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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8831244" data-attributes="member: 5948">D&amp;D orcs have never interested me much, and if was ever forced to run them I'd steal Warhammer orcs - their fungal biology and belief-creating-reality aspects in particular - wholesale.But...What if orcs were migratory.&nbsp; Not just nomadic or opportunistically vagrant, but actually migratory like a seabird or swallow.&nbsp; Just masses of them tromping across the landscape at certain times of year.&nbsp; They could potentially migrate with the seasons, but perhaps a yearly cycle might make them too predictable (thought the whole concept of locals hunkering down behind their barricades, bringing their livestock in to wait out Orc Season, has some potential).&nbsp; But we're talking fantasy worlds here, probably with multiple moons and additional natural cycles of waning/waxing background magic and who knows what else - there's room for all sorts of other natural rhythms they could align with.&nbsp; Perhaps they migrate according to some sort of complex interaction of the three moons, or perhaps they subconsciously feel and react to the rumblings beneath their feet as the tarrasque stirs in its slumber.&nbsp; Maybe they worship gods of the moon and stars, maybe some of them become noted astronomers, navigators, or sailors.&nbsp; A great migration of orcs, no doubt heavily living off the land, could certainly be functionally horde-like to anyone in their way, without just being a mob of cartoon villains.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8831244, member: 5948"] D&D orcs have never interested me much, and if was ever forced to run them I'd steal Warhammer orcs - their fungal biology and belief-creating-reality aspects in particular - wholesale. But... What if orcs were [I]migratory[/I]. Not just nomadic or opportunistically vagrant, but actually migratory like a seabird or swallow. Just masses of them tromping across the landscape at certain times of year. They could potentially migrate with the seasons, but perhaps a yearly cycle might make them too predictable (thought the whole concept of locals hunkering down behind their barricades, bringing their livestock in to wait out Orc Season, has some potential). But we're talking fantasy worlds here, probably with multiple moons and additional natural cycles of waning/waxing background magic and who knows what else - there's room for all sorts of other natural rhythms they could align with. Perhaps they migrate according to some sort of complex interaction of the three moons, or perhaps they subconsciously feel and react to the rumblings beneath their feet as the tarrasque stirs in its slumber. Maybe they worship gods of the moon and stars, maybe some of them become noted astronomers, navigators, or sailors. A great migration of orcs, no doubt heavily living off the land, could certainly be functionally horde-like to anyone in their way, without just being a mob of cartoon villains. [/QUOTE]

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