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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 328417" data-attributes="member: 1194">Good thread, Terraism, even though I think it was done a few months ago - I'll assume you were referring to my post here:I'm glad someone picked up the ball and ran with it - I'd like to hear from some people who view orcs as being inescapably evil, therefore have problems seeing a volkuntary union between them and humans.My take is this:Since first seeing the half-orcs as a PLAYER CHARACTER race in 3E, I had difficulty merging in my mind the common-held belief that orcs are cartoonishly evil and only exist to destroy.It didn't make sense that the only explanation for a human mating with a orc was rape.I mean, half-orcs are in the PHB for heroes to play!So after reading the description of both the half-orc and the orc entry in the MM (and PHB), it seemed to me that the 3E designers based the orcs off of Klingons!They are agressive, like to fight, like to dance, drink and party, value scars and battle over diplomacy, etc.Admit it - doesn't a Batleth just seem right for an orc to use?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />So thinking about Klingons - if memory serves - it seemed there were many human/orc pairings that didn't only owe themselves to rape or alcohol OR craziness.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> So I made a background for Ubaar, the PC in my sig, specifically to describe a half-orc that didn't rely on rape for his being.Then I read about Turrosh Mak and thought I'd make Ubaar a champion for half-orcs and oppressed people who have racism thrown in their face by supposed "do-gooder" races all the time.</blockquote>

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