Orcs & Keeping Classic Monsters Fresh - Web DM

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[@mathisshadowblade5520]

I once made a half-Orc, half-Dwarf, his whole deal was that he would constantly be mistaken for a goblin, infuriating him.

[@BraveSirSausage]

my orcs are enraged banana farmers , exploited by the supermarket giants of Neverwinter.

[@paulcoy9060]

Since a small tribe of Orcs in my campaign is Lawful Evil, I had them make a deal with a village to protect everyone from a zombie apocalypse (which they did), in exchange for a wagon full of gold coins and 10 brides, chosen by the orcs. The village broke the deal, and now the orcs want justice. Enter the party with a LG paladin, LG Ranger, a very Lawful Neutral Cleric, and I intend to really push the Lawful aspects of the contract on the party, to see if they will honor the letter of the law, or the spirit of the law.

[@alandcapelari]

"Not every monster needs to be killed" -WebDM

[@knightowl1985]

My Orc Paladin was adopted by a family with a heavy paladin tradition. The father was part of a raid to get rid of an Orc village and found an Orc baby. He decides to raise the baby Orc as his own to see if Evil is in his nature or maybe Orcs are raised to be evil.

[@threepizzaemojis]

My Orcs domesticated Dinosaurs!

[@IrontMesdent]

I had this idea I had to drop since my players wanted a more cheesy approach to D&D:

[@Jgosse]

I run my orcs like Klingons. They are still brutal but not evil.

[@olknoxlo]

SPEEEEHHHSSS MARINES?! GET EM' BOYZ!

[@jordanhoke9025]

Orcs have a big grudge for elves and that is REALY saying something

[@Daleksaresupreme1]

The thing is, everyone does sympathetic Orcs these days, so having just straight up evil Orcs is unusual now.

[@zombiemaster823]

My Orcs while still evil are sea fairing pirates assaulting port towns then returning to their volcano home.

[@dynamicworlds1]

Orcs in my world are bright red, 7' tall walls of absurdly strong muscle created by human mages to be supersoldiers and the best meatshields that ever existed.

[@DerEwigeKodex]

Ahoi! "There is a way for everybody to have the kind of fun they like at D&D." You nailed it. Thank you for all the passion you put into this.

[@Calebgoblin]

"The Elf plucked it out, PRUITT!"

[@hughsmith7504]

My GM added a tribe of orcs that were all werewolf druids...really glad we did not have to fight them.

[@jonavoll4651]

I just homebrewed a type of orc, that can shapshift into a worg. The thematic idea behind it is that those are kind of like the berserkers in the witcher 3 (who turn into bears upon raging)

[@wizardvozk5874]

The orcs in my world were the original denizens of the Underdark, but were driven out by the drow and the duergar and now purge all elves and dwarves for pushing them out of their home.

[@ryanjones_rheios]

I always liked Orcs as selfish by requirement (they raid or starve because Gruumsh said - fine we'll take if you won't give - to the other gods) and incredibly passionate. The infighting and violence is from their god, the knee-jerk reaction to yell and hit being passed down through generations of culture and breeding, and its resulted in evil but they don't see it that way. They're still sapient. They don't necessarily want to hurt their loved ones but sometimes feel they need to, or its the best way to learn, or they just have too much emotion poored out too fast. (The worst example of "this hurts me more than it hurts you") They care about their tribe and they get angry and solve things from that burning emotion in their stomach first unless they can learn a way around that - a healthier way of self-expression. And anything they do they are 110% in for. Their Clerics aren't just devoted, they're born-again zealous, their romances aren't just heady and rough - they're