General Rules: Monsters - Orc, Common

Common Orc (adapted from the Monster Manual)
Medium Humanoid (Orc)

Hit Dice: 1d8+1 (5 hit points)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 20 feet (base speed 30 feet)
Armor Class: 15 (+5 iron mantle armor), touch AC 10, flat-footed AC 15
BAB/Grapple: +1/+4

Attack: Heavy flail +4 melee (1d10+4, bludgeoning, 19-20 x2, trip, +2 disarm) or throwing blade +1 ranged (1d6+3, slashing, 20 x3, 15 feet x5)

Full Attack: Heavy flail +4 melee (1d10+4, bludgeoning, 19-20 x2, trip, +2 disarm) or throwing blade +1 ranged (1d6+3, slashing, 20 x3, 15 feet x5)

Space/Reach: 5 feet by 5 feet/5 feet
Special Attacks: -
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, light sensitivity
Saves: Fortitude +3, Reflex +0, Will -2
Abilities: Str 17, Int 8, Wis 7, Dex 11, Con 12, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +1, Spot +1
Feats: Skill Augmentation (Listen and Spot)
Environment: Any

Organization: Gang (2 - 4) or squad (11 - 20 plus 2 3^rd level serjeants and 1 leader of 3^rd - 6^th level), or band (30 - 100 plus 150% noncombatants plus 1 3^rd level serjeant per 10 adults, 5 5^th level lieutenants and 3 7^th level captains)

Challenge Rating: ½
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Often chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +0

Common orcs are aggressive humanoids that raid, pillage, and battle other creatures. They have a hatred of dwarves and gnomes that began generations ago, and often kill such creatures on sight.

An orc's hair is usually black. It has lupine ears and reddish eyes. Orcs prefer wearing vivid colors that many humans would consider unpleasant, such as blood red, mustard yellow, tyellow-green, and deep purple. Their equipment is often dirty and unkempt. An adult male orc is a little over 6 feet tall, and weight about 210 pounds. Females are not appreciably smaller.

When not actually fighting other creatures, orcs are usually planning raids or practicing their fighting skills. Orcs tend to fight one another almost as much as they fight outsiders.

Common orcs speak Euroz. The language an orc speaks varies slightly from tribe to tribe, but any orc is understandable to anyone who speaks Euroz. Some orcs speak Karstish or Jattalaic as well.

Combat
Orcs prefer weapons with chains such as flails and heavy flails. Leaders and elite orcish warriors often favor spiked chain or bladed flails. orcs have a highly developed sense of personal honor, and seek to demonstrate their prowess at all times. However, "personal honor" to an orc doesn't mean exactly the same thing that it does to most civilized races. To an orc, personal honor is related to the number of enemies they have killed or captured, and how crafty and cunning their strategems are. They enjoy attacking from concealment and setting ambushes and they obey the rules of war only son long as it is convenient for them - all of which are displays of an orc's "honor" as tricking and deceiving one's enemies is considered to be the pinnacle of personal achievement.

Light Sensitivity (Ex): Orcs are sensitive to sunlight and spells such as daylight, and are dazzled in such conditions.

Common Orcs as Characters
Common orcs tend to be barbarians. Orc clerics worship Khil, but most orc spellcasters are adepts. Orc spellcasters favor spells that deal damage. Common orc characters possess the following racial traits:

• Type: Common orcs are humanoids with the orc subtype.


• Ability Scores: +4 Strength, -2 Intelligence, -2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma.


• Size: Medium.


• Speed: Orcs have a base land speed of 30 feet.


• Darkvision: Orcs have darkvision with a range of 60 feet.


• Light Sensitivity (Ex): Orcs are sensitive to sunlight and spells such as daylight, and are dazzled in such conditions.


• Automatic Languages: Orcs speak Euroz.


• Bonus Languages: Anfagen Zwursprach, Jattalaic, Karstish, Kellish, Sorglish, Zwursprache


• Favored Class: Barbarian.


• Additional Favored Class: Warrior.


• Exclusive Class: Pit Fighter.

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