Homebrew elf Orc Species Details

Elves and orcs are two of the oldest and most fiercely opposed races in the world. Their cultures are diametrically opposed, from their physical appearance to their values and beliefs. Yet, despite their differences, sometimes elves and orcs mate, producing a rare and unique offspring:

the elf-orc. Elf-orcs are strong, agile, and utterly unpredictable. They inherit the best traits from both of their parent races, but they are also despised by both. Elves see them as abominations, while orcs see them as weak and impure.

Those elf-orcs born to elven mothers are sometimes raised in secret, or taken to human lands and raised there instead. Elves are fiercely protective of their young, and they will do whatever it takes to keep them safe. However, some elven mothers are unable or unwilling to raise their elf-orc children, and they may be forced to abandon them.

Elf-orcs born to orc mothers are not usually allowed to live. Orcs are a harsh and unforgiving race, and they see elf-orcs as weaknesses. Orc mothers who give birth to elf-orcs are often ostracized or even killed by their own people.

If an elf-orc is able to survive childhood, they face a difficult and uncertain future. They are outcasts in both elven and orc society, and they are often forced to live on the fringes of civilization. However, elf-orcs are also incredibly resourceful and resilient creatures. They have learned to adapt to their unique circumstances, and they have carved out a niche for themselves in the world.

Creating Your Character

At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.

Ability Score Increases

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.

Languages

Your character can speak, read, and write Common, orc, and elf

Creature Type

Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. A race tells you what your character’s creature type is.

Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.

Life Span

Elf orcs mature quickly due to their orc heritage, usually at the age of 14. Their elven heritage, however, increases their lifespans, and they have been known to live up around 200 to 500 years of age

Height and Weight

Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character. 

 Elf Orc Random Height and Weight:  base height 5'8 +2d10.   base weight 120 x 1d6

Hybrid Physiology. 

elf orcs inherit some of the qualities of form both parents' races.
Languages. they can speak, read, and write Common, Elvish, and Orc.

 

elf Orc Traits

As an elf orc, you have the following racial traits.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

Elf orcs bridge the physique between elf and orc and are easily about 5 to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Aggressive

You can take the Dash action as a bonus action. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Whenever you use this trait, you gain a number of temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.

Darkvision

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 discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Relentless Endurance

When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Fey Ancestry

 You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Keen Senses.

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Trance

elf orcs don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.