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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6339662" data-attributes="member: 1165">Don't confuse class with job or culture. Class is about how you fight, nothing more. Even if most orc warriors are barbarians, they still have craftsmen, farmers, and other jobs. (Unlike gnolls, who are so lazy they have slaves for everything.)Orcs love war... and steel makes better weapons. You'd better believe they'd get their hands on steel. Even if orcs are lazy and stupid, that's only true of most of them. "Nobody hurts the Gruumsh-blessed steel guy, or the chief will be mad and we'll lose more battles." One of the smarter orcs will become that.Orcs will do things like train and exercise. Those that don't do this don't live long. After losing a couple of battles, they'll get the hint.I wonder, how easy is it to melt down something made of steel and reforge it, compared to starting from scratch? You can skip the collection of ore if you slaughter the local peasants and steal all their steel tools. Maybe after battles orcs make a habit of returning to the scene of the battle and making off with all those precious arrowheads.I will counter with the history of Attila the Hun, who did exactly that. He was raised as a captive by the Roman for several of his formative years. There's nothing preventing that half-orc from just, you know, leaving human society, especially if he's being discriminated against for being half-orc.Interesting, but could have already been done. (The half-orc losing trust isn't a big deal if he makes a permanent decision.)Another option is a half-orc "moves into town" (orcs often use half-orcs as spies) and works for a human or half-orc blacksmith, and gets the secrets that way. Maybe the local half-orc vouches for him. ("Yeah, that's my cousin Mork. He's smart and works hard, you'll like him.")</blockquote>

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