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Half-orc

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Half-Orcs have one parent who was human and the other one who was an orc. They tend to have life spans of up to 70 years. Half-Orcs frequently aren't accepted with ether humans or orcs so they tend to wander. Often they end up becoming barbarians, due to their strength, size, and temperament.


Half-Orcs:

  • +2 Strength, –2 Intelligence, –2 Charisma.
  • A half-orc’s starting Intelligence score is always at least 3. If this adjustment would lower the character’s score to 1 or 2, his score is nevertheless 3.
  • Medium: As Medium creatures, half-orcs have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
  • Half-orc base land speed is 30 feet.
  • Darkvision: Half-orcs (and orcs) can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and half-orcs can function just fine with no light at all.
  • Orc Blood: For all effects related to race, a half-orc is considered an orc.
  • Automatic Languages: Common and Orc (language). Bonus Languages: Draconic, Giant (language), Gnoll (language), Goblin (language), and Abyssal.
  • Favored Class: Barbarian. A multiclass half-orc’s barbarian class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.

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Personality: Half-Orcs tend to be short-tempered and sullen. They would rather act than ponder.

Physical Description: Stand Between 6 and 7 foot tall. and usually weigh between 180 and 250 pounds.

Alignment: Usually towards chaos. But like their parents they tend to be good or evil.

Religon: Like Orcs many half orcs worship Gruumsh the chief orc god, and the arch enemy of Corellon Larethian, god of the elves.

Language: orc, which has no alphabet of its own uses the Dwarvish script on the rare occasions when someon writes something down.

Racial Traits +2 strength, -2 Int. -2 Cha Medium Size Base Speed is 30 ft Darkvision: Half-Orcs can see up to 60 ft in the dark Orc Blood: (See Monster Manual) Languages: Common and Orc. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Giant, Gnoll, Goblin, and Abyssal. Smart half-orcs (who are very rare) may know the language of their rivals.