I’ve gone to the trouble or joy depending on your viewpoint of writing a racial for the missing Half Orc in 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. It’s based in no small part off a couple of posts on the official forums under House Rules. I’ve taken those ideas, expanded and fleshed them out and come up with a race that’s a merge of human and orc that I like. The original poster’s idea for the racial just struck a chord in me and I can easily see the race ending up that way rather than the stereotypical stupid fighter types that seems to be the way they’re portrayed and played.
Anyway I’m posting the PDF here for download if you’d like to take a look at it and I have in fact credited the two posters in the PDF as well as the creator of the image I’m using. Since there was no fair usage rules on their site and frankly given the amount of traffic that will see it I didn’t see a reason to contact them about it. That may be wrong of me but if they don’t like then I’ll happily take it out of the pdf.
This is pretty close to a final version for me as it fits my ideas of a cool direction to take the half-orcs and the only changes I’ll end up making is if some things end up over powered. I still have some questions on the racial power as written but only a thorough play testing will tell if that plays out or not.
Anyway if you’re interested then download and view the PDF file.
2 comments
The Occupant
September 22, 2008 at 10:10 pm (UTC -5)
Fascinating. This is certainly a different look at half orcs, but it definitely more fits my personal idea of the race. In fact, I see more then a little of the Pathfinder half-orc in this.
Thank you for sharing this. I rather liked the hybrids, and was more then a little sad when they were cut out of 4.0. So thanks.
The Occupant.
Jennifer Lily
March 20, 2011 at 9:09 pm (UTC -5)
This is a wonderful sketch, and reminds me of my Pathfinder half-orc fighter…mine uses a Great Axe and keeps his face covered (that low charisma can get ya!). But I love the gruff charm of this portrait!