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Orcs are a fantasy race that is used in a number of settings. Compare to [[Ork]]. They are generally depicted as barbaric humanoids with green skin. Typically, they are stronger than an average [[human]], though generally less intelligent as well. | Orcs are a fantasy race that is used in a number of settings. Compare to [[Ork]]. They are generally depicted as barbaric humanoids with green skin. Typically, they are stronger than an average [[human]], though generally less intelligent as well. | ||
One usually wonders where the green coloration of Orcish skin came from, in the old myths(ie: Lord of the Rings) the orcs were established as barbaric, crude brutes. True, but the approximate skin color was never truly established, the Orcs were generally described as filthy and mucky, with darkened skin and bestial countenances. It was until the advent of the Hulk comics and GW deciding to make their orcs different, that the common skin of the Orc became green. Because Warhammer's orcs became so memorable, thousands of copycats have followed suite. | |||
This of course may not truly explain why some orcs in DnD have green skin as well, DnD being around before Warhammer, but the a more precise green coloration in it's orcs may have come later. | |||
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Orcs are a fantasy race that is used in a number of settings. Compare to Ork. They are generally depicted as barbaric humanoids with green skin. Typically, they are stronger than an average human, though generally less intelligent as well.
One usually wonders where the green coloration of Orcish skin came from, in the old myths(ie: Lord of the Rings) the orcs were established as barbaric, crude brutes. True, but the approximate skin color was never truly established, the Orcs were generally described as filthy and mucky, with darkened skin and bestial countenances. It was until the advent of the Hulk comics and GW deciding to make their orcs different, that the common skin of the Orc became green. Because Warhammer's orcs became so memorable, thousands of copycats have followed suite.
This of course may not truly explain why some orcs in DnD have green skin as well, DnD being around before Warhammer, but the a more precise green coloration in it's orcs may have come later.