Scro

Also see:  Scro War Priest of Dukagsh

At first glance, this humanoid looks like a primitive human with gray skin and coarse hair, but it stands proud and erect. It has a pig-like face with prominent lower canines that resemble a boar's tusks.

The scro are a highly militaristic and violent race that has only recently appeared in Wildspace. Though still rare, wildspace travelers will unfortunately see much more of them if present trends continue.

Scro resemble big, fully armed and armored orcs. They stand tall and straight compared to normal orcs, but still share their pig-like snouts. They often sharpen and decorate their large canine teeth with gems and gold. Their skin color ranges from gray to burnt orange to moss green—sometimes even jet black or albino.

A scro's uniform is spiked studded leather, but they also wear other armor to battle. The armor is always jet black, and is well maintained, just like their numerous weapons. They carry no flags or standards, but each scro wears an insignia as a patch on their shoulder or the left side of their chest.

Combat

Scro live for combat. They are well disciplined, their bloodthirsty nature tempered with pragmatism and cunning. They fight with any weapon on hand, but scro are also experts at unarmed combat and can deliver a terrible bite if all else fails. War priests also sometimes use poison to coat their armor spikes.

Unlike normal orcs, direct sunlight does not affect scro combat ability.

Skills: * Due to their size and reputation, scro use their Strength modifier for Intimidate checks.

Scro Society

Scro society is regimented, following a complex system of laws and customs that call for loyalty and obedience. Leaders are respected and obeyed. On their homeworld, the scro live in spartan cities of 10,000 to 100,000 scro. The population is divided into 24 tribes, each led by an Almighty Leader. The entire planet is rules by the Ultimate High Overlord who is guarded by 24 captains, one from each tribe.

The scro aren't interested in conquering the universe—their holy mission is to drive all non-scro races out of wildspace.

Scro as Characters

Scro leaders tend to be fighters. Scro clerics and war priests worship Dukagsh. A scro cleric or war priest has access to two of the following domains: Evil, Protection, Strength, or War (favored weapon: any axe). Most scro spellcasters are cleric/wizards or scro war priests. Scro war priests favor spells that deal damage and protect their troops.

Scro possess the following racial traits.

• +4 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Charisma.
• A scro's base speed is 30 feet.
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
• Scro use their Str modifier for their Intimidate skill instead of Cha.
• Natural Weapons: Bite (1d3).
• Orc Blood: For all effects related to race, a scro is considered an orc. Scro, for example, are just as vulnerable to special effects that affect orcs as their orc ancestors are, and they can use magic items that are only usable by orcs.
• Automatic Languages: Orc, Elven. Bonus Languages: Common, Goblin, Giant, Draconic.
• Favored Class: Fighter.
• Level adjustment +1.

The scro warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustment: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.

Half-scro as Characters

Scro can cross-breed with other races just as orcs can. Treat half-scro characters as normal half-orcs. Half-orcs raised in scro society have Fighter instead of Barbarian as their favored class.

Scro War Priest

Rebuke Undead (Su): A war priest of Dukagsh can rebuke undead 4/day.

In the Spheres

In the centuries that followed the First Unhuman Wars, the followers of Dukagsh sequestered themselves in a distant sphere to rebuild their power. Scro have been a legend ever since, rarely seen at the edges of the Known Spheres. They make use of strange, new ships designed for an eventual war against the Elven Fleet.