3. Orc Females

In this room you see many female orcs, dressed in ill-fitting human clothing in garish colors. Several are obviously pregnant. They have a series of nest-like beds composed of furs, fabric and dirty pillows lined up along the walls. All appear surprised to see you enter, and while the more obviously pregnant orc-women move to the back, the others draw shortswords out of their clothing and prepare to defend themselves. Orc women do not go around armed most of the time, but Badushna insisted on arming the women of her new tribe to allow them to better protect their young. This tribe is still new, so there are not actually any offspring to protect yet, but the five not-yet-pregnant females will fight to protect the thirteen pregnant ones. The pregnant females will surrender and beg for mercy if the females protecting them are slain. Of course, you can’t trust an orc even when she surrenders... if the player characters do not drive them out of the dungeon, they may choose to attack the player characters when they are vulnerable (such as when they return from the lair of Zelinth). They will only do so if they are certain they will win. 69