With orcs being in fashion, I thought it might be nice to have a discussion about them. I was looking around for some tips, when I found this great blog which I thought was very insightful and refreshing. It's a way to look at the orc race, and perhaps it can be an inspiration to the Bloody Hand orcs we've roaming around.
So, see what you think of this?
http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/bl ... ke-an-orc/
Roleplaying an orc
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Re: Roleplaying an orc
Very interesting, thank you. 
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Re: Roleplaying an orc
Does it bug anyone else when someone plays an orc fighter with no intelligence and speaks perfect common?
Just wondering.
Just wondering.
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Re: Roleplaying an orc
Yes. But what character are you talking about though? Did you get a look at their intelligence score?Stompguts15 wrote:Does it bug anyone else when someone plays an orc fighter with no intelligence and speaks perfect common?
Just wondering.
Who is to say they don't have a high enough intelligence to speak in perfect common?
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Re: Roleplaying an orc
Dah Kogan happens to have 10 INT And yes I have RPed that he doesnt speak Common very well, mainly due to brain damage.Stompguts15 wrote:Does it bug anyone else when someone plays an orc fighter with no intelligence and speaks perfect common?
Just wondering.
Kruc'lok Kogan, is the only other "Fighter" I know of and I beleave he has enough INT to use CE and ICE, so 13< he would more then likely speak common.
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It is also often quoted for D&D that a INT score of 10–11 is Average for a Human (you know...the RL us's).An animal has an Intelligence score of 1 or 2. A creature of humanlike intelligence has a score of at least 3.
Any creature that can think, learn, or remember has at least 1 point of Intelligence. A creature with no Intelligence score is mindless, an automaton operating on simple instincts or programmed instructions.
As J.G. Ballard has said, "It's a mistake to hold back and refuse to accept one's own nature."