What They Don't Tell You About Orcs - D&D

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SOURCES

1st Edition Monster Manual
2nd Edition Monster Manual
3rd Edition Monster Manual
5th Edition Monster Manual
Races of Faerun
Volos Guide to Monsters
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd Edition
Sword Coast Adventure Guide

[Kuwagumo]

The cat was the best piece of lore ive ever saw lol

[almasyelesbayev]

12 years old human: I need an adult.
12 years old orc: I am an adult!

[onatgz]

>>looks at title.

>>looks at length.

a lot apparently.

[kroposman]

Grey Orcs: Even savages have standards.
Mountain Orcs:

[fynketh]

"Orcs gather in tribes that exert their dominance and satisfy their bloodlust by plundering villages, devouring or driving off roaming herds, and slaying any humanoids that stand against them. After savaging a settlement, orcs pick it clean of wealth and items usable in their own lands."
So, they're basically adventurers?

[NemesisRavebane]

I didn't know the common housecat had a lore tie-in with the orcs, thank you MrRhexx. That is truly something that you don't see in the monster manual.

[branfeather]

OH NO, the dreaded attack by the god "cat" that appears in so many DnD games! They show up out of nowhere, and encompass a large part of the map. Impossible to defeat, and can destroy any party member (by knocking them over, or to the floor)

[Tnch]

Rhexx: *Blazing through his script for Orcs.*
Domestic Tabaxi:

[stryder]

MrRhexx you missed the entire race of Ondonti Orcs. They're technically extinct but like most things in D&D, it was written open ended. There were 13 tribes of peaceful Ondonti orcs living under the worship of Eldath the godess of peace until the Zhentarim came and collected them for slaves. Supposedly there's still 1 tribe hidden in the Shattered Lands though.

[zerokage]

This made me think about something I've never thought about before. In Disney's Sleeping Beauty Maleficent had an army of pig soldiers under her. But now I realize those were Orcs.

[jwall]

My orc character is an orc who’s adopted by a wizard. The orc is a sorcerer but is so dumb it believes it’s a wizard.

[christopherconard]

They prefer wild game over humanoids.*

*Except Halflings, never pass up a nice juicy Halfling.

[WhyYouMadBoi]

24:09

The Fighter: Agh those claws
The Sorcerer: Agh that face
The Bard: Ooh that body

[RyllenKriel]

Gruumsh One-Eye: "You have captured many slaves, slaughtered many of the other races, won many victories!"
Orc: "Actually we lost the past three battles, half the horde is dead."
Grummsh One-Eye: "Those were not defeats, they were trials of strength! Now my followers must breed indiscriminately...but not with Elves!"
Orc: "No hot Elf women? Damn...What do we do with them?"
Gruumsh One-Eye: "Sacrifice them to me to prove your strength! Frailty and weakness are not part of my people!"
Orc: "Okay..." <Kills the elf.>
Gruumsh One-Eye: "Now, as a bonus, if you pluck out one of your eyes I might give you magical powers!"
Orc: "That's a pretty big risk for a 'maybe.' Having two eyes really helps with the depth perception when I'm raiding. Doesn't that make me more vulnerable?"
Gruumsh One-Eye: "Fine! No slim chance of magical spells for you. Behold, a harem of trolls and ogres!"
Orc: "F--- this, I'm gonna worship Bane...or maybe Cyric, He's not this crazy."
Gruumsh One-Eye: "I heard that!"

[caelan]

Thanks for leaving in your cat interrupting you. That made my day.

[liondovegm]

"The Porks never evolve." My GM starting something he wasn't prepared to defend from all sides.

[idontnod]

half-orc: "I'm only a half-orc so I need to work very hard to earn my place in the tribe"
orc: "dang, that guy's really good at fighting and pillaging"
orc chief: "I'm going to make that guy my right-hand man"

also 34:48 the first edition Ogre Mage art here is hilarious

[jahnukainen_]

Orc lore: *rape is swept under the rug*

Also orc lore: torture, genocide and slavery? Yeah that's cool, that's fine.

[flibbernodgets]

Orcs are my favorite fantasy race! I especially like how varied they can be. You can have savage orcs, honor-bound orcs, civilized orcs, beastrider orcs, fanatic orcs, and anything else you can think of all in the same gameworld and it won't feel strange.

Heck, AJ Pickett even made a video about how to include WH40K orcs in a DnD campaign.

[lordhogwash]

Orcs have been, and will always be my favorite D&D race, and I always play a half orc, or an orc if permitted.