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<blockquote data-quote="GreenTengu" data-source="post: 6942420" data-attributes="member: 6777454"><p>Here is how I would solve this</p><p></p><p><strong>Orc</strong></p><p>+2 Strength</p><p>Age - Orcs mature faster than humans reaching maturity around the age of 13, they tend to live no longer than 75 years but very few live long enough to die of old age.</p><p>Alignment - Orcs are wild with highly unstable emotions that cause them to act in Chaotic ways, they have little respect for any but the most basic rules of society. Most Orcs come from environments where having any sympathy for others and hesitating to act impulsively and selfishly can cost one's life and are heavily influenced by Gruumish causing them to be generally evil.</p><p>Medium Size (Range from 5 foot to 6 and a half feet tall)</p><p>Speed 30</p><p>Dark Vision</p><p>Proficiency in Intimidate ("Menacing")</p><p>Powerful Build</p><p>Relentless Endurance</p><p>Subraces:</p><p><em>Mountain Orc - </em>+1 Constitution, Savage Attacks</p><p><em>Gray Orc - </em>+1 Wisdom, Aggressive</p><p></p><p>This even allows them to carry over the idea that Mountain Orcs hit harder while Gray Orcs are swifter as well as the fact that Mountain Orcs tend to live in very inhospitable conditions while Gray Orcs are more plains hunters.</p><p>And, really, if Powerful Build or Relentless Endurance are coming into play for you anywhere near as often as the Dwarf's Poison Resilience or the Elf's resistance to Charm, something is very wrong. So why not just have both as part of the base race?</p><p></p><p><strong>Half-Orc</strong></p><p>+1 Strength, +1 Constitution, +1 Any two OTHER scores</p><p>Age - Reach adulthood around 15 years of age, live less than a century.</p><p>Alignment - Tend towards Chaotic due to being outcast of both human and Orcish society, no particular tendency towards good or evil.</p><p>Medium Size (Range from 5 foot to over 6 feet tall)</p><p>Speed 30</p><p>Dark Vision</p><p>Relentless Endurance</p><p>1 Weapon Proficiency (your choice)</p><p>1 Skill Proficiency (your choice)</p><p>1 Tool Proficiency (your choice)</p><p></p><p></p><p>There you go, problem solved. These are both better balanced with the main core races than what you had before and the half-orc actually feels like a HALF Orc rather than just "Orc species that can be a good guy" like they have felt in pretty much every edition since 1st.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreenTengu, post: 6942420, member: 6777454"] Here is how I would solve this [B]Orc[/B] +2 Strength Age - Orcs mature faster than humans reaching maturity around the age of 13, they tend to live no longer than 75 years but very few live long enough to die of old age. Alignment - Orcs are wild with highly unstable emotions that cause them to act in Chaotic ways, they have little respect for any but the most basic rules of society. Most Orcs come from environments where having any sympathy for others and hesitating to act impulsively and selfishly can cost one's life and are heavily influenced by Gruumish causing them to be generally evil. Medium Size (Range from 5 foot to 6 and a half feet tall) Speed 30 Dark Vision Proficiency in Intimidate ("Menacing") Powerful Build Relentless Endurance Subraces: [I]Mountain Orc - [/I]+1 Constitution, Savage Attacks [I]Gray Orc - [/I]+1 Wisdom, Aggressive This even allows them to carry over the idea that Mountain Orcs hit harder while Gray Orcs are swifter as well as the fact that Mountain Orcs tend to live in very inhospitable conditions while Gray Orcs are more plains hunters. And, really, if Powerful Build or Relentless Endurance are coming into play for you anywhere near as often as the Dwarf's Poison Resilience or the Elf's resistance to Charm, something is very wrong. So why not just have both as part of the base race? [B]Half-Orc[/B] +1 Strength, +1 Constitution, +1 Any two OTHER scores Age - Reach adulthood around 15 years of age, live less than a century. Alignment - Tend towards Chaotic due to being outcast of both human and Orcish society, no particular tendency towards good or evil. Medium Size (Range from 5 foot to over 6 feet tall) Speed 30 Dark Vision Relentless Endurance 1 Weapon Proficiency (your choice) 1 Skill Proficiency (your choice) 1 Tool Proficiency (your choice) There you go, problem solved. These are both better balanced with the main core races than what you had before and the half-orc actually feels like a HALF Orc rather than just "Orc species that can be a good guy" like they have felt in pretty much every edition since 1st. [/QUOTE]
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