Drow Mating ??

[Saber]

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Originally posted by yennico
I do not have the book Savage Species, so I do not know if this topic is in that book.

Drows can mate with Humans.
Humans can mate with Orcs.

Can Drows mate with Orcs ?

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Well, I hope this will end some of the confusion. According to "The Complete Guide to Drow" produced by Goodman Games and published buy Natural 20 Press, this is possible. Following is an excerpt from the book:

Shaturug:

Orcs that survive a drow "reward" may come away with a shaturug offspring. The half-orc/half-drow is kept hidden away and safe from the drow by the orc's tribe. They are reared and taught how to fight by the best of the orc warriors and often find themselves at the head of orc war parties. They are stronger, faster, and far more intelligent than any orc in the tribe. This sometimes lead the shaturug into wandering the cavernes alone to challenge all that would oppose him. Drow slavers sometimes capture these crossbreeds to fight in their arenas for sport, or breed them with other shaturug in an attempt to make a stock of elite troops.
Shaturug normally stand between 5 and 6 feet tall. They have smooth, hairless black skin and large yellow teeth. Their eyes are blood red with flecks of gold and are highly reflective, appearing as two points of red light in the darkness.

Racial Traits:
+4 Str, +2 Dex, +2 Int, -2 Wis, -4 Cha
Medium size
Base speed: 40
Immune to sleep spells, recieve +2 on saves v.s Enchantment. This is in addition to their +2 racial bonus to Will saves against all spells and spell-like abilities.
Darkvision: 120ft
Light Blindness
Languages: Undercommon and Orc
Challenge rating: +1
Favored class: Fighter

Ok, so I hope that helped. The book itself is kinda cool. Some very interesting crossbreeds with drow and demons, drow and mind flayers, and drow and goblins. Them drow are some crazy elves. Later.

-Saber

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Goodman Games' publications are only d20 and have nothing to do with the official core rules or any campaign setting's canon.

BTW: is that the same book that has that awful feat Dark Blessing?

 

[Voadam]

I am not aware of a prohibition in any rule, it just has not been done.

Many supplements say orcs can breed with pretty much anything humanoid (see the list of more common orc crossbreeds from the 1e MM).

Green Ronin and Silverthorne games (two d20 companies) have supplements that present half-orc templates (Wrath and Rage I believe is the GR one, and Book of Templates is for SG).

Conceptually, not a problem rules wise, although drow kill their own kind who are imperfect at birth, so culturally drow society would weed out such a mix as they would most half-drow.

 

[Saber]

Well, the question was "is their a race out their like this." So the answer is yes.

And although I agree that most drow would destroy this "mutation" on sight, I do like the explination the book gives. I could see a drow raiding party raping and pilliaging an orc encampment. Such an action would then produce the rare Shaturug.

And although it is not part of the "core rules," it is a kinda cool flavor thing that could be utilized on rare occasions.
And yes, that is the same book that has the Dark Blessing feat.

The only saving grace for this one is that the character MUST do something "great" in the name of their God, and as a DM, it would have to be REALLY freaking great!!

 

[Endur]

half-orc

I would have the offspring from an elf and an orc be a half-orc.

This would follow from the general corrupting nature of orcs (a la Tolkien).

I wouldn't give any benefits for having one parent be elven.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

In my world, Orc + Elf = Human, but don't let any of the three know that.