Half-Orc
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Character Building Tips
With darkvision, this species excels in dungeon delving and night missions. Consider classes that benefit from scouting ahead: Rogue, Ranger, or Druid.
Basic Statistics
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
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.
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.
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.
Racial Features
Darkvision
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 color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Menacing
Menacing
You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Relentless Endurance
Relentless Endurance
When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
Savage Attacks
Savage Attacks
When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
About Half-Orc
The Half-Orc is a species with 10 racial traits.
Your half-orc character has certain traits deriving from your orc ancestry.
Character Building Tips
Character Building Tips
With darkvision, this species excels in dungeon delving and night missions. Consider classes that benefit from scouting ahead: Rogue, Ranger, or Druid.