half orc starting passive too op

[suprpiwi]

why would i want to roll anything else? tripling the dmg on a crit when you can lower the roll to 17 with feats. triple dmg is stupid in comparison to other races.

[Trolleur_Durden]

Only the weapon damage is tripled, not all the modifiers. But it's definitely quite good for sure, and half orc is clearly the best martial race available.

[Torpex]

It's 5e. In the past DnD restricted classes to alignments and races.

If you'd like something resembling logic, look into Pathfinder games. Not without problems either but of a different kind.

[dolby]

you can't lower it to 17 cos the sniper feat isn't working...

[Trapmaker]

Originally posted by dolby:

you can't lower it to 17 cos the sniper feat isn't working...

And even if it wasn't you still couldn't influence it with feats since the tooltip specifically states spell attacks. Either way Horc is fine, There's other good martial options, Shield dwarves and wood elves spring to mind.

[smetch]

My half orc fighter agrees

[Yagger]

then you'd have to play an orc,

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by dolby:

you can't lower it to 17 cos the sniper feat isn't working...

What do you mean you absolutely can lmao
Of course spell sniper doesnt apply to physical attacks, who would have guessed.

[SoloQ]

Nah. Halfling is the true OP race.

[Yagger]

Originally posted by SoloQ:

Nah. Halfling is the true OP race.

halfling is fantastic, but I went teethling

[dolby]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by dolby:

you can't lower it to 17 cos the sniper feat isn't working...

What do you mean you absolutely can lmao
Of course spell sniper doesnt apply to physical attacks, who would have guessed.

no other feat lowers crit range at least not in my game...

[ACS36]

because you don't need it to beat the game.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Because horcs are fugly.

[Recjawjind]

I remember when tashas was announced, some people lost their mind because according to them, "all races are now the same, your choice is just flavor."
Half-orcs still make the best melee martials, who would have guessed!

Yes, they are excellent, but don't discount some of the other races. Extra movement from wood(half)elf is great, as are the smite spells zariel tieflings get, as is rerolling 1s for halflings.

[smetch]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Loveless:

Because horcs are fugly.

Yeah I traded off big pointy teeth for a buff, worth it.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by dolby:

no other feat lowers crit range at least not in my game...

There are tons of items that give you a better crit range.
One of the earliest is the knife of the undermountain king (which is probably one of the best paladin weapons in the game early on, IF you don't have a caster that can hold person/monster).