D&D as humanocetric ... or not?

[jmartkdr2]

What you need to do is use reverse physiology. Next time you pitch a campaign, say that everything is fine except X,Y, or Z. Naturally, all your players will want to play X, Y, or Z! Of course, you campaign is actually set for X, Y, Z to be the focus of the campaign.

This is a major reason why I play so many dragonborn. It ain't optimization, and it ain't because they're better at being fantasy Kklingons than dwarves or half-orcs.

 

[Kai Lord]

I assume you like Magnamund?

Yes sir!

 

[Zardnaar]

Yes sir!

May Kai and Ishar watch over you.

 

[Bohandas]

Ilneval is the Orc God of War

I thought all the orc gods were the orc god of war

 

[Lanefan]

That last one's not too bad. Everyone's heard of Bacchus/Dionysus/Zagreus, the Greco-Roman god of getting liquored up

In our games the Dwarves actually have a god of beer.

 

[Coroc]

In our games the Dwarves actually have a god of beer.

Bud the wise?

 

[Chaosmancer]

I thought all the orc gods were the orc god of war

Assuming this is serious and not a hoke line (if it is, LOL)

They actually only have two who focus on war Ilneval and Gruumsh.

Luthic is Gruumsh's wife and worries about all that weakling crap like magic, healing, and continuing the orc race

Bahgtru is in charge of breaking things and being strong, probably also lifting, getting swoll, and other such things. He could be a war god, but he extends beyond war into just generally strength and destruction.

Yurtrus is disease and death

Shargaas is the shameful god of sneaking, darkness, and stabbing people in the back instead of the front.

(Tone taken to try and convey the feelings of orcs, at least traditional orcs who properly fear that giant single eye always watching them. Always watching Wazoscki )

 

[ART!]

I figure life can be short, so I let people play what they want to play.

(If I'm running a loose homebrew setting and there's no humans in the group, I might decide humans are uncommon, or dying out, or whatever.)

 

[Lanefan]

Bud the wise?

No, but that'd be an excellent name for one of his clerics!

 

[Lanefan]

Assuming this is serious and not a hoke line (if it is, LOL)

They actually only have two who focus on war Ilneval and Gruumsh.

Luthic is Gruumsh's wife and worries about all that weakling crap like magic, healing, and continuing the orc race

Bahgtru is in charge of breaking things and being strong, probably also lifting, getting swoll, and other such things. He could be a war god, but he extends beyond war into just generally strength and destruction.

Yurtrus is disease and death

Shargaas is the shameful god of sneaking, darkness, and stabbing people in the back instead of the front.

(Tone taken to try and convey the feelings of orcs, at least traditional orcs who properly fear that giant single eye always watching them. Always watching Wazoscki )

That doesn't move the needle very far from the claim "all Orc deities are deities of war" other than this Luthic one, who I've never heard of otherwise.

Breaking things and being strong? Sounds like war to me.

Disease and death? Yep, war fits there too as those two things often directly result from war.

Sneaking around and stabbing people in the back? War again, only this time more cold war than hot war.

One could even argue that Luthic's "continuing the Orc race" holds elements of war, given what I've heard about Orcish courting rituals...