Editing Dworg

'''Dworgs''' are a playable race option in the third-party [[campaign setting]] of [[Midnight]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition]].

As Midnight is essentially "[[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-Earth if Sauron won]]" in terms of ideology, naturally, it borrows the lore for its [[orc]]s of having been corrupted from one of the goodly races. However, it tweaks the formula in that Midnight's orcs are not fallen elves - but corrupted dwarves! As such, the two races can readily interbreed... morever, as Midnight preserves the Tolkienish ideology that "the only [[half-dwarf]] is one bisected by an orc", the dworgs replace [[half-orc]]s as the "tainted by evil lineage" default PC option.
A dworg is traditionally born of rape of a female dwarf by a male orc, and as such they are usually killed at birth. Those who don't suffer this fate can look forward to a lifetime of abuse, unless they flee to the surface-dwelling dwarf clan of the Durgis, a sub-branch of the Kurgun: already made of up of outcasts, exiles and other alienated dwarves, the Durgis accept the dworgs with open arms, and as such dworgs tend to possess a loyalty to their clan that even many pureblooded dwarves can't admit.

For obvious reasons, dworgs '''hate''' orcs and relish the chance to kill those who condemned them o a life of misery and torment. The dwarven war ballards of the Last Battle of Izrador are the only non-Durgis dwarven media to ever say something something positive about dworgs, openly praising the valor and ferocity of the dworg infantry who fought in that bloody battle.

A dworg combines the strength of an orc with the fortitude of a dwarf, making them the scariest-looking fuckers in the land. With human-like height and dwarven builds and proportions, their orcish ancestry is obvious with their wild eyes, heavy skulls, gray skin, mane-like hair and massive, fang-like canines.

::+2 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
::Medium
::Base land speed 30 feet
::Weapon Familiarity: Choose either the Dwarven Waraxe, Dwarven Urgosh, or Urutuk Hatchet; the chosen weapon is a Martial weapon for this dworg
::Favored Region: Kaladrun Mountains
::Darkvision 60 feet
::Minor Light Sensitivity: Upon exposure to bright sunlight or a daylight spell, make a DC (15 or spell save DC) Fortitude save; on a failure, suffer a -1 penalty on Attack Rolls whilst in the light
::Kurgun or Clan: Choose either the Clan Dwarf's Stonecunning traits or the Kugun Dwarf's Natural Mountaineer Traits
::Spell Resistant: +2 racial bonus on saves vs. spells and spell-like effects, -2 points to Spell Energy
::+2 racial bonus on attack rolls vs. orcs and orc-kin
::Dwarf & Orc Blood: Treat as both a Dwarf and an Orc for effects that key off of race
::Favored Class: [[Barbarian]]


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