Stag Tribe

== Overview ==
An orc tribe living in the plains of Thimeran in a semi sedentary hunter gatherer lifestyle. They inhabit caves to escape the heat of midday. The tribe has no clear cut hierarchy besides the chief, mage priests and lower class. The tribesmen mostly go out during the day, hunting stags that make up most of the meat they consume and the bones they use, and gathering plants and berries. When hunting, the tribesmen throw rocks and spears.
When going to war, the Stag tribe warriors wear a loincloth and an armband on the spear arm, as well as a headdress that gives them the appearance of having tusks. They have a sort of belt with 2 teeth around their waist. and arm bands that also have 2 tusks. Some warriors use the famous Holeshields, large wooden shields with a hole on the top part large enough to allow vision. Despite the belief that this makes them more vulnerable to ranged fire, it is actually more difficult to hit the Stag warrior through the hole as they tend to shake the shield. The shield is used as a two handed bashing weapon.
In battle or when hunting Stag Tribe warriors wear deer skulls as helmets and two bird-like skulls on their shoulders and necklaces of bones. It is supposed that the skulls are made to help the orcs approach prey by having the antlers rise above the tall grass of the plains. Curiously, the skulls on their heads and arms blink, suggesting they have a magical quality.
=== Tribal Roles ===
==== Bonechief ====
The chief of a tribe usually has access to the bone axes, expensive and culturally impactful weapons.  It also wears an assortment of skulls and bones to signify its position as chief. 
==== Mages ====
Very intricately dressed Tooth Magic wielders, similarly to the Bonechief. Hold staves decorated with a deer skull. The unit also wears one on its head. It is able to bash any units that get close enough with it's staff. due to their large spike attack, are great at countering other strong units and keeping them at bay. It is also useful for blocking arrows and creating walls, if aimed correctly.
==== Tooth magic ====
The mages of the Stag Tribe can summon enormous teeth from the ground (believed to be buried during religious rituals). 
==== Mammoth ====
The Stag Tribe are known as efficient hunters of all creatures of the plains (especially the stag which give them their headgear. They however have a cult surrounding mammoths, which they feed in order to pacify, and believe that if it is not fed and brought to the greenest pastures, it will trample their cave homes. They often decorate mammoths with war paint, signifying its importance to others, and the killing of a mammoth is to invite the hate of the entire tribe. The importance of the Mammoths is such that the Tribe will sometimes free them from pens and ranches of settlements.
Mammoths are providential war beasts for the Stag Tribe, as the intelligent creatures sometimes form bonds with the tribal orcs, and can come to their aid if they are around during a battle, using their size, weight, tusks and trunk to great effect.
==== People of the Tooth ====
The nickname of the Stag Tribe. Teeth are a focus of their religious and magical themes.
Category:Orcs
Category:Civilizations