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Title: Ogres in Arkalia
Post by: Laurent MEKKA on September 04, 2018, 06:10:47 AM
Arkalia : Ogres 1%
Strathon : Ogres 1%

Orc and goblyns and not counted in the population of nations, but still present ("They frequently assist travelers, convey messages, arrest bandits, find lost children and protect farms from orc raids and worse. " / Stirling).

What about the ogres ? Their description talk about villages but they seem to live in "human" cities, with elves, grums...
I imagine both can be possible, depending of where they are.

In Arkalia, how are things ?
Are all ogres "integrated" with humans ? Are they seen like "primitive" or "lower than humans" people ? Do they have villages ?

Title: Re: Ogres in Arkalia
Post by: David Roomes on September 04, 2018, 08:47:25 PM
Here's how I run it in my campaigns:

First of all, that 1% is a rounding error. I didn't want to get into tenths of a percent, but it's less than 1%. For simplicity, I just rounded everything to the nearest percent.

On the race pages, all descriptions pertain to how that race lives in their home land, when they are the majority race. So, for orcs and ogres, it would be in places like Duthelm, the Coalition or remote wilderness groups. But anytime you're talking about ogres or orcs who live in civilized cities, they would adapt somewhat to the norms of that city.

I tend to run the ogres and orcs as a bit more civilized. Huge numbers of them live in the wilds in their own villages. Lots of them live in Duthelm and Coalition and other "evil kingdoms". But they are civilized and cultured warriors. A bit like Klingons. The percentage of orcs or ogres in a major city like Strathon would be very low and most of them are just visiting. I think the number of ogres or orcs living their permanently would be more like 0.1%. Pretty rare.

I imagine that orcs and ogres do occasionally visit civilized cities in small groups or as part of a mercenary band or with a caravan, etc. Anytime a group of orcs/ogres shows up, I don't think they would be arrested on sight. If a merc company arrives in town with a bunch of orcish soldiers, the merc company is expected to keep the orcs in line. If a trio of ogres walked into town on their own, the city guard would keep a close eye on them, but that's it.

Still, some orc tribes do live in the mountains and raid human villages and provide a good enemy race to fight.

You asked about Arkalia specifically. The few ogres and orcs who live their permanently are either employed in various militias, serving as farmhands in farming villages or working as laborers in remote forestry villages. They are pretty few and far between so they would be scattered about. Maybe a hundred might be in the capital city. Mostly soldier types.

A good historical example might be Native Americans during the 19th century. As white settlers moved across the country, they had various dealings with the natives. Sometimes commerce, sometimes battle, sometimes cooperation, sometimes distrust. Depends on the tribe and circumstances of the area. But even while some tribes were attacking in some areas, you still had individual natives and groups of natives that integrated themselves into the advancing western society.