How do you like your orcs?

[Kanegrundar]

IMC, I have the Warcraft orcs, known as honorbound or greenskins, and the regular D&D orcs that act a lot more like LotR orcs without the direction of Saruman. Wow orcs are my current favorites at the moment.

Kane

 

[Grazzt]

I was waiting for a respose like this....almost put this in the poll as an option

Heh. I actually voted (1e orcs), just didnt post here that way.

 

[Bladesong]

I dropped Orcs from my mythology in 8th grade and have never used them since. So, the answer to 'How do I like my Orcs' is 'I don't.'

One race of ugly nasty is enough for a campaign world. In my campaign, the goblins historically had selective breeding program that has produced a complex caste system which includes (low) goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, ogres and high goblins. All five groups consider themselves to be of the same race and tend to have the same patron deities. There are several large goblin-kind nations. Orcs simply don't exist. I simply didn't feel I couldn't make them distinct enough of a culture from my goblins, and the hobgoblins already filled the role of ruthless militant semi-honorable warrior caste.

Agreed. My campaign world is virtually the same: goblins are like a plague, hobgoblins are well-organized and disciplined, and bugbears are the barbarian hordes. We have ogres, but have not made them related, and no "high goblins." Orcs/orks/orcks are over-done and worn out.

 

[Savage Wombat]

Klingons :d

Make that two votes for Klingons.

 

[Aristotle]

I voted for Warcraft, from what I've seen in WoW. I'm not familiar with other warcraft games/literature.

My orcs are more brutish looking than pig-like. They are a muddy green or dusky brown, or more commonly a patchwork of the two. Black orcs (more gray than black) are rarely seen, and the birth of such a child is an omen of good fortune.

Art and philosophy are of little importance in orcish culture, but not totally abandoned. Regulated pit-fighting is the entertainment/sport of choice for most orcs, and they have their own martial art which is used heavily in these matches. Non-orcs are almost unheard of in these fighting circuits.

Orcs are bound by three stages of honor: Racial, Personal, and Familial. A slight on an orcs race will gain his ire. Even a perceived slight against the orc him/her self might call for combat (usually to first blood). A perceived slight against an orc's family will often elicit a challenge to combat (often to the death), or murder if the offender is not honorable enough to accept the challenge.

Roughly three quarters of the worlds elves are slaves to the orcs, with most of them living in the cramped slums of the slave quarter in the orcish capitol city. A price being paid by the elves for their ancestors' arrogance in dealing so harshly with the orc tribes.

 

[innis]

classic old edition orcs are the best. bow legged, pig faced, cruel orcine eyes. they're the closest thing, IMO to traditional orcs.

 

[TheYeti1775]

Spelljammer style

Spell it backwards and call them Scro.
http://spelljammer.org/monsters/conversions/Scro.html

 

[der_kluge]

I am sick to death of orcs. I die a little death on the inside when I play in a campaign, and it revolves around orcs rising up in a conflict against humans.

 

[palleomortis]

How about, WELL DONE! Or made into nice little hambergers or hot dogs and things.

 

[Desdichado]

How about, WELL DONE! Or made into nice little hambergers or hot dogs and things.

Actually, that joke gets made about half a dozen times anyone asks "How do you like x?" in a thread here. So far, we're under par for this thread... :\