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chargen:races:orc [2023/05/12 00:16] – created elfinlockschargen:races:orc [2024/05/15 00:55] (current) – [Alternate Racial Traits] elfinlocks
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 Orcs are aggressive, callous, and domineering. Bullies by nature, they respect strength and power as the highest virtues. On an almost instinctive level, orcs believe they are entitled to anything they want unless someone stronger can stop them from seizing it. They rarely exert themselves off the battlefield except when forced to do so; this attitude stems not just from laziness but also from an ingrained belief that work should trickle down through the pecking order until it falls upon the shoulders of the weak. They take slaves from other races, orc men brutalize orc women, and both abuse children and elders, on the grounds that anyone too feeble to fight back deserves little more than a life of suffering. Surrounded at all times by bitter enemies, orcs cultivate an attitude of indifference to pain, vicious tempers, and a fierce willingness to commit unspeakable acts of vengeance against anyone who dares to defy them. Orcs are aggressive, callous, and domineering. Bullies by nature, they respect strength and power as the highest virtues. On an almost instinctive level, orcs believe they are entitled to anything they want unless someone stronger can stop them from seizing it. They rarely exert themselves off the battlefield except when forced to do so; this attitude stems not just from laziness but also from an ingrained belief that work should trickle down through the pecking order until it falls upon the shoulders of the weak. They take slaves from other races, orc men brutalize orc women, and both abuse children and elders, on the grounds that anyone too feeble to fight back deserves little more than a life of suffering. Surrounded at all times by bitter enemies, orcs cultivate an attitude of indifference to pain, vicious tempers, and a fierce willingness to commit unspeakable acts of vengeance against anyone who dares to defy them.
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 +{{:chargen:races:pasted:20230512-001628.png|Orc Chieftesses are not particularly uncommon; if you are the strongest, you may rule}}
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 ===== Physical Description ===== ===== Physical Description =====
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 ===== Standard Racial Traits ===== ===== Standard Racial Traits =====
  
-  * **Ability Score Modifiers:** Orcs are brutal and savage. They gain +4 Strength, –2 Intelligence, –2 Wisdom, and –2 Charisma.+  * **Ability Score Modifiers:** Orcs are brutal and savage. They gain a [[chargen:common_terms#racial_bonuses_and_penalties|Racial Bonus]] to Strength and Constitution, and a penalty to Intelligence and Wisdom.
   * **Size:** Orcs are humanoids with the orc subtype.   * **Size:** Orcs are humanoids with the orc subtype.
   * **Type:** Orcs are Medium creatures and thus have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.   * **Type:** Orcs are Medium creatures and thus have no bonuses or penalties due to their size.
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   * **Weapon Familiarity:** Orcs are proficient with any weapon which possesses the Orcish Weapon Trait.   * **Weapon Familiarity:** Orcs are proficient with any weapon which possesses the Orcish Weapon Trait.
   * **Darkvision:** Orcs can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.   * **Darkvision:** Orcs can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.
-  * **Light Sensitivity:** Orcs are dazzled in areas of bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.+  * **Light Sensitivity:** Orcs are dazzled in areas of bright sunlight or within the radius of a [[priority:magic:spells:tier3:daylight|daylight]] spell. 
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