertion. We just wants be left alone.~

 

Is this a missing token, or is he specifying all races?

[devSin]

It always looked to me like a hack substitution for "humans." It sucks to have multiple races when there's no real way to refer to them as a whole. No want kill sentient beings no more.

[Caedwyr]

"peoples" would also work as a substitution for "races"

[icelus]

"Peoples" could work, I think. Or maybe "others."

[Caedwyr]

Question is: do any of these work better than "races"? Is this really a change that needs to be made?

[Hendryk]

"Two-legs" might convey the meaning and keep within Madulf's primitive Common vocabulary.

[Rastor]

"Two-legs" might convey the meaning and keep within Madulf's primitive Common vocabulary.

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He says that he doesn't mind killing orcs to protect the village. Orcs have two legs. Therefore... .

[SimDing0]

Why is this no action?

[Kish]

I suspect, considering the incoherence of "no want to kill races no more," this was meant to be, "no want to kill <RACE>s no more." Which still comes out stupid, particularly if CHARNAME is a half-elf or half-orc, but not quite as stupid.

[SimDing0]

Right. In this situation, I suggest simply using "humans"--they're in predominantly human territory, and next to a human village which they're seeking to emphasise they don't want to attack.