![]() Gruumsh had several unique powers as the primary god of the orcs. A wide variety of spell-like abilities and clerical magic powers were at his disposal. Despite his divine nature, Gruumsh was still an orc and had the typical orcish aversion, however minor, to bright light, and supposedly grew more powerful during the night. Once a fight had begun, nothing could pacify him, not even enchantment magic, and spells cast by elves were only a fifth as effective against the One-Eyed God. Incredibly powerful even by divine standards, Gruumsh was a god of immense physical strength and impossible vitality, even before he entered a barbaric rage. It was this drive to acquire territory and living space that was Gruumsh's greatest motivation, and even with his bloodlust and creed of unending war, he would not object to simple colonization provided it could be arranged. In the opinion of the One-Eyed God, nearly all territory rightfully belong to the orcs and he encouraged them to take their birthright by driving other races from their lands. ![]() Part of why he waged war was for the glory for his people, and he always sought ever more territory for them to occupy. ĭespite his severe standards and despotic reign, Gruumsh, in his own way, did care about the orcs. Even in the ancient past had he been ruled by contradictions, and in any case, undeniably evil. He was a harsh and brutal patriarch of his race that ruled with an iron fist and constantly expected the best from the orcs, a core part of his philosophy being the weeding out of the weak and the necessity of strength. ![]() However, despite these chaotic traits of his being, Gruumsh also had more lawful aspects to his personality. ![]() Gruumsh was an unreliable deity, ultimately more concerned with victory than any kind of honor and more interested in causing devastation than making long-term plots or complex maneuvers. None of this was not to say Gruumsh was stupid, as he normally had the capacity to plan and act for the future, but it was easy to spark his wrath, and once inflamed, his judgement and foresight was inevitably clouded. The injuries either of them may have sustained or opponents they were planning on fighting later on were irrelevant, as the point had to be made then and there. įor example, if Bahgtru (his son) were to stub his toe on a large rock, Gruumsh's response would likely be to curse the stone and destroy it with his son's help before declaring a victory against the forces of nature. When not given what he believed to be due respect or proper notice, he immediately attacked the other party rather than asking why, and it was this "act first, think later" attitude which had negatively impacted Gruumsh's effectiveness in many tales. Gruumsh had only one view of the world-his own-and could prove incapable of looking at a situation from other angles or seeing things from someone else's position. Īppropriately for a god with only one eye, Gruumsh had two crippling weaknesses that often undermined him: his narrow perspective and shortsighted outlook. Gruumsh was also driven and aggressive, constantly pushing his people to create and engage in the pain, conflict, and strife that he relished. ![]() The patron god of the orcs loved fighting for its own sake, and he needed no greater reason to create gore than to hear the pleasing sound of viscera flopping wetly to the ground. He was a savage deity with the rage of a berserker whose desire to wreak havoc could only be satisfied through destruction and carnage. Violent and bloodthirsty, Gruumsh was a god that exulted in battle and reveled in warfare. He was also known to speak and give orders to his devoted through dreams. Omens of Gruumsh ranged in leniency from a drifting cloud of toxic smoke to the sudden snapping of a young shaman's neck, usually taking the form of the latter. Gruumsh appears in the smoke of a burning city as it's attacked by orcs. In some incarnations he had only a right eye and an empty left eye socket, while in others he simply had one large, cycloptic eye that stared unwinking in the center of his forehead. His tough, gray hide was corded with muscle, and on his one-eyed face was a bear-like snout. Gruumsh normally appeared as a hulking, 10 feet (3 meters) tall orc covered in battle scars and clad in a black, gleaming suit of plate mail armor. ![]()
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