Norker

Norker (CR 4)

Chaotic Evil - Small - Humanoid (Norker)

Lore:	Know (Local)
8		23
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

7

Perception:
17	+7
Passive	Active

Ambush:

10+

on a d20

Senses:

• Standard Senses
• Low-Light Vision

Movement Types:

• Walk 30 ft.

Defense

AC

20

Man Def

19

Monster Health
63	31	6
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+7
Refl:	+3
Will:	+1

Strong Against:

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Small
5 ft.		5 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+7

Man Off

+8

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Gnarly Club +7 (1d8+3/19-20 x2)
  as Bludgeoning (physical, common)

Full Attack (Melee):

• 3x Gnarly Club +7 (1d8+3/19-20 x2)
  as Bludgeoning (physical, common)

Standard Attack (Ranged):

• 1x Rocks! +7 (1d8+3/19-20 x2)
  as Bludgeoning (physical, common)
  (Increment: 10 ft.; Max Range: 50 ft.)

Full Attack (Ranged):

• 3x Rocks! +7 (1d8+3/19-20 x2)
  as Bludgeoning (physical, common)
  (Increment: 10 ft.; Max Range: 50 ft.)

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

15

STR

12

DEX

17

CON

6

INT

11

WIS

7

CHA

Skills:

• Movement: 7
• Perception: 7
• All other skills: 2 (no ranks)

Languages: Orcish

Feats:

• Mobility (EFFECT: +4 AC against attacks of opportunity from movement)

Special Abilities

Snapping Riposte (Ex) Immediate Action, 1/Rnd after attacked

Once per round, after being attacked (hit or miss) by a melee attack, the norker may make an immediate bite attack against the foe which attacked them. The foe must be within reach to use this ability. Bite +7 (1d8+3/x2), as crushing (physical, common) damage

Norker

Norkers are a degenerative subspecies of orc. They are fierce and cruel, but not as organized. They generally travel in packs, dominated by a single strong leader. The packs are rife with internal power struggles and petty bickering, but when confronted with a common foe, they all fall into enough order to make a reasonable nuisance of themselves.

They frequently travel with any orcs willing to take them in, and will eagerly follow orcs around like mean, feral puppies. Orcs tolerate norkers because they're so easily dominated, useful in a fight, and are easily overruled when it comes time to divvy up loot.

Combat Tactics

Norkers are feral and heedless of danger. They will charge into fights and aggressively provoke attacks of opportunity, making use of their mobility. They will use their snapping riposte as often as possible. Other than that, they just want to club stuff until it's dead.

Out of Combat

Norkers are miserable, low, and vile creatures, even for monsters. They have degenerated in intelligence, but far more critically, they have degenerated in their moral and societal character, to the point that they are in danger of slipping into the satus of mindless beasts, or even vermin. Some sages are studying this decline with keen interest, as a means of determining how this process proceeds, or perhaps, how it could be induced, or reversed, or even, inculcated in reverse among the beasts to raise them up. This study is of no matter to the norkers, who cannot even begin to understand what it means, but this area of study is viewed with suspicion among most 'reputable' sages, mages, and cyphers, as meddling in this process seems uncomfortably hubristic...which often leads to deific interference.

Nobody wants deific interference.

Rewards

XP: 1,200

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 1,188 gp.

Weight: 40 lbs.     Volume: 1.6 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)