Brenthar Gildenstone
Villager
I have been considering bringing back a lot of the various orc and half-orc varieties from editions past, as well as creating some new ones. I'd love to bring back the 2e versions of Orogs and ogrillons, as well as the neo-orogs, and I have already recreated the losels(the half-orc-half baboons (When Luthic said indiscriminate, I guess she really meant it)) and invented a bunch of new varieties of them. I would also like to recreate the tanarukks from 3/3.5e, and the Thayan Orcs from that same edition(yes, I know they are basically the same as the Neo-orogs, but I have been thinking of a way to differentiate them into two different sets of experiments by the Red Wizards). I have also recreated the boogin(not difficult, as orcs and Quaggoths have stats that are really close in the monster manual.) I am merely curious if anyone here has come up with stats for any of these races.
Which brings me to my next question: How would YOU convert the old orc varieties to 5e?
Also, if anyone has a favorite variety of orc from previous editions(or from a homebrew campaign), feel free to mention it... I'd love to take a look.
However, I cannot merely leave this there, as it does not fully cover the variety of half-orcs out. I want to create half-orcs for various forms of crossbreeds between orcs and other humanoids. I wanted to start with Dwarves, as they are the ones mentioned by name in the monster manual alongside humans. What an orc-human crossbreed gets is the endurance of the humans(Us being the long-distance runners of the animal kingdom), and the strength and constitution of an orc. It led me to wonder why orcs would mate with dwarves... what would they gain... and, so, I field this question here: What do orcs gain from the Dwarves? Why would they choose to breed with them? What kind of stats would Dwarf-orcs have?
And have you guys ever thought of any interesting ideas for orcs, that you've wanted to try out?
Which brings me to my next question: How would YOU convert the old orc varieties to 5e?
Also, if anyone has a favorite variety of orc from previous editions(or from a homebrew campaign), feel free to mention it... I'd love to take a look.
However, I cannot merely leave this there, as it does not fully cover the variety of half-orcs out. I want to create half-orcs for various forms of crossbreeds between orcs and other humanoids. I wanted to start with Dwarves, as they are the ones mentioned by name in the monster manual alongside humans. What an orc-human crossbreed gets is the endurance of the humans(Us being the long-distance runners of the animal kingdom), and the strength and constitution of an orc. It led me to wonder why orcs would mate with dwarves... what would they gain... and, so, I field this question here: What do orcs gain from the Dwarves? Why would they choose to breed with them? What kind of stats would Dwarf-orcs have?
And have you guys ever thought of any interesting ideas for orcs, that you've wanted to try out?
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