Half-Orc

Half-orcs are the misfortunate breeding between a human and an orc parent. Most often the father is an orc and the mother a human and rarely their union is one of mutual consent. Half-orcs are most commonly products of women who survived violent encounters with orc-kind, although happy unions between orc and human are known to exist. Half-orcs often inherit a fiery spirit and tendency to anger quickly from their orc parent as well as adaptability and adventurous nature from their human parent often resulting in a volatile personality.  

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Half-Orc

ability score increase: Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
age: 65 to 80 years.
Size: Medium
speed: 30 ft.
Languages: Common, Orc
race features:
  • Darkvision. Thanks to your orc blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.
  • Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You 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 to the extra damage of the critical hit.
   

Half-Orc Characters

Hilde
A half orc knight, heavily armored
Genetic Ancestor(s)

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