- Ability Score Increase: Your Strength score increases by 2.
- Age: Half-orcs mature a little faster than humans, reaching maturity at 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75.
- Alignment: Half-orcs tend towards chaos, like their orcish parents, and are not strongly aligned towards good. Those who live out their lives with their orc parents are usually evil.
- Size: Half-orcs are somewhat larger and bulkier than humans, and ranging from 5 to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
- Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
- Darkvision: Thanks to your orcish heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
- Menacing: You gain proficiency in the Intimidate skill.
- Languages: You can read, speak, and write Common and Orc.
Choose one of the following subraces:
Savage
Having lived amongst savage orc barbarians, you are far tougher and more vicious than others of your kind.
- Ability Score Increase: Your Constitution score increases by 1.
- Relentless Endurance: When you are reduce to 0 HP but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
- Savage Attacks: When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon damage dice an additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
Serene (WIP)
Your bestial nature has given you a unique connection with the land.
- Ability Score Increase: Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
- Speak with Beasts: Through sound and gestures, you can communicate simple ideas to beasts.
- Nature Magic: You know the druidcraft cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast animal friendship once, and it recharges after a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast animal messenger once, and it recharges after a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Half-orcs in Eberron
Half-orcs are less common then their elven counterparts, but still a powerful influence on Khorvaire. The savage orc tribes of the Shadow Marches loathe half-orcs, finding them revolting and aberrant. The orc clans, however, have a much better relationship with humans, and cherish the half-orcs, who are called "Jhorgun'taal", or "child of two bloods" in Orcish. Half-orcs of the clans often strive to bridge the gap between humans and orcs, and view the two races as having common ancestry.House Tharashk bears the Mark of Finding, which allows them to track down creatures and objects alike. Their most profitable ventures include divining for gold and dragonshards in the Shadow Marches, but they are most famously known for their bounty hunters.