New Orc Adversaries, variety is the spice of life

My attempt to expand the variety of foes heroes have to battle.

Though there are fouler things than orcs in the world, orcs are the primary adversary that heroes must face.

Now with added Trolls (and Wolves) and other stuff

Here is a link to the fine Pdf that Rich H made which includes all my stuff and much, much more, hope you find it useful.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/79541775/Additiona...use%20Rules.pdf

Please tell me what you think, feedback is always welcome.


Orc Champion

Attribute Level 4
Endurance 18 Hate 4
Parry 5 Armour 3d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survival, 3
Movement, 3 Custom, 1
Perception, 2 Vocation, 2

Weapons

Heavy Scimitar (2h), 2
Spear, 3

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Horrible strength
Snake-like speed


Orc Raider

Attribute Level 3
Endurance 10 Hate 1
Parry 3 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 1
Perception, 3 Vocation, 1

Weapons
Bow of Horn 2
Bent Sword 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Craven



Orc Marauder

Attribute Level 4
Endurance 16 Hate 3
Parry 4 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survivals, 2
Movement, 3 Customs, 2
Perception, 3 Vocations, 1

Weapons
Orc-Axe 2
Broad Bladed Sword 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Savage assault

More orcs

Black Uruk Champion

Attribute Level 5
Endurance 32 Hate 5
Parry 5 Armour 3d

Skills
Personality, 3 Survival, 2
Movement, 3 Custom, 2
Perception, 3 Vocation, 3

Weapons
Heavy Scimitar (2h) 3
Broad-headed Spear 2

Special Abilities
Horrible strength Hideous Toughness


Goblin Warrior

Attribute Level 2
Endurance 8 Hate 1
Parry 2+1 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 1 Survival, 2
Movement, 3 Custom, 1
Perception, 2 Vocation, 1

Weapons
Spear 2
Jagged Knife 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Craven
Denizen of the Dark


Snaga Stalker

Attribute Level 3
Endurance 12 Hate 3
Parry 4 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survival, 2
Movement, 3 Custom, 1
Perception, 3 Vocation, 1

Weapons
Bow of Horn 2
Jagged Knife 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Snake-like Speed


Orc Taskmaster

Attribute Level 4
Endurance 18 Hate 4
Parry 4 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 3 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 2
Perception, 2 Vocation, 2

Weapons
Cruel Whip 3*
Bent Sword 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Savage Assault
Commanding Voice Seize Victim

*New Weapon
Cruel Whip Damage 3 Edge 10 Injury 12 Called Shot Trip (treat target as if they were suffering knockback).


Orc Line Breaker

Attribute Level 4
Endurance 16 Hate 3
Parry 4 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survival, 2
Movement, 3 Custom, 2
Perception, 2 Vocation, 1

Weapons
Heavy Orc-Axe 3*
Broad-bladed Sword 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Hideous Toughness

*New Weapon
Heavy Orc-Axe Damage 7 Edge Eye Injury 16 Called Shot Break Shield




Orc Shaman

Attribute Level 4
Endurance 18 Hate 5
Parry 4 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 2
Perception, 2 Vocation, 3

Weapons
Jagged Knife 2
Bent Sword 2

Special Abilities
Hate sunlight Bewilder
Dreadful Spells*


* Shadow Curse A hero who fails the corruption check due to Dreadful Spells has the Injury rating of any piercing blows they suffer increased by 4

These are good and very useful. Nice one Poosticks7.

Glad you like them Halbarad. I'm particularly pleased with the Orc Taskmaster, I can see him being very useful to keep those cowardly wretches in the fight.

Does the whip seemed balanced do you think?

Yeah, the whip is a nice touch. I think it's well balanced in it's effect. This guy is going to be pretty nasty in melee with a bent sword in his off-hand and Savage Assault.

So has anyone else got any comments/feedback?

Or better yet, does anyone fancy turning them into a pretty pdf?

Okay I'm back with 2 new orc foes to add to a Lore Masters arsenal.

The first is an orc line breaker who is wielding a massive axe (with new stats). I just thought a big axe wielding orc would be a good addition.

The second is a little more controversial, an orc magic user. I'm relatively sure they are skirting the non-lore boundaries but I added him in as a nasty surprise for our intrepid heroes. I imagine they'd be fairly rare. I suppose with a change of hats he would also work as a fallen man who is shadowy practitioner of fell magic (if you can't buy into the orc magic user idea.

I really would like people's opinion on the orc shaman's new spell. Do you think it is too powerful? It seems quite powerful and I'm not sure if maybe it should only be a +2 to Injury rolls. I'm not sure.

Whoops forgot to say the two new orcs were in the second post .

Here you go:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/79541775/New%20Adversaries.pdf

Better late than never, eh!

Thank you kind sir. Great job, looks very good.

Now I just have to figure out how to link it to my sig. hmmmm.

@Rich H - I just noticed that the Orc Champion in your Pdf has great size. My original version didn't. I think it needs removing because that makes him better than the Uruk Champion.

I might have a go at a few other variants of creatures when I have a little time. Any one got any ideas? Troll variants, wolves maybe.

Great stuff! And loved the pdf too!

Apologies, forgot to remove it when I was cutting and pasting, should be okay now:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/79541775/New%20Adversaries.pdf

I'm back with some new baddies to throw at the Pc's. This time I thought I'd have a go at something other than orcs. A little warning though the Olag-hai will smash your Pc's heads in. You have been warned.

Hopefully Rich H will see this and update his Pdf with these fellows.


Cave Troll Runt
Attribute Level 6
Endurance 62 Hate 5
Parry 5 Armour 2d

Skills
Personality, 2 Survival, 2
Movement, 1 Custom, 0
Perception, 1 Vocation, 0

Weapons

Bite 2
Crush 1

Special Abilities

Great Size Hideous Toughness
Savage Assault


Olag-Hai

Attribute Level 8
Endurance 85 Hate 8
Parry 6 (+1) Armour 3d

Skills

Personality, 3 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 1
Perception, 2 Vocation, 1

Weapons

Heavy Hammer 3
Crush 3

Special Abilities

Great Size Hideous Toughness
Strike Fear Thick Hide

Olag-Hai War Chief

Attribute Level 9
Endurance 92 Hate 10
Parry 7 (+1) Armour 3d

Skills

Personality, 3 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 1
Perception, 2 Vocation, 3

Weapons
Heavy Hammer 4
Crush 3

Special Abilities

Great Size Hideous Toughness
Strike Fear Horrible Strength
Thick Hide

White Wolf

Attribute Level 4
Endurance 14 Hate 2
Parry 6 Armour 1d

Skills

Personality, 1 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 0
Perception, 2 Vocation, 0

Weapons

Bite 2

Special Abilities

Fear of Fire Great Leap
Seize Victim

White Wolf Leader

Attribute Level 6
Endurance 20 Hate 4
Parry 6 Armour 2d

Skills

Personality, 2 Survival, 2
Movement, 2 Custom, 1
Perception, 2 Vocation, 2

Weapons

Bite 3
Rend 2

Special Abilities

Fear of Fire Strike Fear
Savage Assault

Like a bloody Orc Taskmaster (now we have the stats), aren't ya?!!?

... I'll get onto it for you.

Before I do though, do you want to check those write-ups - there are no favoured skill groups, weapons, etc listed in them. That right?