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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 1671177" data-attributes="member: 892">In 3.0, I think the DM had the option of giving half-orcs and gnomes access to the Scent ability as a feat.&nbsp; I played a half-orc like that, and it added a little colour.I think half-orcs are the &quot;training wheels&quot; race.&nbsp; You are designed to be strong, which pushes you to use 2-handed weapons.&nbsp; Not having a hand free to use a lantern, you have darkvision to compensate.&nbsp; And then you are good to go.&nbsp; You don't have long lists of things you have to remember to use or apply.&nbsp; Half-orc fighter with power attack and cleave is not hard to remember at 1st level for a newbie (just ignore the PA and remember that if you down a baddie, you get another swing).Mind you, if you like half-orcs, then full orcs should be even better, because they are &quot;even more stronger&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />, and their penalty in light makes them still better for damage and equal for to hit to half-orcs.&nbsp; Depends if the dm allows it, but they are ECL = 0.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 1671177, member: 892"] In 3.0, I think the DM had the option of giving half-orcs and gnomes access to the Scent ability as a feat. I played a half-orc like that, and it added a little colour. I think half-orcs are the "training wheels" race. You are designed to be strong, which pushes you to use 2-handed weapons. Not having a hand free to use a lantern, you have darkvision to compensate. And then you are good to go. You don't have long lists of things you have to remember to use or apply. Half-orc fighter with power attack and cleave is not hard to remember at 1st level for a newbie (just ignore the PA and remember that if you down a baddie, you get another swing). Mind you, if you like half-orcs, then full orcs should be even better, because they are "even more stronger" :), and their penalty in light makes them still better for damage and equal for to hit to half-orcs. Depends if the dm allows it, but they are ECL = 0. [/QUOTE]

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