Half Orcs

[Varis]

Does anyone know if there is any news about what the official 4e Half Orc is going to look like?

 

[Klaus]

Does anyone know if there is any news about what the official 4e Half Orc is going to look like?

Less bestial and more human-like, according to, iirc, Ampersand.

 

[Varis]

Cool, I'd actually heard that as well. I should of been more specific. I was wondering what sort of Stat bonuses, racial benefits etc they would be getting.

 

[Klaus]

Description points to Str/Wis.

 

[Varis]

Less bestial and more human-like.

Cool, I'd actually heard that as well. I should of been more specific. I was wondering what sort of Stat bonuses, racial benefits etc they would be getting.

 

[Mengu]

+2 Strength, +2 Dexterity (or maybe Wisdom instead of Dexterity)
Half-orc Resilience: First time you are bloodied in an encounter gain 5 hit points (possibly 10 at 11th level, and 15 at 21st level).
Swift Charge: +2 to speed when charging.
+2 Endurance and Intimidate
Furious Assault: Encounter power; free action; when you hit enemy, the attack deals 1[W] extra damage if it's a weapon attack or 1d8(?) extra damage if it isn't.

 

[Herschel]

The Half-Orc is a race I've always wished would just go away. I've never liked it from a flavor standpoint and never felt it added anything positive to the game as a PC race. They make good enough bad guys I suppose, I just always have hated them from a PC standpoint. I just don't understand the love for them outside of physical stat bumps.

 

[Byronic]

The Half-Orc is a race I've always wished would just go away. I've never liked it from a flavor standpoint and never felt it added anything positive to the game as a PC race. They make good enough bad guys I suppose, I just always have hated them from a PC standpoint. I just don't understand the love for them outside of physical stat bumps.

They're rough, tough and don't care a Gnomes nose about what other people think about it. And they have an inbuilt way of solving problems. Bash them.

They're not my favourite either but that's why I don't play them.

 

[tanj]

Half-Orcs can be fun to play as the big dumb guy who doesn't know better than to get into trouble, but can deal with whatever trouble he gets into. They make great barbarians with an obvious reasons to be outside of normal society. I think my favorite aspect is how they don't really fit anywhere, they are too human to be orcs and too orcish to be human.

 

[ki11erDM]

half orcs are much better to play a old school paly or monk. always irks me when people insist on playing stereo type roles. If i wanted to play a big dumb fighter i would play a fat gnome.