Orbog (3.5e Race)

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Orbog

Orbogs are also known as marsh orcs, swamp orcs or mud orcs (almost all these names are derogatory), but they call themselves Children of Yurtrus. They are stantiated in bogs and heavily swampy areas, almost untouched by other races.

Personality

Compared to other orcs, orbogs are quiet and reserved, often losing themselves when speaking or thinking. They are not, however, more gentle or kind: they are violent and cruel when the need arises, but, given time, prefer to resolve problems with treachery or playing the waiting game, similarly to a disease.

Because of this, populations that underestimate them end finished by a silent and steady illness, usually spread by orbogs shamans.

They are dangerous not because of intrinsic evil but because their way of living makes them as such. They believe themselves to have been made by Yurtrus himself, in one of his rare moments of outward expression. They are probably regular orcs forced by chance to live in the swamps and adapted to that life, maybe even with a bit of divine aid.

They have asocial and serious personalities, not caring much for beauty and fun. They prefer to contemplate silently, thinking about life and death, remaining alone or with silent companions.

Female orbogs tend to learn martial traditions and be fighters, while males become most often clerics.

Orbogs outside of their communities may be welcomed as alienated outsiders, thus leading them down a path of crime.

Physical Description

Their countenance is repugnant at best: they are not very tall, tipically fat and covered in slimy mucus. Their skin goes from pale yellow to grey, and is covered in bumps. Some of them are white and are held as magical and blessed orcs. They have almost no hair, usually only females do, but not often. They dress with rags and clothes made of animal parts, such as fur, bones or chitin.

They have slightly webbed fingers on hands and feet and a porcine tail. Their eyes are black, red or sickly green. They often have survived maladies and the ailments' marks are visible on their bodies. They have black nails.

They don't have tusk but a myriad of small, pointy teeth.

Other than these features they are similar to typical orcs, albeit smaller in height, but not size.

Relations

Orbogs are very isolated but many interactions with other races usually end in conflict. This is not always the case, as sometimes neighbours that know them well come to ask assistance with plagues and vermins, given their vast knowledge on the argument.

This function as expert healers exists also between them and other orc tribes.

Alignment

As for most orcs, chaotic and evil are prevalent alignments, but a notable number of orbogs are neutral (often neutral evil).

Lands

The most sickly and diseased terrains are home for the orbogs. They often live in swamps but any environment that is foul in nature suits them. They do this as an offering to Yurtrus and to avoid unneeded confrontation.

Religion

Orbogs are deeply religious: they venerate Yurtrus, the deity of diseases and death, above all orc deities, both for fear and out of respect, claiming he was their creator. Their clerics are called the white hands. The clergy holds positions of power among them and almost all acolytes of Yutrus in tribes of other orcs are mud orcs.

Their rituals are gruesome and terrible, often including making the victim suffer for a long time, through the use of diseases, poisons and healing magic.

Orbog clerics often have the Corruption, Death, Destruction Evil, Orc, Suffering or Wrath domains.

Some communities have shifted their religious focus to something more nature-centered, breeding druids instead of clerics.

Language

They speak standard Orc, but have invented a lot of terminology that involves disease and health. They sometimes also learn Draconic, as they are often in conflict with black dragons or ally with them.

Names

As per the naming convention of orcs, often including the marsh name or tribe name from which the orc comes.

Racial Traits

• +2 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Dexterity, -2 Intelligence: Orbogs are strong but have also a good fortitude. They are sluggish and dull, their mind unfocused from logic thougths.
• Humanoid (Orc) 
• Medium: As a Medium creature, an orbog has no special bonuses or penalties due to its size.
• Orbog base land speed is 20 feet.  
• Darkvision: An orbog can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and an orbog can function just fine with no light at all. 
• Toxic Resistance (Ex): +4 bonus against disease, poison and any effect that involves foul odors, such as cloudkill. 
• Strong Odor (Ex): -2 to skill check to pass unnoticed outside swampy terrain or areas without a strong odor. Reduce the Survival DC to track with scent a orbog outside those areas by 5. When in a marsh or bad-smellling places, orbogs gain instead a +2 to skill made to pass unnoticed and the DC of Survival checks to track with scent an orbog increases by 5. 
• Yurtrus' Blessing (Su): +1 to caster level and DC for spells and spell-like abilities that involve diseases, poisons or foul odors. 
• Flesh of the Marsh (Su): At 5 HD an orbog gains acid resistance 5. At 15 HD it increases to 10. It stacks with any resistance of the same type from class features, feats or templates. 
• +2 bonus to Escape Artist and Swim checks. They produce a slicky mucus and are adept at living around water.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Orc
• Bonus Languages: Abyssal, Draconic, Goblin
• Favored Class: Cleric
• Level Adjustment: +0
• Effective Character Level: 1

Vital Statistics

Table: Orbog Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
20 years	+1d4	+2d4	+2d6

Table: Orbog Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
37 years	70 years	80 years	+90 years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Table: Orbog Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	5' 3"	+1d6	187 lb.	× (2d6) lb.
Female	5' 3"	+1d6	198 lb.	× (2d6) lb.

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