The World of Avlis

How verboten are orc wizards? I mean, I've seen a couple around, and was thinking about making one, but how much is it considered "cheesing", and how justifiable is it?

Wulgara wrote:How verboten ....

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Forbidden.

You can play one if desired. They are not forbidden anywhere except in in-game, in-character laws among the orcs. So if you play one you may be hunted a bit in-character by some dm possessed orcs.

"Everything" is allowed as long as you have an IC reason.

For example the orc could have been found by a good / evil old wizzard as he was a child. The wizzard teached him some minor stuff ....

Hey, wait a minute. Begnar, you live in Germany. How could you not know what 'verboten' means?

Liartes wrote:Hey, wait a minute. Begnar, you live in Germany. How could you not know what 'verboten' means?

And I thought Liartes was being a smart-arse and telling him that Orc Wizards were "Forbidden".

Pushdug magai, durub tiis groohr tuk'r hosh agh gralka-ul ut ghaashgund.
Durub throqu-ul hrut.

Marghbag nuub'huk

Heronimous Fox wrote:Pushdug magai, durub tiis groohr tuk'r hosh agh gralka-ul ut ghaashgund.
Durub throqu-ul hrut.
Marghbag nuub'huk

Thats what they all say.....

Heronimous Fox wrote:Pushdug magai, durub tiis groohr tuk'r hosh agh gralka-ul ut ghaashgund.
Durub throqu-ul hrut.

Marghbag nuub'huk

*looks at HF's post, and then notices his location*

hmmm ... explains everything !

I play an Orc wizard as one of my alts. Very much not forbidden OOC, only IC, and only by other Orcs.

Tu mat nuub'huk!

Liartes wrote:Hey, wait a minute. Begnar, you live in Germany. How could you not know what 'verboten' means?

Well, seems sometimes i cannot avoid being an asshole

Heronimous Fox wrote:Pushdug magai, durub tiis groohr tuk'r hosh agh gralka-ul ut ghaashgund.
Durub throqu-ul hrut.

Marghbag nuub'huk

I wish I knew how to speak Klingon too.

Oh, and my Orc wizard got chased and killed by a hlafling in Mikona. Very very funny

When you speak of being killed is that a temporary kill? Like is the character reinstated?

Ironbear wrote:When you speak of being killed is that a temporary kill? Like is the character reinstated?

Yes, temporary... ish.
There's a thing somewhere that explains what happens when you die... ah, here we go - The Definite Avlis Player's Guide:
The character?s soul travels to one of the Outer Planes, which on Avlis are sometimes merely called the Death Planes. The plane to which the character travels is dependent upon that character?s alignment; for example, a Chaotic Neutral character will find that his soul travels to Limbo, the Outer Plane of pure Chaos.
Once he has reached the death the plane the character must undertake a short quest before being able to exit. Characters who successfully complete this ?death quest? will regain the XP that they lost upon dying. When a character leaves the death plane in this manner he does not return to the place where he died, but instead to a set location.
For example, in Mikona people who die will return from death to find themselves in that city?s temple to Mikon. They must then make what is called the dreaded ?naked run? back to their body.
Body? Yes ? when a character dies in Avlis, his soul goes to the death plane with none of his possessions except for his gold. All of his items are left behind on a corpse that appears on the spot where he died. This is perhaps the biggest hindrance of death, because if he died in a dangerous place it might be very difficult for him to return to his corpse and reclaim his items. Also, while he is on the death plane or is returning to his corpse that corpse can be seen and examined by other characters ? they can even take items from his corpse. Indeed, a character may return to his corpse to find some or even all of his items looted.
Alternatively, a character can be returned to life via the Raise Dead and Resurrection spells. These spells have the advantage of returning the character to the spot where he died, but he will not gain the XP he lost upon dying.

There's a lot of useful info in that guide, so go read it.