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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 612365" data-attributes="member: 5137">Olgah's TaleWinter15 years agoAgahken sighed heavily. The rabbit was gone from the wolf trap again, with nary a mark to show how it might have happened. He was certain that some spirit had cursed him, and was harrying him to an early grave. An accident had hobbled him and forced him to trapping, in winter of all times, and now, his traps were passed through as if by a ghost wolf.He was a decent tracker, and had often followed the oddly heavy, medium-sized wolf for a few miles, only to find remains of the rabbit carcass, and tracks disappearing into the stony river. It was a canny wolf, but he could not figure out how it could get the rabbit from the trap.He would have spoken to the shaman, but the shaman was very old and more violently dour by the day. And Agahken owed him still - it would not do to crawl deeper into debt.Hunting & Trapping in Orc CultureJust a few notes I haven't had time to write into something more prosaic.* Among men, hunting is the ultimate pursuit.* An orc who has to trap is pitied by his fellows, and ribbed by his close buddies.* That's not to say that every orc hasn't had to trap at some point in their life. A life without trapping... why, that's the hoped for orc afterlife.* Orc hunters typically run down their prey. The best hunters can outrun bounding deer (fast movement feats).* Many orcs focus more on the martial side than the hunting side, but that is a necessity of life. Life has war, therefore men must be warriors.* Fishing is a common pastime and meditation among orcs. Some orcs are said to speak to fish to catch them. Unlike hunting, fishing is a meditative act.* There are three foods believed to be necessary to good health: the grape, prey meat, and fish. The grape is said to strengthen one's bones; meat strengthens one's muscles and blood; and fish strengthens one's cunning.</blockquote>

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