All the Different Types of Orcs

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- Moonorc (this apparently appears in Dungeon #25, but I don't have that issue, so I can't tell you anything more than that)

The moonorc is an early "templated" creature, a sample "moon creature".

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Tolkien also had those small, snuffling tracker Orcs. I believe there were 3 kinds of Orcs (the smaller mountain-Orcs/goblins, the larger, dark Uruks, and the tracker-Orcs), the Uruk-Hai, and then whatever the guys in the Shire were. There's something of a debate about whether the Uruk-Hai are half-Orcs or not.

 

[Filby]

Thanks for the input! I've been meaning to update this list and all the others for the longest time...

I'd update the list with both the new subraces you've mentioned and those from other sources, but my home computer's haywire ATM (I'm typing from a library). Thanks for bumping the thread though -- as soon as my PC's working again, I'll update ASAP.

 

[Sigurd]

There is also the Sand Orc from White Dwarf. Around about issue 60-70, I think..

Sigurd... Snaga was an orcish epithet meaning "slave", I believe. It was applied to any lesser race and also to orcs. The differences between Tolkien's orcs/goblins were rather blurred, except for the Uruk-Hai of course.

I hear you, but others have used the title in a middle earth hierarchy of orcs. I remember in the dawn of time (10+years ago) I had a photocopy of a magazine article in my DM Binder. Can't remember the magazine but it might have been Dragon or White Dwarf.

If the orcs were created by dark masters it makes sense to me that they'd take advantage of mutations for the ones that did particular things best.

S

 

[yennico]

Kingdom of Kalamar has also five Orc sub-races .
They are presented in the book: "Fury in the Wastelands - Orcs of Tellene" which I do not own yet.

Ypu will find a bibliography of published orc contents in rpg is
here. Sadly the site is not updated lately.

 

[Ogrebear]

More Orcs

Don't forget the 3rd Ed Warcraft book has its own version of Orcs - 'mostly civilized' would be a good way to describe them!

The offical Wizards boards also has many varients of the 3.x Half-Orc/Orc.

Does the Earthdawn D20 conversion here: http://earthdawn.20m.com/index.htm count since it inculdes D20 stats?

 

[elforcelf]

DRAGONSTAR had a half orc half orge race the Orck (sp) in Galactic Races,can not find it.

 

[fnork de sporg]

The race in dragonstar was the Oruk, a cross between ogres and orcs, they were large creatures but were smarter than either of their ancestors taking no intelligence penalties.

 

[TurlinBlackwind]

That makes me sad, Athasian orcs are extinct
Not suprising either though, they may be extremely versatile little devils, but even the orcs luck would run out after a month under the Dark Sun away from trade routes to pillage.

So many orcs, so little time. Too bad spelljammer orcs already had existed else I could have had fun doing a 'how many orcs does it take to build a spaceship' campaign. and if memory serves (and it better or no dinner) orc and elf blood can't mix directly so there goes the comedy of a mutt child of the farest and the crudest races. I'd have to have the kid Half human, quarter orc, quarter elf.

does Al' Qadim have orcs? I know thats olde but I just don't know..... :\

 

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Recovered from Yahoo Cache:

Echohawk 01-03-06 12:41 PM

The Losel is a primitive orc-baboon crossbreed (with the Orc subtype) from Living Greyhawk Journal #3.

And there are a few new orc and half-orc related races in Unearthed Arcana:

Aquatic Orc
Arctic Orc
Desert Orc
Jungle Orc
Water Orc

Aquatic Half-Orc
Arctic Half-Orc
Desert Half-Orc
Jungle Half-Orc
Water Half-Orc

Finally, Sandstorm includes a race entry for Scablands Half-Orcs, also known as Scab-Orcs.