After they have hunted and killed a monster, orcs are known to eat the flesh of all manner of creatures. But the other parts of a monster can be as—if not more—valuable than the meat. The process of breaking down a monster is called rending among the orcs, similar to dressing among other people. .

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Many cultures are known to use tattoos, including tattoos. While they are often found among subcultures or specific groups in other cultures, among the orcs it is more of a rule.

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Though orcs of Taluma honor Gwyven above all god’s, they do worship all of them. In addition to the primary gods, they also honor other spirits, eidolons, immortals with transcendental power. The different people of Taluma have different eidolons: such as the exemplars of Luministic humans. They do not build temples or even smaller shrines, instead they worship their eidolons at monoliths called eidol-stones.

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Orc hunters travel across the land in pursuit of beasts and monsters alike. Some of the greatest hunters learn to take advantage of the qualities of piercing weapons which are uniquely suited for hunting over bludgeoning and slashing ones.

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As the days, and especially nights, start to cool in advance of winter, many creatures - mostly birds and flying beasts - start an annual migration from the northern reaches to the southern lands where the snow and chill of winter won’t reach. While some orcs remain and endure the harsh winters, many migrate along with the beasts.

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Orcs seldom have had the time and space to brew alcoholic beverages like ale or distill harder alcohol. They do make single vessel beverages that just need yeast like wine or mead with honey easier to gather than finding grapes when on the move. The most common, and most cultural thing they drink is fermented milk which they call yogg.

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In the Ability Modifiers feature, we will be exploring Ability checks: mostly Skills, and how to modify, or enhance, their usage in gameplay. This time, we will take a look at how following someone using Athletics can use an ability other than Strength.

While orcs travel in groups called storms, when they make camp for a period of time it is called a throng. A throng can be one or more storms gathered together for various reasons. They may camp simply to rest, but there can be specific reasons such as finding a plentiful source of resources, to spend time prepping or crafting, or even to celebrate an important or momentous day including marriages, births, deaths,or sacred events.

Orcs are nomadic people, leading an itinerant lifestyle across the land, following or seeking prey to hunt and moving with the seasons to forage. They travel in large groups called storms because they travel the land in a cacophony of ruination, but move on as quickly as they came. Storms do not usually have a name, but rarely can be named for a leader, or even the herd they migrate with.

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