Orcs as player characters

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Originally Posted by zot

Would they take more damage when hit by a weapon containing iron and would an elven UC artist take damage from striking a shield or armor containing iron? There are... several... of those kinds of weapons and armor like that :)

More damage when hit by iron weapons - if we're talking a steel arrowhead lodged in a wound, then yes, and you'd see continuing effects until it was removed. Other weapons don't tend to stay in contact with flesh very long, so I'd say the effect would be small to none - probably wounds inflicted by iron are more painful for elves, but not enough for in-game effect.

The elven UC artist would logically just wear gloves, but also wouldn't likely be in contact with iron for long enough to cause real problems anyway. (Edit: I had a mental vision of a martial-artist Elf, covered head to toe – and realized that I just accidentally invented elven ninja...)

An elf placed in iron manacles would be severely miserable, though.

But obviously, if you use this in your campaign, then play it however you like!