Redcloak's failed characterization, and what it means for the comic as a whole.

[Soylent Dave]

Here, I think I can think of a new way to frame this argument that will let us all come to an agreement: it's all a matter of setting.

Well, yeah (although there is a 'default setting' associated with D&D, so I'm sure some people will decide that that is the official one regardless...)

But if in a setting (or a fiction) the heroes are killing goblins because of what they are rather than because of what they do, that's... well, it's unsettling at best.