Homebrew Quarter-Orc Species Details
The union of a half-orc and a human produces a child with little enough orc blood that many can pass as human if they so wish, though with somewhat duller skin tones, sharper teeth, and often a slight point to the ears. After all, humans vary so much. However, quarter-orcs retain some more hidden qualities from their single orcish grandparent.
Quarter-Orc Traits
Your quarter-orc character is mostly human, but still has certain traits deriving from your orc ancestry.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by two, while your Constitution and one other ability score of your choice both increase by 1.
Age
Quarter-orcs reach adulthood around age 16 and live nearly as long as humans.
Alignment
Quarter-orcs may inherit a tendency toward chaos from their orc heritage, but, being mostly human, may be of any alignment.
Size
Quarter-orcs vary somewhat in height and build, though tending to be bulkier than most humans, and range from 5 to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Semi-Darkvision
Thanks to your orc blood, you have decent vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 30 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.
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.
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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