SRD5:Half-Orc

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This material from the 5th edition (2014) SRD v5.1 is published under the OGL and CC-BY

Half-Orc is a playable race in 5th edition.

Half-Orc Traits

Your half-orcs character has certain traits deriving from your orc ancestry. '

Creature Type. Humanoid

Ability Score Increase. Strength +2, Constitution +1

Age. Half-orcs mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

Alignment. Half-orcs inherit a tendency toward chaos from their orc parents and are not strongly inclined toward good. Half-orcs raised among orcs and willing to live out their lives among them are usually evil.

Size. Half-orcs are somewhat larger and bulkier than humans, and they range from 5 to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base speed is 30 feet.  

Darkvision: Thanks to your orc blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. 

Menacing. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill. 

Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest. 

Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Orc Orc is a harsh, grating language with hard consonants. It has no script of its own but is written in the Dwarvish script.

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List of Half-Orcs

(5 official and unofficial Half-Orcs)

Name	Type	Subtype	Size	HP	CR (XP)	Alignment	Habitat	Source
Half-Orc Template	Template	Humanoid, Half-Orc						Rlyehable
Krell Grohlg (Individual)	Humanoid	Half-Orc, Druid	Medium	27	2, 1/8 (450, 25)	Chaotic Evil	Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Swamp, Underdark, Underground	Varied
Tak Merakin (Individual)	Humanoid	Bandit, Bandit Captain, Half-Orc	Medium	65	2 (450)	Neutral Evil	Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Hill, Urban	GoS, SRD5
Ulder Rasershll (Individual)	Humanoid	Half-Orc, Commoner	Medium	4	0 (10, 0 or 10)	Lawful Neutral	Arctic, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Urban	GoS, SRD5

Sources and Notes

• SRD-OGL v5.1

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