Summary
Large and physically powerful, with large lower canines that protrude from their mouths, most other races find orcs to be intimidating. They are larger and denser than humans on average, ranging from just under 6 feet to almost 7 feet tall and weighing between 250 to 400 pounds. Their complexion covers a wide range of green tones, and their hair is dark and straight ranging from reddish-brown to a bluish black. Male orcs have slight cartilage ridges across their brow that give them large eyebrows, and their lower canines are larger than those of the females. Orcs reach adulthood in their early teens, and they live to their 60’s.
The Orcish Meuhtoctona empire is a collection of city states that has recently been vassalized under the central rule of the city state of Huexotla and its king.
Orcish culture highly values Xibalbani (barbarians), Godspeakers (clerics), and Tzecatlipo (warlocks) and disregards bards as frivolous, unskilled, and lazy.
Orcish Traits
Ability Score Increase: Your Strength score increases by 2.
Size and Speed: You are medium size and have a base walking speed of 30 feet.
Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, 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.
Savage Attacks: When you score a critical hit with melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
Inner Tonali: As a bonus action, you can move up to your speed toward an enemy of your choice that you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.
Languages: You speak Common and Chilque, a choppy, harsh language filled with consonants. Orcs have a complex and comprehensive mathematical system that informs their blocky alphabet. Both are commonly written into stone or clay rather than paper.
Jungle Orc
Your ancestors lived in the dense jungles of Meuhtoctona where the cities are dense and its inhabitants live measuring and hauling bushels of crops. You have inherited both their keen minds and strong backs.
Ability Score Increase: Your Intelligence score increases by 1.
Powerful Build: You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Orcish Education: You have proficiency in the History skill.
Mountain Orc
Your ancestors lived in the arid mountains defending herds of llamas from wild rocs, working in the mines, or training as soldiers or sportsmen in the high altitude cities. You have inherited their powerful lungs and their hard won endurance.
Ability Score Increase: Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Orcish Armor Training: You have proficiency with armor one tier heavier than is normally granted by your class. If your class gives you proficiency in heavy armor, armor you wear does not give you disadvantage on stealth checks.
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