#norker

[chronivore]

Norker

[thecreaturecodex]

Norker

Image by Sam Wood, © Wizards of the Coast. From Living Greyhawk Journal No. 3

[I’m kind of surprised norkers haven’t shown up in 5e yet. Norkers presumably didn’t appear in the Tome of Horrors as they’d already been converted to 3.0 in the Living Greyhawk Journal. They then appeared in the 3.5 era of Dragon Magazine and in 4e’s Monster Manual 3. This version borrows the elemental earth affinity from the 4e version, but reduces the power level back to that from previous editions]

Norker CR 1 CE Humanoid This squat, large headed humanoid has a set of walrus-like tusks, wide ears, and a stony hide.

Norkers are an offshoot of goblinoids infused with elemental earth. They are found in places where the elemental planes bleed into the caverns and caves of the Material Plane. Their hide is thick and stone-like, and a norker can call upon its magical heritage to transform partially into an elemental creature. They find armor uncomfortable and difficult to wear, and rarely make use of it. Few norkers dress in anything but loincloths, or simply go naked.

Norkers live deeper underground than most other goblinoids, but their paths do sometimes cross. They find hobgoblins too regimented and serious minded and goblins too flighty. Their philosophies are most congruent with bugbears, as both norkers and bugbears delight in cruelty for its own sake, and a norker has the patience of stone in laying ambushes. An ambitious bugbear may bully norkers into accepting them as a ruler, or a bugbear clan may view norker members as country cousins.

A norker stands taller than a goblin but shorter than a hobgoblin, averaging between three and four feet tall. They are heavy for their size, due to their stony composition.

Norker Stone Savant A rare few norkers are born more in tune with their elemental bloodlines, granting them power over earth and stone. They frequently take class levels and rise to rulership in norker communities. A norker stone savant is an advanced norker that can use the following spell like abilities once per day each: magic stone, soften earth and stone, and stone call. When a norker stone savant uses its heart of stone ability, it gains the earth glide quality of an earth elemental. A norker stone savant is CR 2.

Norker  CR 1 XP 400 CE Small humanoid (goblinoid) Init +5; Senses darkvision 120 ft., Perception +0 Defense AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15 (+1 size, +1 Dex, +5 natural) hp 11 (2d8+2) Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +0 Defensive Abilities heart of stone; Weakness bulky Offense Speed 20 ft. Melee heavy mace +3 (1d6+1), bite -2 (1d4) or bite +3 (1d4+1) Ranged javelin +3 (1d4+1) Special Attacks earth mastery Statistics Str 12, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 9 Base Atk +1; CMB +0; CMD 11 Feats Improved Initiative Skills Climb +5, Stealth +6 (+10 underground); Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth underground Languages Goblin, Terran SQ earth affinity Ecology Environment underground Organization solitary, pair, gang (3-12 plus 1 2nd level elite per 5 individuals) or clan (10-40 plus 1 2nd level elite per 5 individuals, 1 3rd level mystic per 20 individuals and 1 5th level marshal) Treasure standard (heavy mace, 3 javelins, other treasure) Special Abilities Bulky (Ex) A norker is oddly shaped, and suffers an additional -2 armor check penalty whenever wearing armor. This additional penalty does not apply to shields. Earth Affinity (Ex) Norker sorcerers with the elemental (earth) bloodline treat their Charisma score as 2 higher for all sorcerer spells or class abilities. Norker clerics with the Earth domain cast their domain powers and spells at +1 caster level. Earth Mastery (Ex) A norker gains a +1 to attack rolls, damage rolls and CMB and CMD on bull rush and overrun attempts if both it and its opponent are touching the ground. It takes a -4 penalty on attack and damage rolls against airborne or waterborne opponents. Heart of Stone (Su) As an immediate action once per day, a norker can transform its body into elemental matter, gaining a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws against poison, paralysis, sleep and stunning effects, becoming immune to bleed and gaining a 50% chance to ignore extra damage from critical hits or sneak attacks. This lasts for a number of rounds equal to the norker’s HD plus Constitution modifier (or 3 rounds for an average norker).

[twilightofthesandwiches]

Which Edition of D&D had the best design/artwork of a Norker?

First Edition

Second Edition

Third Edition

Fifth Edition

Voting ended onMar 23

[madoka-ikaruga]

whenbluescollide OKA Y LET ME LET ME TALK ABOUT NORKER first of all I only started to ship this when an idea came to me like honestly I have no idea where it came from but it honest l y just makes sense to my head so - what if Tucker was a freelancer? But like I was thinking if Tucker was a freelancer he would have met the gang and then everyone else and then f ucking. Imagine imagine these two absolute /dads/ starting out as casual friends and then tucker's like smol as shit so like North just bonds with him over common interests (for example, North and Tucker both have a stupid crush on another freelancer they know they have no chance with but that's another story) and then the more time they spend with each other the more they realise that pining for someone is stupid and they should just look different places for example like right next to them and then Tucker just thinks more on it and when it finally clicks he goes to get North but only to be brought away with Florida to protect the Alpha and now North will probably never know so I just I love norker

[oldschoolfrp]

Norkers are distant relatives of hobgoblins with elongated fangs and tough armor-like skin.  (Russ Nicholson from the AD&D Field Folio, TSR, 1981.)

[infravisions]

The Russ Nicholson side eye. Mite Norker Githzerai Mezzodaemon Russ Nicholson Fiend Folio