Basically the sam, as far as I can tell. Exandria orcs seem to be taller and live longer but other than that they are pretty much the same. Just cultural differences due to campaign setting they are from.
As PC races, the orcs from Voldo's Guide to Monsters had a racial -2 to Intelligence and got racial proficiency in Intimidate but no other skills.
The Eberon and Wildmonte orcs both lost the intelligence penalty and got to pick two skill proficiencies from a small list, making them flat-out superior to Voldo's Guide orcs and putting them at roughly equal status to other PC races.
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As PC races, the orcs from Voldo's Guide to Monsters had a racial -2 to Intelligence and got racial proficiency in Intimidate but no other skills.
The Eberon and Wildmonte orcs both lost the intelligence penalty and got to pick two skill proficiencies from a small list, making them flat-out superior to Voldo's Guide orcs and putting them at roughly equal status to other PC races.
Keep in mind, an errata remove the intelligence penalty on the Volo's orc, so the three orcs are more or less the same now.
All 3 have Strength score increases by 2, and Constitution score increases by 1 as well as Primal Intuition that allows picking 2 skills from Animal Handling, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Perception, and Survival.
There actually is a very minor difference between the orc in Volo’s Guide/Eberron and the Orc of Exandria. In there former’s version of the Primal Intuition trait, the Nature skill is an option, while in the latter it is not. This makes the Volo’s/Eberron orc ever-so-slightly superior to that of Wildemount, other than longevity, which rarely comes up in campaigns.
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What's the difference between Orc, Orc of Axandria and Orc of Eberron?
The world in which they live?
Basically the sam, as far as I can tell. Exandria orcs seem to be taller and live longer but other than that they are pretty much the same. Just cultural differences due to campaign setting they are from.
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Exandrian orcs have a longer lifespan than the other two - 80 years, rather than 50. They also reach adulthood 4 years later, at 16, rather than 12.
I believe all 3 have slightly different rules for calculating height and weight, and I think they have different guidelines for cultural alignments.
As PC races, the orcs from Voldo's Guide to Monsters had a racial -2 to Intelligence and got racial proficiency in Intimidate but no other skills.
The Eberon and Wildmonte orcs both lost the intelligence penalty and got to pick two skill proficiencies from a small list, making them flat-out superior to Voldo's Guide orcs and putting them at roughly equal status to other PC races.
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.
Keep in mind, an errata remove the intelligence penalty on the Volo's orc, so the three orcs are more or less the same now.
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Did they get switched over to having the extra skills? If not, Eberon/Wildmonte is still objectively better.
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.
All 3 have Strength score increases by 2, and Constitution score increases by 1 as well as Primal Intuition that allows picking 2 skills from Animal Handling, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Perception, and Survival.
So there is really no reason to pick one over the other, they are all mechanically the same?
Mechanically yes, they are the same.
There actually is a very minor difference between the orc in Volo’s Guide/Eberron and the Orc of Exandria. In there former’s version of the Primal Intuition trait, the Nature skill is an option, while in the latter it is not. This makes the Volo’s/Eberron orc ever-so-slightly superior to that of Wildemount, other than longevity, which rarely comes up in campaigns.