Stats: 30 Pts
ST: 11 (+10)
DX: 12 (+20)
IQ: 10 (0)
HT: 10 (0)
Racial Advantages:(83 Pts) Claws (15 Pts - deal +2 damage on punch or kick), Acute Taste and Smell +1 (2 Pts), Amphibious (10 Pts), Gills (10), Nictating Membrane 1 (10 Pts) DR+2: Scales (6 Pts.), Pressure Support (15), Adaptability: (0 Pts), Combat Reflexes (15)
Racial Disadvantages:(-50 Pts) Appearance: Nasty (-15 Pts), Intolerance: Everyone (-5 pts), Reputation: Bad -1 (-5), Illiteracy (-5 Pts), Cold Blooded (-5), Dependency: Water/Daily (-15)
Racial Skills: (4 Pts) Survival: Beach/Ocean IQ (2 Pts), Brawling at DX (1 Pts.),
Swimming at DX (1 Point)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Salt Orc is a way to refer to orcish kin that survive on beaches, or rocky shores near the ocean. They have taken on many aquatic traits, and are equally at home on land or in the seas. (Though a Salt Orc must spend at least an hour immersed in water per day, or suffer a draining on its physical attributes at -1 per hour without moisture after a 24 hour period.)
ENVIRONMENT:
These tribes inhabit the ocean shores and shallow oceans.
TRIBAL DESCRIPTION:
Ocean dwelling orcs develope fins and gills - and tend to be less ambitious than other tribes. They see themselves as children of the sea - as a part of nature. Humans, Elves and Dwarves are deluding themselves by separating from the natural order (though elves are far better than humans) - all is an animal, and the salt orcs see themselves as a reminder of that truth. While they have the intelligence to craft weapons from iron, they choose not to, preferring natural materials such as coral or bone to work with.
The tribes work in tandem, capturing fish with their claws and lightning quick reflexes. The Salt tribes never war with one another, and tribal leaders are appointed per greater intellect. They often see humans as a painful species on the planet. This leads to their poor reputation, as they often perform concerted raids on human seafaring vessels, setting up ambushes, preferring to attack during the night.
The story of their creation is unlike other orcishs myths; they speak of a time when humans ruled all the world, and broke it. The great humans wouldn't allow their kind to find haven with them; so they learned and changed with the ebbing earth. They see humans as misguided by ambition, which the Salt Orc's lack. They are pleasantly surprised to be a part of the natural order of life.
TRIBAL CUSTOM:
Despite the liberal life of the Salt Orc, there is an initiation ceremony.
An adult Salt Orc (Age 15-17) must find and kill a shark, and then drag it upon the shore. The Brave must then make a weapon from the teeth of its first kill - This weapon takes on a distinctive meaning for the new adult, and is carried in public as a symbol of his/her ascension to adulthood.
Not all are able to undertake the task - and many die in the process of becoming an adult.
Females are expected to become masters at craft - though some take the roles of males. A female who undertakes the "coming of age" challenge of a male is treated no different than a male, and sometimes gains more esteem.
Sharks are the greatest predators of the Salt Orcs - so any orc that can best one is to be celebrated.