Half-Orc

***When alliances between humans and orcs are sealed by marriages, half-orcs are born. Some half-orcs venture into the world to prove their worth among humans and other more civilized races. Many of these become adventurers, achieving greatness for their mighty deeds and notoriety for their barbaric customs and savage fury. Outside of Esteelia City, you’d be hard-pressed to encounter more than one. Even then, their fierce looks, prodigious strength, and gruff demeanor intimidate most into giving them a wide berth. Those that venture into ‘civilized’ lands frequently find themselves getting heaps of offers as bodyguards for the wealthy and famous.***

### Half-Orcs in Sumondia

The Orcs were amongst the first races to begin trading with Sumondia. Historically they were pirates causing havoc in The Islands and against the Tritons, when the docks developed at Esteelia City they moved thier raiding to The Tradelands, smuggling goods along the coast there and attacking Esteelia City. Many Pokémon battles raged in Esteelia City to push back the orcish pirates, and over time they began to trade peacefully with Sumondia. Half-orcs were originally the children of the orcish pirates and Sumondian natives, found in large numbers across The Islands and The Tradelands.

Most half-orcs can still be found on The Islands and The Tradelands, working about ships and at the docks in Esteelia City, however some travel further into Sumondia, yet due to the primal ancestry and intimidating personas, seldom are they met with open arms.

### Half-Orc Features

• **Ability Score Increase.** Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

• **Age.** Half-orcs mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

• **Alignment.** Half-orcs inherit a tendency toward chaos from their orc parents and are not strongly inclined toward good. Half-orcs raised among orcs and willing to live out their lives among them are usually evil.

• **Size.** Half-orcs are somewhat larger and bulkier than humans, and they range from 5 to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

• **Speed.** Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

• **Darkvision.** Thanks to your orc blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

• **Menacing.** You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

• **Relentless Endurance.** You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When your Pokémon takes damage, and you are in within melee range of your Pokémon, you can use your reaction to roll a d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled, and reduce the damage by that total. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

• **Savage Attacks.** You are especially good at discerning weak points of your foes and can direct your Pokémon to focus on those. If your Pokémon lands a critical hit, you can roll one of their move’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

• **Languages.** You can speak, read, and write Common and Orc. Orc is a harsh, grating language with hard consonants. It has no script of its own but is written in the Dwarvish script.