The only way an orc dies of old age is if they live long enough for one of their tusks to grow into their own skull.
The only way an orc dies of old age is if they live long enough for one of their tusks to grow into their own skull.
From here:
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/03/08/babirusa-impales-own-head/
Love it. Reminds me of Melanesian pig breeding rituals . . . maybe the orcs themselves are property.
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Are they too dumb to file down or cut the tusks before they push into the brain?
ReplyDeleteThey are, aren't they?
File their tusks? And lose respect?
ReplyDeleteIt could be an expression of fatalism; when it's your time, it's your time. Besides, what are the odds an orc's body will hold out long enough for the tusk to kill? That's a sign you've been a terribly successful orc, and you've been spared the indignities of dying of infirmity.
ReplyDeleteI want to imagine adolescent orcs getting tusk-braces to encourage their tusks to grow in particular directions.
ReplyDeleteOr, there was a shaman with the horrific spell "Gnarl Living Bone" whose damage exceeded this poor bastard's hit points.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, that skull now has a super handy handle!
ReplyDeleteI have a treasure item of a map carved on the skull of a deep hog in this crawl setting.
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"Oh, what I wouldn't give for some toenail clippers..."
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