unethical or not those assorted flying stumpy people can do a lot of collateral damage. and here is a funny exerpt from a dragonlance book.
The first dragon army engineers secret weapon:
At that moment, their commanding minotaur Tchk'pal woke up. He stared around , saw himself in the bowl of the catapult. The sight had a sobering effect.
"Sargas take you dracos!" he bellowed, struggling to free himself, "Get me out of this! I'll flail you alive for-"
"FIRE!" Kang shouted.
Slith sliced the retaining rope. The main arm of the catapult straigtened, sent the minatour soaring into the air.
"Charge," said Kang, watching the minatour fly gracefully over the treetops.
"Abyss take me!" Slith cried, racing up on the ramparts to watch. "Will you look at that sir!"
The copper dragon had unleashed a stream of acid at a ballista site on the rampart. The weapon exploded, its crew scrambling to get out of the way of the attack. The copper dragon was preparing to pick them off one by one, when the minotaur hurtling through the air, struck the dragon squarely in the chest.
"Dark Queens grace," Kang said, awed "Sank his horns right into it!" He turned to his sub commander. "Nice shot Slith!"
"Thank you sir," Slith replied.
The dragon and its elven rider and the minotaur fell like so many sacks of potatoes. They hit the ground hard, sending up a great cloud of dust.
"A glorious death," said Kang solemnly.
"And honorable," Slith added. He raised his voice. "The commanders dead! A moments silence for the dead commander."
After a few seconds, Kang said, "I dont think they heard you."
Slith shrugged.
i thought it fit in this thread quite nicely
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"I was born of darkness. My fathers eyes closed before mine opened. I am not of this world or the other, and I have the right to be what I am..."