A General Rant: Why are Half Orcs getting the short end in Incarnum?

[Vocenoctum]

Seems odd to have an option (orcs and hlaf-orcs have to have a high Con to exist in their lifewstyle), and ignore it as 'primitive cultures don't do that'. Seems especially wierd consideringh they gave dwarves, a race that traditionally distains magic, their own PrC.

Especially given the Halforcs Barbarian FC. Totemist syncs pretty well.

As for Dwarves, they seem to aim the "enhance weapons and armor" PrC's to them. It was fine the first time or two, but now is silly.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Been doing research on advances by cultures originally thought as inferior. The book struck a sore spot.

Everything at WotC is written by elves.

That should explain that.

 

[MerricB]

Everything at WotC is written by elves.

That should explain that.

Dwarven Elves!

Cheers!

 

[Staffan]

except that wood elves get +2 str -2 int (only) and all the normal elf perks, which are arguably better than the half orc perks. Wild elves get +2 dex -2 int (only), same deal. So really, its just a matter of half orcs getting shafted. (which is such a self evident point I'm not sure why we have to say it).

Yeah, but that's a matter of the various elven subraces being both (a) stupid and (b) possibly overpowered - at least overspecialized. One of the reasons I dislike FR is the prevalence of elven subraces, such as the Strong elves (wood elves), Smart elves (gold elves), and Charismatic elves (star elves). Feh.