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Well, you could argue that putting them to work is certainly not worse than outright killing them because they're in the way of your treasure. Either is hardly morally defensible, no?No, killing them is more humane knowing what people will probably try and use them for if you enslave them.
Some people may feel that way, yes. But it's not like adventurers are all altruists who care about being humane to monsters when conscious of the possible rewards of not doing so. To them it could be a perfectly valid approach to adventuring.
Well, you could argue that putting them to work is certainly not worse than outright killing them because they're in the way of your treasure. Either is hardly morally defensible, no?No, killing them is more humane knowing what people will probably try and use them for if you enslave them.
I like the idea of monster exploitation. It makes adventuring much more interesting.No. And I only say this knowing how horrible that would be for the monsters. So to compromise I say they are treated like slavers.
Imagine, adventurers coming to an ancient tomb, finding a massive tentacled beast with a thousand mouths guarding a gate to a realm that should not be. Their first thought? "Dude, it'd make a killer telephone operator. We just have to capture it, teach it to speak and enslave it, then we're golden!"
In fact, you could have an entire breed of adventurers like this, they would function less as treasure hunters and more like monster wranglers - they go to dungeons, get all sorts of cool monsters with special slave collars, then try to sell or utilize them for commercial ventures.
