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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 7038906" data-attributes="member: 6802951"><p>I didn't mean to imply that you were a dirty, dirty powergamer. (Or that there is anything inherently wrong with that.) While I share Keith Baker's opinions on subraces and racial optimisation, doesn't mean that everyone does, or that its more valid than theirs.</p><p></p><p>I just have an 'engineer' approach to some problems: First, make sure that there is actually an problem. Next, make sure that you know what the problem is, so you can design a solution that will actually solve the problem. etc.</p><p></p><p>It just didn't strike me that it was something that a Jhorgun'taal for example wouldn't have. They seem inclined to be mediators and leaders in the Shadow Marches, mixing the wildness and emotion of the orcs with the community-inclined nature of their human side. Some of them probably are trained by Gatekeepers and other orcs though.</p><p></p><p>If we're talking about Savage Attacker, how about something simple, such as <em>"Spirits or creatures you have summoned or bonded with share your Savage Attacker ability"</em>.</p><p>So the Orcish Ranger's companion, or the Gatekeeper's summoned beasts (or even the Warlock's chain pact familiar) get a slight combat boost representing the Orc's primal nature mixing with the human's cooperative urge.</p><p></p><p>It really does boil down to <em>why </em>you think that the current race can't represent a half-orc that is naturally (as opposed to mechanically) inclined to druidism. Once the reason is nailed down, hopefully that might suggest a solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 7038906, member: 6802951"] I didn't mean to imply that you were a dirty, dirty powergamer. (Or that there is anything inherently wrong with that.) While I share Keith Baker's opinions on subraces and racial optimisation, doesn't mean that everyone does, or that its more valid than theirs. I just have an 'engineer' approach to some problems: First, make sure that there is actually an problem. Next, make sure that you know what the problem is, so you can design a solution that will actually solve the problem. etc. It just didn't strike me that it was something that a Jhorgun'taal for example wouldn't have. They seem inclined to be mediators and leaders in the Shadow Marches, mixing the wildness and emotion of the orcs with the community-inclined nature of their human side. Some of them probably are trained by Gatekeepers and other orcs though. If we're talking about Savage Attacker, how about something simple, such as [I]"Spirits or creatures you have summoned or bonded with share your Savage Attacker ability"[/I]. So the Orcish Ranger's companion, or the Gatekeeper's summoned beasts (or even the Warlock's chain pact familiar) get a slight combat boost representing the Orc's primal nature mixing with the human's cooperative urge. It really does boil down to [I]why [/I]you think that the current race can't represent a half-orc that is naturally (as opposed to mechanically) inclined to druidism. Once the reason is nailed down, hopefully that might suggest a solution. [/QUOTE]
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