I am a DM preparing for a session around July 4th weekend with family.
The party has been sent beyond the borderlands to speak directly to Orcs in an attempt to lay the foundation for a diplomatic relation between their two cultures.
Outside the borders of the Kingdom is a civilization of half-orcs that form a sort of buffer zone between the two cultures. The leader of this half-orc society was once a prominent leader in the Orc culture, but was betrayed and driven out by treacherous and envious rival orcs. This leader and a few close followers, a combination of orcs and half-orcs, escaped and fled to the borderlands. The Orcs live in a great grassland plain. On the border is a coniferous forest that becomes rough hills and then a mountain range. The group contacted followers in tribes loyal to the half-orc leader and many of them fled to join up with him.
I want to model this culture as Scots Highlanders that have taken some culture from the human neighbors and retained some culture from the orcs in the plains. I plan for most of these folks to be barbarian type fighters that enjoy no armor and extreme violence to shock their enemies. They will have Ranger scouts and some Shaman in the group too.
What Barbarian subclass would work for the leader and what other subclasses would fit in for the rank and file? I plan to build the leader as a level 9 Barbarian with others less and less depending on their rank.
Their "kilts" will be made from animal furs instead of patterned cloth. They will have ornaments such as large precious metal buckles as a reflection on the human culture influence. The leader is old and gray, but still very vital and quick witted. These half-orcs have a relationship built on respect with the human rangers that patrol the no-mans land between the two cultures. This is why the orcs view the forest as suspicious and cursed. Many of them that venture into the forest are never seen again.
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Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
Leader - Ancestral Guardian, or Totem Warrior Followers - Battlerager, Beast, Berserker and or Zealot
Isn't Battle Rager a Dwarf thing? If that is the case, let us have the Orf!
Battle Rager is technically a dwarf-exclusive subclass, but the GM can freely ignore that if they want to. However, the OP did state that they wanted a bunch of unarmored barbarians and the Battle Rager is the only barbarian subclass that relies on armor so it's a poor choice even before factoring in that it's the weakest of all barbarian subclasses.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Leader - Ancestral Guardian, or Totem Warrior Followers - Battlerager, Beast, Berserker and or Zealot
Isn't Battle Rager a Dwarf thing? If that is the case, let us have the Orf!
Battle Rager is technically a dwarf-exclusive subclass, but the GM can freely ignore that if they want to. However, the OP did state that they wanted a bunch of unarmored barbarians and the Battle Rager is the only barbarian subclass that relies on armor so it's a poor choice even before factoring in that it's the weakest of all barbarian subclasses.
Well, so much or my Orf Dreams. Or would it ebe a Dwork if the Beardies and the Greens got togeather?
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I am a DM preparing for a session around July 4th weekend with family.
The party has been sent beyond the borderlands to speak directly to Orcs in an attempt to lay the foundation for a diplomatic relation between their two cultures.
Outside the borders of the Kingdom is a civilization of half-orcs that form a sort of buffer zone between the two cultures. The leader of this half-orc society was once a prominent leader in the Orc culture, but was betrayed and driven out by treacherous and envious rival orcs. This leader and a few close followers, a combination of orcs and half-orcs, escaped and fled to the borderlands. The Orcs live in a great grassland plain. On the border is a coniferous forest that becomes rough hills and then a mountain range. The group contacted followers in tribes loyal to the half-orc leader and many of them fled to join up with him.
I want to model this culture as Scots Highlanders that have taken some culture from the human neighbors and retained some culture from the orcs in the plains. I plan for most of these folks to be barbarian type fighters that enjoy no armor and extreme violence to shock their enemies. They will have Ranger scouts and some Shaman in the group too.
What Barbarian subclass would work for the leader and what other subclasses would fit in for the rank and file? I plan to build the leader as a level 9 Barbarian with others less and less depending on their rank.
Their "kilts" will be made from animal furs instead of patterned cloth. They will have ornaments such as large precious metal buckles as a reflection on the human culture influence. The leader is old and gray, but still very vital and quick witted. These half-orcs have a relationship built on respect with the human rangers that patrol the no-mans land between the two cultures. This is why the orcs view the forest as suspicious and cursed. Many of them that venture into the forest are never seen again.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt
A Storm Herald or Totem Warrior, as they have a direct link to the ancestors or spirits.
Leader - Ancestral Guardian, or Totem Warrior
Followers - Battlerager, Beast, Berserker and or Zealot
Isn't Battle Rager a Dwarf thing? If that is the case, let us have the Orf!
Battle Rager is technically a dwarf-exclusive subclass, but the GM can freely ignore that if they want to. However, the OP did state that they wanted a bunch of unarmored barbarians and the Battle Rager is the only barbarian subclass that relies on armor so it's a poor choice even before factoring in that it's the weakest of all barbarian subclasses.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Well, so much or my Orf Dreams. Or would it ebe a Dwork if the Beardies and the Greens got togeather?