Half-Orc
Half-Orc is a D&D 3.5 player race from HPG. Medium Humanoid (orc).
Quick answers
What size and type is Half-Orc?
Half-Orc is categorized as Medium Humanoid (orc).
Which source covers Half-Orc?
Half-Orc is covered in World of Warcraft: Horde Player's Guide (HPG).
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- Humanoid (orc)
- +2 Stamina, -2 Spirit. Half-orcs retain the toughness of their orc heritage and are smarter than their orc parents, but are given to rash actions to prove their honor and courage.
- Medium: As Medium creatures, half-orcs have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
- Half- orc base land speed is 30 feet.
- Low-Light Vision: Half-orcs can see twice as far as humans in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
- Orc Blood: For all special abilities and effects, a half- orc is considered both a human and an orc.
- F urious Strength (Ex): Half-orcs can draw a small amount of rage from their orc legacy. Once per day, on her turn as a free action, a half-orc may gain a +2 bonus to Strength. This bonus lasts for 1 round +1 round per point of Stamina modifier (minimum 1 round).
- +2 racial bonus on saving throws against fear- related spells or effects. Debate continues over whether half-orcs are fearless due to some aspect of their human parentage, or if this trait is simply another way in which they prove that they are the equal of the other races.
- +2 racial bonus on Intimidate and Sense Motive checks. Half-orcs are as intimidating as their orc parents, and have learned to look beyond surface appearances in order to survive. These skills are also class skills for all half-orcs.
- Automatic Languages: Common and Orcish.
- Bonus Languages: Any unrestricted. Half-orcs learn many languages, like their human parents.
- Favored Class: Any. A multiclass half-orc's highest- level class does not count when determining whether she suffers an XP penalty for multiclassing (see W oW RPG,