Orc

Like humans were created from goblinoids and gwerin, the orcs were created (at about the same time even) by the ihmisi from goblinoid, ihmisi, and animal souls. Second largest of the kindred (after the jazuu), they are an imposing people. Their early history was stained with the blood and curses of the War of Blood, when an orc leader turned to demonic power to fight back against oppression and assault and instead built an empire of skulls and ruin. After the gods were created to cast him down to the Abyss, the people who shared his face (justly or not) were considered evil and outcast to the fringes of civilization throughout the Third Age. With the Cataclysm and the great leveling of the old ways, they have re-entered society as equals. The legacy of that demon-tainted orc still echoes in the blood of Noefran orcs, although the compulsion that once drove them to mad bloodlust is gone.

Physically, orcs have slightly grey-green-colored, rough skin. The most common ethnic group in Noefra, the orcs of the Fiach Woods, use tatoos to indicate standing in their clan-based society and personal history. Exiles have their tattoos magically (and painfully) wiped, leaving smooth scar tissue. Calling a tatooed orc “smooth skin” is a deadly insult. They stand much taller than most humans and much heavier, with dark hair and eyes. Some show signs of elongated lower canines, almost to the level of tusks.

Lineage Traits

  • Ability Score Increase. +1 Strength
  • Age. physically adult at 12, lives until 70-ish, although 80 is not uncommon.
  • Size. Medium. 5′6″ - 7′, 150-350 lbs
  • Speed. 35ft.
  • Status. core
  • Brutal Critical. When you critically hit with an attack, instead of rolling the damage dice twice, roll the damage dice for the attack once and add the result to the maximum roll of the dice (ie max + roll). Features that increase the number of critical dice are not maximized.
  • Red Fang’s Legacy (+). Once per long rest, you can rage as if you were a level 1 warden, except that you can concentrate on spells (but not cast them) while raging in this way. If you have the Rage class feature, you instead can use that feature an additional time per long rest and can concentrate on spells while raging.
  • Relentless Advance. Your speed increases by 5ft (included in the speed entry).