![]() They are easily noticeable due to their green to gray skin, lupine ears, lower canines resembling boar tusks, and their muscular builds. Orcs are carnivorous humanoids, standing approximately 5'11" to 6'2", weighing from 180 to 280 lbs. Orcs are given further detail and are available as a Player Character race in the supplement Volo's Guide to Monsters. The orc appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2014). ![]() The orc appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008), and is also presented as an optional player character race. Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008–2014) The scro of the Spelljammer setting return in Dragon #339 (January 2006). ![]() The sharakim are a race of orcs that were transformed from humans, and appeared as a player character race in Races of Destiny (2004). The frostblood orcs appear in Dragon Magic (2006). The orc battle priest, the orc berserker, and the war howler orc are introduced in the Monster Manual IV (2006). The orc snow shaman appeared in Frostburn: Mastering the Perils of Ice and Snow (2004). The aquatic orc, the arctic orc, the desert orc, the jungle orc, the orc paragon, and the water orc were all introduced in Unearthed Arcana (2004). The orc appears in the revised Monster Manual for this edition (2003). The mountain orc and orog (deep orc) also presented as player character races in Races of Faerûn.ĭungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003–2007) The gray orc is presented as a player character race for the Forgotten Realms setting in both Races of Faerûn (2003), and Unapproachable East (2003). The orc appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000). The Orog for the Birthright campaign setting appeared in the Birthright Campaign Setting set (1995).ĭungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000–2002) These orc variants all then appear in the Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996). The black and red neo-orog appear in the Realms' Spellbound boxed set (1995). The ondonti, a version of orcs bred by the goddess Eldath in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, first appear in the Ruins of Zhentil Keep boxed set (in the Monstrous Compendium booklet) in 1995. The scro is then presented as a player character race for the setting in The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook (1992) and is expanded on a few years later in the first Dragon Annual (1996) in the "Campaign Classics" feature. The scro, a space-faring relative of the orc for the Spelljammer campaign setting first appears in Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix II (1991), and then in the modules Goblin's Return (1991) and Heart of the Enemy (1992). The orc is later presented as a playable character race again in Player's Option: Skills & Powers (1995). The orc is detailed as a playable character race in The Complete Book of Humanoids (1993). The orc and orog are reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993). ![]() The orc appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), which also features the orog, a relative of the orc. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989–1999) The Krugel orcs are presented as a player character race for the Hollow World campaign setting in the Hollow World Boxed Set, in the "Player's Guide" (1990). Orcs were also later featured in the Dungeons & Dragons Game set (1991), the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), the Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game set (1994), and the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game set (1999). The orc was featured as a player character race in The Orcs of Thar (1989). This edition of the D&D game included its own version of the orc, in the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983). In the article "Hey, Wanna Be a Kobold?" by Joseph Clay in Dragon #141 (January 1989), kobolds, xvarts, goblins, and orcs were presented as player character races along with two new character classes the "Shaman" and the "Witch Doctor". Moore's article, "The Half-Orc Point of View". The mythology and attitudes of the orcs are described in detail in Dragon #62 (June 1982), in Roger E. The orc appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977), where it is described as a fiercely competitive bully, a tribal creature often living underground. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977–1988) The orc was one of the first monsters introduced in the earliest edition of the game, in the Dungeons & Dragons "white box" set (1974), where they were described as tribal creatures that live in caves or villages. The D&D orc is largely based upon the orcs appearing in the works of J. The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game.
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