Missing Iconic: Where's the Half-Orc?


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Liberty's Edge

Pathfinder Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Title says it all. The Iconics have done a great job of creating visual images for the races and classes of Pahtfinder but there is one missing. There are no half-orc Iconics. Where's the love for the tuskies?

Can we have a thirteenth Iconic to give us some half-orcy goodness (preferably not a barbarian as the others have tended to steer clear of the stereotypical classes).


Paul Watson wrote:

Title says it all. The Iconics have done a great job of creating visual images for the races and classes of Pahtfinder but there is one missing. There are no half-orc Iconics. Where's the love for the tuskies?

Can we have a thirteenth Iconic to give us some half-orcy goodness (preferably not a barbarian as the others have tended to steer clear of the stereotypical classes).

I'm pretty sure it was James Jacobs who responded to me in the Pathfinder chats: There will be no Half-Orc iconic. We can still hold out hope for later issues of Pathfinder, as after the iconics have their run, the cover is going to focus on important NPCs from the adventure.

Liberty's Edge

Pathfinder Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Typical. Tuskies get no love nowhere.

First WotC chuck us out of the new edition. Then we're not good enough for Paizo's Iconics. *mutter mutter*

It's the green skin, isn't it? Bloody Orcists.

You just wait. When the hordes come down, you'll be sorry you didn't give us respect. You'll be sorry... *shakes fist and bursts out crying* Go away. I'm fine. Don't need no human pity.


God, if they do make an iconic half-orc i hope it's homosexual. We all know how common they are in fantasy literature.


Wasn't it Kermit who first said "It isn't easy being Green?"

Love that idea, BTW, a Gay Orc - one of the WotC books shows a Half-Orc Noble 'dandy', and I just love that pic!

Or an Orc Paladin might be nice....

Paizo Employee Creative Director

Of the PHB races... half-orcs are the least common in Golarion, which is one reason why we chose to not have an iconic half-orc. Also, we wanted most of our iconics to be human, since there's such a wide range of human ethnicities on Golarion AND because it's a very humanocentric world.

Now, we may do some more iconic characters down the road, and there's an even better chance that a half-orc NPC will end up on the cover before then... but for now, yeah. No half-orc.

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