693:. Male orcs are about 5½ to 6 feet tall. Females average 6 inches shorter than males. Orcs prefer to wear colors that most humans think unpleasant: blood red, rust red, mustard yellow, yellow green, moss green, greenish purple, and blackish brown. Their armor is unattractive besides—dirty and often a bit rusty. Orcs speak Orcish, a language derived from older human and elvish languages. There is no common standard of Orcish, so the language has many dialects which vary from tribe to tribe. Orcs have also learned to speak local common tongues, but are not comfortable with them. Some orcs have a limited vocabulary in goblin, hobgoblin, and ogre dialects.
656:, and even other orc tribes. Even though they have good relationships with other evil humanoids in times of peace, their chaotic nature stops them from cooperating unless forced to do so by a powerful leader. Orcs live in a patriarchal society, taking pride on how many females and male children they have. Orcs like scars and take pride in exposing them, whether they are of a victory or loss. Their chief deity
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canine teeth for eating meat and short pointed ears that resemble those of a wolf. Orcish snouts and ears have a slightly pink tinge. Their eyes are human, with a reddish tint that sometimes makes them appear to glow red when they reflect dim light sources in near darkness. This is actually part of their optical system, a pigment which gives them
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Orcs vary widely in appearance as a result of frequent crossbreeding with other species. In general, they resemble primitive humans with grey-green skin covered with coarse hair. Orcs have a slightly stooped posture, a low jutting forehead, and a snout instead of a nose. Orcs have well-developed
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intelligent people as inherently evil feeds into the notion of harmful stereotypes. Additionally, deciding that orcs are inherently less intelligent than other races also touches upon harmful topics of eugenics and the belief that some people are less intelligent solely due to their genetics".
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publishers have retained Orcs in their own works. While many of these publishers have examined orcs in greater depth than was the norm in earlier works, most of those have not reinvented this race as such, and it still tends to be identified with coarseness and brutality. Such products include
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campaign setting subverts the classical racial presentation of orcs as savages. Instead, Lissauer wrote "these orcs are interested in peace and keeping the world safe. . They just want to live in harmony with nature". Another critic views that any portrayal of a fictional race or a "group of
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invasion 9,000 years ago, though it was the orcs now known as the
Gatekeepers who were able to stop the invasion by sealing the daelkyr beneath Eberron and severing the link between Eberron and the daelkyr home plane of Xoriat. The Gatekeeper
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at least removes one of the most problematic aspects of that part of D&D". In their official June 2020 statement, the D&D Team wrote: "throughout the 50-year history of D&D, some of the peoples in the game—orcs and
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1281:(2016). Some of the differences include not having an intelligence stat penalty and the "Menacing" trait. Hoffer wrote that the book "takes an important step in specifying that no race of intelligent creatures in [
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largely replacing their typical role. Second and 3rd edition
Dragonlance supplements also remove orcs from the world of Krynn. The main confusion on the subject has occurred from a few
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of their deities down to help them, and the Mulhorandi and Untheric people did the same. Led by
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magazine (June 1984), also portrayed them as pig-men.
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Religions in play: games, rituals, and virtual worlds
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27:This article is about orcs as they appear in the
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1615:Clay, Joseph (1989). "Hey, Wanna Be a Kobold?".
837:There is some controversy regarding orcs in the
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783:because they reproduce faster than common orcs.
524:Frostburn: Mastering the Perils of Ice and Snow
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1209:rules". Chris Sims, in the 4th Edition book
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2017:Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three
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378:, a version of orcs bred by the goddess
2667:Ferguson, Christopher J. (2022-01-04).
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2726:Hoffer, Christian (March 19, 2020).
2527:. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast.
2484:Hoffer, Christian (April 27, 2020).
1943:Player's Option: Skills & Powers
819:Orcs appear in nearly all published
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326:Player's Option: Skills & Powers
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2524:Wizards Presents: Classes and Races
1212:Wizards Presents: Races and Classes
1115:line of miniatures, as well as the
259:Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game
2800:from the original on July 29, 2020
2786:Elliott, Josh K. (June 25, 2020).
2768:from the original on June 28, 2020
2496:from the original on July 18, 2020
2330:Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies
1983:The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook
1133:Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies
597:Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition
580:Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition
472:Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition
426:Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition
364:The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook
287:, in the "Player's Guide" (1990).
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4300:Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
2431:Designers & Dragons: The '70s
1998:. "Campaign Classics: The Scro."
1272:Eberron: Rising From the Last War
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1676:Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
1652:Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
1599:. "The Half-Orc Point of View."
1240:racism in Tolkien's Middle-earth
349:(1991), and then in the modules
304:(1989), which also features the
236:Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
4488:Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
4481:Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
1808:Monstrous Compendium Volume One
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1199:Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
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478:The orc appears in the revised
301:Monstrous Compendium Volume One
1893:The Complete Book of Humanoids
1415:. No. 95. pp. 12–13.
1293:Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
1266:Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
1224:The Tropes of Fantasy Fiction,
320:The Complete Book of Humanoids
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4049:List of 3rd edition monsters
4044:List of 2nd edition monsters
2568:Lissauer, Gabrielle (2014).
2429:Applecline, Shannon (2014).
2333:. For Dummies. p. 373.
2252:Wickline, Dan (2016-11-16).
2168:(Wizards of the Coast, 2006)
815:In various campaign settings
720:, published in issue #15 of
4509:The Keep on the Borderlands
4495:The Gates of Firestorm Peak
3832:List of alternative classes
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418:Birthright Campaign Setting
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4544:The Ruins of Undermountain
2834:Classic Monsters Revisited
2685:10.1007/s12144-021-02551-4
1565:(3-Volume Set) (TSR, 1974)
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1164:Volo's Guide to Monsters
1113:Orcs of the Triple Death
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3050:Retro-clones
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2920:Iuz the Evil
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