4th Edition - Confirmation que le Half-Orc ne sera pas du PHB

MoonZar · 2008-01-07, 16h47

Rich Baker reveals that half-orcs should be on D&D Insider shortly after the launch of 4E.

Well, they're not in the Player's Handbook. I'd hope to have them available on DDi pretty soon after the PH hits, though, since players out there with half-orc characters are going to want to be able to convert or re-create their character concept, as the case may be.

Half-orcs are a bit tricky, because they imply a very ugly backstory that we frankly don't want to dwell on very much. I think it's possible to posit a better backstory, like "long ago a god of evil mixed the races of orcs and humans, and to this day atavistic throwbacks are born to each from time to time." We'll see where we get to on that score when we get serious about updating the half-orc. So far we've just had other fish to fry first.

Oh, and regardless of what core D&D does with half-orcs, they've got to be in the Realms at least as a NPC race (or "playable monster" race); they've been in Faerun in 3e and earlier editions, and we wouldn't retcon them out of existence.

***Fitzz*** · 2008-01-07, 16h58

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Half-orcs are a bit tricky, because they imply a very ugly backstory that we frankly don't want to dwell on very much.

Je la comprend pas celle là? On s'en fou qu'ils n'osent pas aller dans le 'backstory' des half-orc. C'est aux DMs a faire ca!

On dirait que depuis la 3e edition même les créateurs de Wotc mélange ce qui est un système de jeu (D&D) et un environnement de jeux. (Greyhawk, Belam, etc...)

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MoonZar Créateur de Moonzar et AE Fondateur Date d'inscription: octobre 2002 Localisation: Montréal Messages: 42 747	4th Edition - Confirmation que le Half-Orc ne sera pas du PHB Rich Baker reveals that half-orcs should be on D&D Insider shortly after the launch of 4E. Well, they're not in the Player's Handbook. I'd hope to have them available on DDi pretty soon after the PH hits, though, since players out there with half-orc characters are going to want to be able to convert or re-create their character concept, as the case may be. Half-orcs are a bit tricky, because they imply a very ugly backstory that we frankly don't want to dwell on very much. I think it's possible to posit a better backstory, like "long ago a god of evil mixed the races of orcs and humans, and to this day atavistic throwbacks are born to each from time to time." We'll see where we get to on that score when we get serious about updating the half-orc. So far we've just had other fish to fry first. Oh, and regardless of what core D&D does with half-orcs, they've got to be in the Realms at least as a NPC race (or "playable monster" race); they've been in Faerun in 3e and earlier editions, and we wouldn't retcon them out of existence. __________________ MoonZar Roll20 Dés ピエールリュック皮艾鲁克