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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BOZ" data-source="post: 2051067" data-attributes="member: 1241">OK, here's another one.  here is the current CC version:Jor  Medium-size Humanoid (Orc)  Hit Dice: 2d8+4 (13 hp) Initiative: +0 Speed: 20 ft (scale mail); base 30 ft AC: 15 (+4 scale mail, +1 small shield) Attacks: Scimitar +4 melee; or crossbow +1 ranged Damage: Scimitar 1d6+3 and sleep; or crossbow 1d8 and sleep Face/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft/5 ft Special Attacks: Sleep, assassin abilities Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft, light sensitivity Saves: Fort +5 Ref +0 Will +0  Abilities: Str 16 Dex 10 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 11 Cha 9  Skills: Hide +2, Listen +5, Spot +5 Feats: Alertness Climate: Any marsh Organization: Gang (3-12), squad (11-20 plus 2 3rd-level sergeants and 1 3rd-level leader), band (30-60 plus 1d4 3rd-level bodyguards plus 1 3rd-level subcheif plus 1 4th-level master jor), or tribe (20-200 plus 100% females and 150% noncombatant young plus 4d4 3rd-level bodyguards and 12-15 3rd-level leaders and 2 3rd-level subcheifs and 1d6 4th-level master jors and 1 4th-level chief) Challenge Rating: 02 Treasure: Standard Alignment: Usually chaotic evil Advancement: By character class The jors are a powerful and cunning breed of orcs that live in swamps. From childhood, they are trained for assassination, and share some of the abilities of assassins. Their mindset and society of these humanoids, also known as swamp orcs, is very similar to that of the more common type of orc. Jors look very similar to orcs, but have a greenish blue tinge to their skin. Rumors suggest that jors have formed their own assassins' guild, meant to destroy the more numerous humanoid races over time. Jors and lizardfolk are great rivals for the territory of the swamp, with a mutual hatred that often causes them to attack each other on sight.COMBATJors are capable of fighting as well as any orc, but use their assassin skills whenever possible. Their preferred weapons are the scimitar and crossbow coated in a special sleep poison, but they also commonly carry bastard swords, battleaxes, spears, and flails. Like orcs, jors have sunlight and only come out of their lairs after sunset.Sleep: Jors coat their weapons in a poison that causes the victim to fall asleep for 2d6 rounds if they fail a Fortitude save (DC 14). This poison only works once per application, and must be applied to the weapon again to be reused.Assassin Abilities (Ex): Jors are trained as assassins (see DMG), and have the abilities of sneak attack, death attack, poison use, and saving throw bonus vs. poison (though not uncanny dodge) as if they were 2nd-level assassins. Jor sergeants, leaders, and subcheifs have these abilities as if they were 4th-level assassins, and master jors and chiefs have these abilities as 6th-level assassins.Light Sensitivity (Ex): Jors suffer a -1 penalty to attack rolls in bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.Skills: Jors receive a +2 racial bonus to Hide, Listen, and Spot checks. *In any marsh, a jor's Hide bonus increases to +6. Master jors and chiefs also receive an additional +4 to Hide in any natural terrain.1989 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.Originally found in Dragon Magazine #141 (1989, "The Dragon's Bestiary", Michael J. Szarmach). here is the original text:JORCreated by: Michael J. SzarmachFREQUENCY: RareNO. APPEARING: 1-20 (20-200 in lair)ARMOR CLASS: 5 or 6MOVE: 12"HIT DICE: 2 + 3% IN LAIR: 35%TREASURE TYPE: K, M on individuals; O, U in lairNO. OF ATTACKS: 1 weaponDAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon typeSPECIAL ATTACKS: Back-stabbing, poison, surprise on 1-3SPECIAL DEFENSES: Hiding, surprised on 1 in 8MAGIC RESISTANCE: StandardINTELLIGENCE: Average (low)ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evilSIZE: M (6' tall)PSIONIC ABILITY: NilJors, also known as swamp orcs, are the most powerful and cunning breed of orcs. They have developed limited assassin abilities which they use to the utmost advantage. When surprising any victim, jors have a 35% chance to kill by back-stabbing. In addition, jors make a special sleeping poison from swamp plants and waters. They use this poison to coat their weapons (saving throw vs. poison at +2 or sleep for 2-12 rounds; one use only). Jors are extremely hard to find in the swamp and are surprised only on a 1 in 8 as a result. In addition, they have a 50% chance to hide in natural terrain. Jors surprise on a 1-3 in 6, and are typically armed as follows:Weapons Chance of havingScimitar and crossbow 30%Scimitar and shield 30%Bastard sword and axe 10%Bastard sword and spear 20%Battle axe and flail 10%Jors wear a form of scale mail armor (AC 6). Shield use betters this to AC 5. Jors, like their orcish cousins, hate sunlight and are therefore found outside their lairs only after sunset. For every group in excess of 15 jors, there is a leader and two assistants. Each leader and assistant has 18 hp, and because they are the strongest and most cunning creatures of their group, also have a 50% chance to kill when back-stabbing. If 30 or more jors are encountered, the group includes a subchief (AC 3, 3 +4 HD) and 1-4 bodyguards (AC 4, 3 + 1 HD). This large group also contains a master jor (AC 3,4 + 2 HD) who has a 75% chance to kill when back-stabbing. A master jor also has a 90% chance to hide in natural terrain and surprises on 1-5 in 6. Jors general travel through swamps in small hunting parties composed of young males.Jor lairs contain females equal to the number of males. All females fight as well as the males but have a less-effective back-stabbing ability (15% chance to kill when employing this tactic). Jor lairs also contain jor young (AC 8, 1 HD, noncombatants) equal to 150% of the males. In addition, each lair contains the following: a chief (AC 2, 4 + 5 HD), two subchiefs, 4-16 bodyguards, 12-15 leaders, and 1-6 master jors. Jor chiefs always have the abilities of master jors.The jors and lizard men are great rivals in the swamp, and they often attack each other on sight. Jors look much the same as orcs, except that their skin tends to be greenish blue in color. It is rumored that all jors belong to an assassin's guild whose goal is to destroy mankind bit by bit.</blockquote>

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