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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 9724136" data-attributes="member: 53980">I can see what you mean. However, like I said, I read those as descriptive, not prescriptive. Maybe that's a typical orc, or even just the human stereotype regarding orcs. But IMO it certainly is not all orcs, and probably not even a majority of orcs. Let's assume that 10% of orcs are vicious raiders as described in the MM. The rest live in isolated parts of the world, minding their own business. Unfortunately, that 10% is the most likely to come into contact with humans, since they would actively seek out settlements to raid. I can see it maybe being a problem with a newbie DM, who might read the books as gospel. But I would hope that any experienced DM would either throw that out or use it as a starting point, because (even aside from being problematic) it's very one-dimensional and boring if every orc is an evil clone of the one next to it. Unless they actually ARE literal evil clones of Gruumsh. There might be an interesting story to tell about evil clones...</blockquote>