Half-Orc Dex Limit

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Half-orc max DEX?

DEXTERITY TABLE I on page 11 (max DEX 14)
1
6%
CHARACTER RACE TABLE III on page 15 (max DEX 17)
11
61%
I ignore/forget the half-orc DEX limit
6
33%
 
Total votes: 18

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Half-Orc Dex Limit

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Just rolling up a half-orc, the poll is relevant! :)

Edit: it's gotta be 17 - it's mentioned in CHARACTER RACE TABLE II as well in footnote 9.

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Since I use OSRIC I was not aware of these differences in the original tables. But it is nonsensical that max DEX for half-orcs would be bellow 17, it would make them less agile than dwarves.

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According to the PH errata, the Dex 14 is an error. 17 should be the max dex for a half-orc.

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ScottyG wrote:According to the PH errata, the Dex 14 is an error. 17 should be the max dex for a half-orc.
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Thanks for the link fellas. Didn't know it existed.

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Limit it to 17. If the player wants to bitch, let them know your campaign world makes 1960's Alabama look like a fucking Rainbow Gathering and he's a schoolgirl on his way to church.
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The question was from me: I'm getting to play every other week lately (rather than DM) so I'm getting the things I've never really played before out of my system (monks, half-orcs, triple-classes).

Never noticed the 14 before and I thought that half-orc assassins were supposed to be the shit.

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