How long do Orcs live?

[Courier6]

Are there any age catergories published for Orcs? I couldn't find anything.

[Chaosvii7]

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/additionalRules.html

It's in the 3.5 Player's Handbook, Chapter 6, and Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Also Chapter 6? They reach maturity sooner than humans, and live a little shorter overall. Account it to genetics and general orc stupidity running in their veins, albeit diminished thanks to generations of humanoid influence.

[Kuulvheysoon]

Looking at the PHB, if we're assuming that half-orc is halfway between human and orc lifespans (as half-elves are between elves and humans, notably slanted towards humans), I could make a guess for you?

{table=head]Race|Starting Age|Middle Age|Old Age|Venerable|Maximum Age
Orc|13 years|25 years|37 years|50 years|+2d6 years[/table]
Mind you, this is just a best guess.

@Chaosvii7 - he's looking for full-blooded Orc, not half-orcs.

[Chaosvii7]

@Chaosvii7 - he's looking for full-blooded Orc, not half-orcs.

Mea coulpa. I read the title and everything, and I was just like "Core solves all problems!"

But you and I both knew that it doesn't.

That said, looking at the Half-Orc's lifespan is at least a good place to start. Things like this are fairly open-ended, as monsters aren't meant to explicitly have age categories if they aren't meant to be playable, though I would imagine that they eventually did publish a table for Orcs, which are very much playable. Kuulv's table is plenty fine, though.

[Grinner]

About five rounds, at best. :smallwink:

[Jbr208]

{table=head]Race|Starting Age|Middle Age|Old Age|Venerable|Maximum Age
Orc|13 years|25 years|37 years|50 years|+2d6 years[/table]

I think that's a good estimate - it rings familiar in my head that there is a chart much like this one in Races of Faerun for Mountain Orcs (which are the same thing as the orcs from the monster manual.) I think that the ages are 30,40, and 50 though. AFB, or I'd confirm that.

[Alleran]

Depends on whether the orcs in question contract a fatal case of "adventurer attack" or not. It's a highly lethal disease, and tends to result in death or worse.

[Za'hynie Laya]

Looking at the PHB, if we're assuming that half-orc is halfway between human and orc lifespans (as half-elves are between elves and humans, notably slanted towards humans), I could make a guess for you?

{table=head]Race|Starting Age|Middle Age|Old Age|Venerable|Maximum Age
Orc|13 years|25 years|37 years|50 years|+2d6 years[/table]
Mind you, this is just a best guess.

@Chaosvii7 - he's looking for full-blooded Orc, not half-orcs.

I've wondered about this question myself. I plan to start using this. Now I wonder how long all those other humanoid monsters live...:smallconfused:

[Squirrel_Dude]

About five rounds, at best. :smallwink:Wwith ferocity, you have to knock them deep into the negatives before they actually die. So it's at least 2 rounds.

12 seconds at best.

[Courier6]

Races of Faerûn says middle aged 30, old age 40, venerable age 50. As far as I can tell there's no word on starting age. Thank you for the responses.

[Amphetryon]

Wwith ferocity, you have to knock them deep into the negatives before they actually die. So it's at least 2 rounds.

12 seconds at best.

Unless they've been turned into a Cleric's pet Charge-monkey.

[Venusaur]

The real question is how long Dragonborn Water Orcs live.

[Zero grim]

The real question is how long Dragonborn Water Orcs live.

well as a PC you can live to a ripe old age of 400+ (at which point just do the dragonborn ritual again)

as an NPC, 2 rounds + the time it takes for the PC's to arrive.