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Originally Posted by JohnPaulB
The cover art of ITL and the internal art of all the books really shaped my views of Orcs. The concept of "Orcs are closely related to men; their prehistoric ancestor Orcanthropus, dominated many alternate worlds during Neanderthal days."
Wow, what a very different view from the other RPGs of the time with pig-faced orcs. I also like that Orcs weren't Monster-Types (as in the other games) and that you could make friends with them OR be one.
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Yeah, I've always really liked the way ITL outlines orcs (and the orc art for them), elves, dwarves, and goblins to be interestingly not caricatures nor entirely unsympathetic, uncivilized, nor restricted to opponents. I don't much care for D&D/warhammer/warcraft-style orcs by comparison.