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<blockquote data-quote="Pale Jackal" data-source="post: 3979294" data-attributes="member: 58878">Right, I agree rape is almost a necessary background element for half-orcs... though some posters here are also arguing that the assumption of rape is unreasonable.Honestly, I think if the half-orc was &quot;interesting&quot; enough, WotC would've kept them.&nbsp; But if they're not particularly popular, and add a possibly unpalatable element, why keep them?If you're running a gritty game, you can manage without the half-orc, I suspect.&nbsp; =)&nbsp; The smiley's there because I think you're intelligent enough to house-rule something if you want a fantasy by-product of rape (something you can tell, literally at-a-glance, was a result of something terrible), but you also know that your game can be perfectly dark in a similar manner with only humans unless you want the 'at-a-glance' aspect.I'm a big fan of ASoIaF.&nbsp; But do you really need half-orcs?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pale Jackal, post: 3979294, member: 58878"] Right, I agree rape is almost a necessary background element for half-orcs... though some posters here are also arguing that the assumption of rape is unreasonable. Honestly, I think if the half-orc was "interesting" enough, WotC would've kept them. But if they're not particularly popular, and add a possibly unpalatable element, why keep them? If you're running a gritty game, you can manage without the half-orc, I suspect. =) The smiley's there because I think you're intelligent enough to house-rule something if you want a fantasy by-product of rape (something you can tell, literally at-a-glance, was a result of something terrible), but you also know that your game can be perfectly dark in a similar manner with only humans unless you want the 'at-a-glance' aspect. I'm a big fan of ASoIaF. But do you really need half-orcs? [/QUOTE]

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