Orc, 1st-Level Warrior
Medium Humanoid (good fort) (Orc) — CR 0.5
Orc, 1st-Level Warrior is a D&D 3.5 monster from MM, p. 203. CR 0.5, HD 1d8+1 (5 hp).
- Hit Dice
- 1d8+1 (5 hp)
- Initiative
- +0
- Speed
- Land 30 ft
- Armor Class
- 13, touch 10, flat-footed 13
- Base Attack / Grapple
- +1/+4
- Attack
- Falchion +4 melee (2d4+4/18-20) or javelin +1 ranged (1d6+3)
- Full Attack
- Falchion +4 melee (2d4+4/18-20) or javelin +1 ranged (1d6+3)
- STR
- 17
- DEX
- 11
- CON
- 12
- INT
- 8
- WIS
- 7
- CHA
- 6
- Fort / Ref / Will
- +3 / +0 / -2
- Challenge Rating
- 0.5
- Alignment
- Often Chaotic-Evil
- Organization
- Gang (2−4), squad (11−20 plus 2 3rd−level sergeants and 1 leader of 3rd−6th level), or band (30−100 plus 150% noncombatants plus 1 3rd−level sergeant per 10 adults, 5 5th−level lieutenants, and 3 7th−level captains)
- Treasure
- Standard
- Environment
- Hills
- Level Adjustment
- —
Special Abilities
Feats
This creature looks like a primitive human with gray skin and coarse hair. It has a stooped posture, low forehead, and a piglike face with prominent lower canines that resemble a boar’s tusks.
Description
Orcs are aggressive humanoids that raid, pillage, and battle other creatures. They have a hatred of elves and dwarves that began generations ago, and often kill such creatures on sight.
An orcs hait usually is black. It has lupine ears and reddish eyes. Orcs prefer wearing vivid colors that many humans would consider unpleasant, such as blood red, mustard yellow, yellow-green, and deep purple. Their equipment is dirty and unkempt. An adult male orc is a little over 6 feet tall and weighs about 210 pounds. Females are slightly smaller.
When not actually fighting other creatures, orcs are usually planning raids or practicing their fighting skills.
The language an orc speaks varies slightly from tribe to tribe, but any orc is understandable by someone else who speaks Orc. Some orcs know Goblin or Giant as well.
Most orcs encountered away from their homes are warriors; the information in the statistics block is for one of 1st level.
Combat
Orcs are proficient with all simple weapons, preferring those that cause the most damage in the least time. Many orcs who take up the warrior or fighter class also gain proficiency with the falchion or the greataxe as a martial weapon. They enjoy attacking from concealment and setting ambushes, and they obey the rules of war (such as honoring a truce) only as long as it is convenient for them.
Light Sensitivity (Ex): Orcs are dazzled in bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.
The orc warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.