Ug dere,

A new orc (I forget his name) asked me in game the other day “ How do I roleplay an orc?” Of course this is impossible to answer in game. Most of us here have plenty of previous orc experience, so it is easy to take for granted that incoming orcs will have some orc rp experience. With the growing popularity of this shard I foresee more of these “newbie orcs” heading our way, so rather than try to explain it in game I thought I'd make this thread and then just send them this way from party chat.

Now before you label me “RP police” let me just say that all I am doing is describing how Lugdush is RPed as an example. Obviously your orc needs a unique character, maybe you will see an idea here that appeals to you. For god's sake do not look to the elves for inspiration. No offense elves, but I have yet to see one do anything that could be called rp. So here's a quick “top 10” list of lug's rp style.

  1. Always hungry. When a oomie offers him piles of wuul as tribuut he will turn it away and say “Gib me fuuud!!”
  2. Great sniffer. Lug tends to walk up and “sniff” oomies or say that he “sniffs” things in the area.
  3. Dumb as a stump. Not known for intelligence, when in doubt he clomps. Since he cannot count beyond 5 all piles of gold (6 to 60,000) look identical to him and work as tribuut.
  4. Fear of magic. A side effect from #8 he fears that which he does not understand. He does not like to see magic(mojo) done in the fort.
  5. Prone to howling. after a kill or whenever he gets excited he will be doing “hoowah!” and such.
  6. Sociable (with orcs). Not a loner he prefers travelling in packs and sees the strengths of numbers.
  7. Look the part! When Lug has been dry looted (which is often) his first priority is to clomp the NPC orcs to get the ring tunic, helm, and thigh boots.
  8. Master the language. Although not too bright Lug does know all the orc words. And emotes. He always *grins* and never or lols. Goes *bleeds* when hurt to signal other orcs to heal him. AND NEVER SWEARS! The two closest words to swearing are Skah! and pushdug.
  9. Doesn't care for elves. Torn between command structure (an order from Glub to not kill the elves) and his personal hatred he tolerates them at best. And since he really hates oomies he won't mind teaming up with an elf to kill a oomie.
  10. And the big # 1 :
    HE STAYS IN CHARACTER. Can't stress that enough. You will never hear the words ooc: come from his mouth, or talk about real life.

Hope some of this is helpful

Lug