Homebrew Swamp Orc Species Details

Hidden from the world in deep swamps and mires, a secretive and exotic race form tribes of intellectual diplomats and sneaky assassins. Now, would you believe me if I told you they were orcs? The blank are an odd case, these orcs aren't your usual barbaric pilagers, these are strategic tacticians who enjoy a good backstabbing once and a while

Slender and Prideful

Blank have the basic orcish features, green ir greyish skin, jutting jaws and sloped forehead. Their height stands around 5 to 6 feet tall and their weight is about 180 to 210 lbs.

Orcs regard battle scars as tokens of pride and ornamental scars as things of beauty. Blank do not. They carry themselves at a higher level than orcs, scars and other rugged features are as offputting to most humans as they are to the blank.

The Power of Shargaas

The blank have rejected Gruumsh's enhanced rage from the beginning, rather than feeling the intense emotions that the half-orcs as well as regular orcs feel, they are calm, cool and collected. They feel tranquil, even in the most harsh sutiations.

The blessings of Shargaas aren't unique, but make these orcs very deadly. The skills they obtain give them better stealth and speed. Their best suited for roles as theives or assasins

Tribal Ferocity

 Do not underestimate their small frame and their presence of intelligence, they can be just as dangerous as regular orcs, but warfare is different for them. Where orcs will solve their problems with bloody combat, blank are a lot more crafty, rather than axes and clubs, they fight with tea with a hint of toxins and well sharpened daggers

Blank Names

Blank usually have names similar to orcs, with a prideful twist. Rather than just harsh noises, they almost seem like a feral's perception of elvish names.

Male Names: Bargarn, Daedern, Ganirl, Larctog

Female Names: Aeilsh, Cairnil, Irila, Mital

Swamp Orc Traits

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

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

You mature and age at a slightly slower rate than humans, maturing at 25 and the oldest make it to around 130

Alignment

Many of these orcs stick to evil and lawful, although you can escape.

Size

Their height stands around 5 to 6 feet tall and their weight is about 180 to 210 lbs. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking 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.

Diplomatic

You gain proficiency in the Persuasion 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.

Rip and Tear

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.