| Ashbury137 |
Our party has a Dwarven Paladin and everyone else's alignment is either some shade of lawful or good. We got a surprise round on a group of Goblins in their cave and killed 2 of the 5. On the first normal round of combat the leader of the Goblins surrendered because he didn't want to fight. He wanted us to help get rid of the dragon that was messing with him and his clan. We bound the three survivors and took the leader with us so that if any other Goblins were in the cave, they would know not to attack us.
So, the Dwarf, being Lawful Good, felt that it would be an evil act to strike these Goblins down. The Lawful Neutral Elf Magus wanted to just kill the Goblins and be done with them. It's turned in to a pretty heated debate as to how our party should handle these Goblins.
The Dwarf wants to take them back to the town to work out some kind of bargain with the townsfolk. The reason the Goblins have been ransacking the village is because they are hungry. They haven't killed anyone, just stolen cattle/goods so they can eat.
The Dwarf also took the Wyrmscourged racial trait that replaces hatred. So from a roleplaying aspect, he has no real racial bias against Goblins.
The Elf Magus wants to just kill them because "they are vermin." Even though Goblins are typically CE, does the Dwarf not have an obligation to protect his prisoners? The Dwarf did not attempt to detect evil on them, this is all being played out based on the actions of the Goblins.
So, how would you handle these Goblins?