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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 1422504" data-attributes="member: 6562">This is nearly exactly what I do in my homebrew setting! Free Orcs live mostly on the island which in our world is called Japan, and have a feudalistic, honor-bound culture. I did this mainly by stealing from Star Trek's Klingons, which I think might have been originally based on Orcs, but who have evolved significantly... and have a language that rivals Tolkein's Elven in terms of support. (Also similar to feudal Japan and Klingons, they are very distrustful of outsiders.)IMC, Free Orcs get:&nbsp; &nbsp; Medium size&nbsp; &nbsp; Base Speed 30 ft.&nbsp; &nbsp; Str +2, Dex -2&nbsp; &nbsp; Weapon Familiarity: Free Orcs treat Orcish Double-Axes as Martial rather than Exotic weapons.&nbsp; &nbsp; +4 racial bonus on saving throws against poison&nbsp; &nbsp; +2 racial bonus on Spot checks&nbsp; &nbsp; +2 racial bonus on Survival checks&nbsp; &nbsp; Darkvision (Ex): Orcs can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and orcs can function just fine with no light at all.&nbsp; &nbsp; Automatic Languages: Common and Orc.&nbsp; &nbsp; Bonus Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Ignan and Goblin.&nbsp; &nbsp; Favored Class: Barbarian.When I find a Samurai that I like (say, in a 3.5e updated Oriental Adventures), I'll probably replace Barbarian with that. Until then, I use the Whirling Frenzy (Rage variant) from UA for Orc Barbarians, and justify the extra speed as a &quot;wuxia&quot; booster.&nbsp;-- N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 1422504, member: 6562"] This is nearly exactly what I do in my homebrew setting! Free Orcs live mostly on the island which in our world is called Japan, and have a feudalistic, honor-bound culture. I did this mainly by stealing from Star Trek's Klingons, which I think might have been originally based on Orcs, but who have evolved significantly... and have a language that rivals Tolkein's Elven in terms of support. (Also similar to feudal Japan and Klingons, they are [i]very[/i] distrustful of outsiders.) IMC, Free Orcs get: Medium size Base Speed 30 ft. Str +2, Dex -2 Weapon Familiarity: Free Orcs treat Orcish Double-Axes as Martial rather than Exotic weapons. +4 racial bonus on saving throws against poison +2 racial bonus on Spot checks +2 racial bonus on Survival checks Darkvision (Ex): Orcs can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and orcs can function just fine with no light at all. Automatic Languages: Common and Orc. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Ignan and Goblin. Favored Class: Barbarian. When I find a Samurai that I like (say, in a 3.5e updated Oriental Adventures), I'll probably replace Barbarian with that. Until then, I use the Whirling Frenzy (Rage variant) from UA for Orc Barbarians, and justify the extra speed as a "wuxia" booster. -- N [/QUOTE]

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