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Orcs vs goblins

Started by Ruprecht, March 24, 2024, 06:09:34 PM

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Rhymer88

#30
March 29, 2024, 03:54:52 AM
I make a distinction between the two: While goblins are small mischief makers (albeit generally very sadistic ones), orcs are simply demonic and don't naturally procreate. Moreover, you can reason with goblins, but it's nigh impossible to reason with orcs. I always disliked pig-faced orcs, even back in the days of first edition.

Ruprecht

#31
March 29, 2024, 06:06:16 AM
Quote from: SHARK on March 28, 2024, 08:59:28 PM
Does that help, Ruprecht?
Yes it helps a lot. I was thinking to narrowly.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. ~Robert E. Howard

David Johansen

#32
March 30, 2024, 12:39:42 AM
In one of my early game design attempts, Bare Bones (no not that one, I used the name first but never really published) I differentiated between the warlike but disciplined Orcs and the evil and chaotic Boarks who the orcs hate for giving them a bad reputation.
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HappyDaze

#33
March 30, 2024, 08:17:03 AM
My fantasy interest have leaned more towards Shadow of the Demon Lord and it's take is that Goblins are exiled line of faeries while orcs are a magically created (and enslaved) line descending from the jotun. They have less in common in this setting than in many others.

Spinachcat

#34
April 02, 2024, 04:09:37 AM
I like Pig-Face Orcs!

But every campaign world has different stories to tell so I'm happy in some games to have Goblins / Orcs / Ogres be the same creature at different stages of growth.

Or totally separate races.

Depends on the world and what works best for that setting.
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