This seems silly but how do u get a half-orc ?

[cire87]

I assume half elves are from one parent being a human and another being an elf
but how does it work for half -orcs ? i dont know much about D&D orcs but usually orcs are depicted in a very bad way .

[DeportedFetus]

Rape babies unfortunately. That's how Dorn was made in bg2 EE

[PandoraWolfCrow]

yes, and i played thoses 2 BG ^^since a long time ago

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by cire87:

I assume half elves are from one parent being a human and another being an elf
but how does it work for half -orcs ? i dont know much about D&D orcs but usually orcs are depicted in a very bad way .

Orcs were created by the evil god Grommash, meant to manifest his hatred and rage as physical representations on the world.

They were created specifically to rape, pillage and raze the world, as such it is in their nature to do just that.

Half-orcs are the byproducts of this tragedy.

[ahmannw]

WotC was considering removing Half-Orcs from the game, replaced with orcs, because of the rape-riddled lore. I don't know that that plan has been permanently dropped or is currently just shelved.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by ahmannw:

WotC was considering removing Half-Orcs from the game, replaced with orcs, because of the rape-riddled lore. I don't know that that plan has been permanently dropped or is currently just shelved.

They're changing the way races work altogether moving forward. They also, 3 years ago, published an article that had them defacto just change the lore of orcs and drow to be more politically correct as determined by sensitivity readers (their words in the article, not mine) because they saw them as inherently racist caricatures.

They also are trying to remove the word "race" from the game altogether because apparently that is also inherently racist. So is the idea of being half-anything, apparently.

WotC has gotten weird.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Originally posted by ahmannw:

WotC was considering removing Half-Orcs from the game, replaced with orcs, because of the rape-riddled lore. I don't know that that plan has been permanently dropped or is currently just shelved.

They're changing the way races work altogether moving forward. They also, 3 years ago, published an article that had them defacto just change the lore of orcs and drow to be more politically correct as determined by sensitivity readers (their words in the article, not mine) because they saw them as inherently racist caricatures.

They also are trying to remove the word "race" from the game altogether because apparently that is also inherently racist. So is the idea of being half-anything, apparently.

WotC has gotten weird.

An intelligent race being fundamentally evil is kinda questionable, so I get why they are moving away from that.

[A Disembodied Intelligence]

Originally posted by ahmannw:

WotC was considering removing Half-Orcs from the game, replaced with orcs, because of the rape-riddled lore. I don't know that that plan has been permanently dropped or is currently just shelved.

I like the distinction between Half-Orcs and Orcs being a thing.
But from the sounds of things I don't think I'd be a big fan of the current Orc lore then so I'd appreciate a less rapey rework!

[Rusted Metal]

rape is usual cause, although WOTC has started to move away from that. So i don't know if you can say it's official lore any more

[DeportedFetus]

Fundamentally evil for who? Their cultural perspective they are not

[Puff Daddy]

Human barbarians or adventurers mingle with orcs and end up having babies.

[Razorblade]

Originally posted by DeportedFetus:

Fundamentally evil for who? Their cultural perspective they are not

And that's exactly why DnD is moving away from alignment as a concept. "Good guys" and "bad guys" don't exist, and mechanically compelling players to play as if they do is very limiting.

[fluong]

Do we need to have a talk about flowers and bees?

[ahmannw]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Originally posted by ahmannw:

WotC was considering removing Half-Orcs from the game, replaced with orcs, because of the rape-riddled lore. I don't know that that plan has been permanently dropped or is currently just shelved.

They're changing the way races work altogether moving forward. They also, 3 years ago, published an article that had them defacto just change the lore of orcs and drow to be more politically correct as determined by sensitivity readers (their words in the article, not mine) because they saw them as inherently racist caricatures.

They also are trying to remove the word "race" from the game altogether because apparently that is also inherently racist. So is the idea of being half-anything, apparently.

WotC has gotten weird.

Lol. If they just use the word "race" properly, it's not racist.

[Amogus]

Watch goblin slayer first episode.

[Nightmarian]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

They're changing the way races work altogether moving forward. They also, 3 years ago, published an article that had them defacto just change the lore of orcs and drow to be more politically correct as determined by sensitivity readers (their words in the article, not mine) because they saw them as inherently racist caricatures.

They also are trying to remove the word "race" from the game altogether because apparently that is also inherently racist. So is the idea of being half-anything, apparently.

WotC has gotten weird.

An intelligent race being fundamentally evil is kinda questionable, so I get why they are moving away from that.

But there are many races like that, including dragons and the githyanki. That has nothing to do with being questionable, it's just bad writing.

Especially since drow culture hasn't changed at all even with them technically no longer being evil.