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In my campagin there is a large jungle where orcs, savage drow (a-la-Eberron) and human savages lead a cannibalistic war for control over an area of ancient ruins believed to grant mystic powers (which the PCs happen to need to save their brother).
Now, I decided to make a tribe of exiled half-bloods hated by all.
Half-orcs and half-drow are easy, the question is the orc-drow crossbreeds, how should they look? What abilities should they have? And do they taste like chiken?
Thanks in advance,
UriK
Have a mix of "Drow+HalfOrc Template" and "Orc+HalfDrow Template"?
Real short and sweet method? Or would that be a complicated method?
Sounds like a grand idea, where can I find these templates?
Well they'd have an aversion to sunlight, probably the pointed ears, about human build (short and skinny plus tall and broad) with recessed bat-like noses and tusks. They're skin would likely be a mottled ugly grey green with red eyes and white hair.
They would probably have a lot of the special abilities of a half-elf, with no ability ads or penalties. They'd probably still have an innate talent for magic, but mixed with the barbaric nature of the half-orcs--maybe Druid as their favored class?
Culturally they'd likely have the same hybrid out-of-placeness you find in both half-orcs and half-elves. Some would go their own path, others would lead troubled lives trying to fit in with either society but ultimately being marginalized as an outsider.
That help?
That help?
I liked the physical description. It somehow brought Jaggerd the Dragolth into my mind.
White Hair
Gray Skin
Beefy but short - the net effect of Drow + Orc is a Dwarvish body type
Darkvision 120'
+2 Strength -2 Wisdom (no this doesn't correspond exactly to the marriage of the two races, but the +/- to intelligence and charisma cancel so I picked a minus to wisdom - seemed appropriate somehow)
+4 on saves versus spells and spell like abilities (replaces drow spell resistance)
Light Sensitivity: -2 to attack and damage rolls in bright light (and or daylight) - the light sensitivity of both races stack (this is to keep the level adjustment to 0)
Favored Class - Warlock - drow aptitude for magic manifests as an innate ability to wield magic as a warlock - many of this race multiclass as fighter/warlocks.
White Hair
Gray Skin
Beefy but short - the net effect of Drow + Orc is a Dwarvish body type
Darkvision 120'
+2 Strength -2 Wisdom (no this doesn't correspond exactly to the marriage of the two races, but the +/- to intelligence and charisma cancel so I picked a minus to wisdom - seemed appropriate somehow)
+4 on saves versus spells and spell like abilities (replaces drow spell resistance)
Light Sensitivity: -2 to attack and damage rolls in bright light (and or daylight) - the light sensitivity of both races stack (this is to keep the level adjustment to 0)
Favored Class - Warlock - drow aptitude for magic manifests as an innate ability to wield magic as a warlock - many of this race multiclass as fighter/warlocks.
Wow, I loved the dwarvish-build idea, this PCs will never know what they are dealing with until it hits them and will be trully shocked when they realize it...
Well, there is typically a lot of negative lore surrounding half-breeds, so Kyr's -2 Wisdom fits. I'd still keep Grimcleaver's facial description. Also, why not have them retain the spell resistance? This isn't a player race, right? Then make these half-breeds "strangely resistant to magic."