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Message: <blockquote data-quote="med stud" data-source="post: 1286908" data-attributes="member: 1211">-Why are they there in the first place?A simple solution why the orcs are there is that the orcs have had an increase in population and the resources of the orc lands are not sufficient to feed them all. This combined with the orcs habit of killing each other (magnified by the increasing density of orcs) will bring the elf masters to let loose the orcs on the humans instead.Another solution is that the orcs have had a civil war between two large tribes and the loser's tribe is driven off. The only way to go is into human lands.A third solution is that the elf masters have planned an invasion for some time and now is the time.-What tactics do you think they would use?This depends on the orcs' outlook. The standard CE MM orc doesnt strike me as a very organized creature, but your orcs looks more advanced. In that case their tactics is based around their resources. To successfully launch an offensive into human territory the orcs will have to take the fortress you are talking about. If the orcs' attack is planned they probably will bring siege equipment to make that possible. If it isnt planned there is a risk that they will have great problems taking the fortress. An alternative way of taking the fortress would be by treason, either by charm/domination of someone inside the fortress or (this might be cool for an adventure) that the fortress have some undercover cultists of the evil god the orcs are worshipping.Another approach to the fortress problem could be a siege; if the orcs are outnumbering the neighbours to the fortress they can fend off any attempts to lift the siege. This does require food for the orcs, though; if they cant get food from the surrounding lands or if they cant poison/destroy the food stores in the fortress a siege can be very problematic.The third tactic is a variation of the "only out to destroy"- thing; the orcs' masters send in an army that goes past the fortress into enemy lands hoping for nothing but the destruction of as much human things as possible. This will doom the army if the humans are close to the strength of the orcs but it might be worth it, especially if the reason for the attack is overpopulation in the orcs' lands.-Do you have any ideas about who the BBEG might be, and how I can bring him to life?Since the PCs have pissed of the god of the orcs the BBEG might be a high priest or avatar or something like that to that god. A way to bring him to life would be to have him/her as the leader of the orc army; compare this to the Witchking of LoTR. This way rumors of his/her sorcery and strategic genius will reach the PCs and even though they dont face him/her directly they will get to know him/her by his/her exploits on the battle field. He/she can also give hints of the PCs fate by "subtle" acts such as slaying their friends or by painting the names of the PCs on the walls of razed villages using the locals' blood or summoning fiend assassins that sends their greetings from the BBEG (or anything else in a James Bond fashion). The effect can be magnified using some funky template (unless they are commonplace in your campaign); "the orcs are lead by Gorm the Fiend who was created a century ago by the <censored act involving a balor and a human woman> and now he has finally grown to full power after consuming the flesh of a hundred elves". The creation of this particular half fiend would be engineered by the priests of the evil god but their creation has since outgrown their powers.---That's my contribution. I hope it can be of some help <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />PS: I have a counter question: If a verb is after a plural, should the verb have a "s"- ending? For example, is "the orcs looks" correct? (Im trying to get a grip on basic English grammar ^^)</blockquote>

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