Half-Orcs

A long time ago, there were humans and there were orcs. Neither had much going in the way of intelligence or civilization, but there they were, out in the world, surviving like animals. Dwarves saw this, and were curious. What if they could breed the relative intelligence of humanity with the savage nature of the orc and then, you know, enslave the ensuing result and make them work in the mines for all eternity. You’ve just learned the history of the half-orc. They can breed true with each other, with orcs or with humans and produce more of themselves. Technically, they’re not human, so they don’t have any rights in the Courts. It’s a matter of debate, even in Heaven, if they have a soul at all.

Ability Score lncrease. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Half-ores mature a tittle faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

Size. Half-ores are somewhat largcr and bulkier than humans, and they range from 5 to well over ti feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Thanks to your ore blood. you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim tight within 60 feet of you as if it were bright tight. and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Menacing. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to O hit points but not killed outright. you can drop to I hit point instead. Vou can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it lo lhe extra damage of lhe criticaI hit.

Languages. You can speak. read, and write Common and Ore. Ore is a harsh. grating language with hard consonants. It has no script of its own but is written in the Dwarvish script.

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