Becoming an Orc

[FlaminCows]

Is there a feat or other feature somewhere that would allow a non-orc to become an orc or count as an orc for meeting prerequisites?

So you can take the Orc Warlord prestige class, for example.

[zook1shoe]

Closest is be a changeling and take Racial Emulation

[Halinn]

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/reincarnate.htm

[betrayor]

Better use Last Breath from Spell Compendium......
Repeat until you become an orc.....

[FlaminCows]

I'm not so sure about Reincarnate and Last Breath. Sure, they do change you to an orc, but then you might as well have created an orc character in the first place if you're being an orc to meet prerequisites.

[Demelain]

I'm not so sure about Reincarnate and Last Breath. Sure, they do change you to an orc, but then you might as well have created an orc character in the first place if you're being an orc to meet prerequisites.

It IS a way around the Orc and Half-Orc's appalling mental stats, if you like the fluff of Orcs/Half-Orcs but not their mechanical adjustments.

If you and your DM are willing to houserule, Mongrelfolk could be argued to qualify for the Changeling Racial Emulation feat (though for different reasons). They are part-everything, after all.

[dumah87]

Polymorph any object spell?

[ksbsnowowl]

Be a tanarukk.  Outsider (which has it's own advantages), but counts as an Orc.  It does have LA though.

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Tanarukk
Medium Outsider (native)
Hit Dice: 5d8 (22 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20 ft.
Armor Class: 15 (+4 natural armor, +1 Dex), touch 11, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+7
Attack: Battleaxe +7 melee (1d8+3), or Bite +7 melee (1d6+3)
Full Attack: Battleaxe +7 melee (1d8+3) and Bite +2 (1d6+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: -
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., Resist Fire 10, Control Flame 3/day, SR 14, Troll Blood
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +3
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 12, Con 11, Int 11, Wis 8, Cha 6
Skills: Climb +10, Hide +9, Intimidate +6, Jump +4, Listen +7, Move Silently +9, Search +8, Spot +7
Feats: 1, Healing Flames
Environment: Any Land and Underground
Organization: Solitary, Hunting party (2-4)
Challenge Rating: 2 [GCR 1]
Treasure: Standard (600 gp)
Alignment: Usually chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +3

Tanarukk speak Abyssal and Giant.

Control Flame (Sp): 1/day

Healing Flames: This tanarukk can expend one of his daily uses of Control Flame to gain healing from a source of fire.

Fire Size ----- Example ----------------- Hit Points Healed
Fine ---------- Tindertwig --------------- 1
Diminutive --- Torch -------------------- 1d3
Tiny ---------- Small campfire ---------- 1d6
Small -------- Large campfire ----------- 2d6
Medium ------ Forge --------------------- 3d6
Large -------- Bonfire -------------------- 4d6
Huge --------- Burning shack or tree --- 5d6
Gargantuan -- Burning tavern ----------- 6d6
Colossal ------ Burning inn -------------- 7d6

[Demelain]

Savage Species page 148: Ritual of Association.

It can grant you the Orc subtype, though it's expensive. If all you want to do is get into a PrC, this is a way that won't interfere with your build (beyond wealth). Even has an LA of +0.

[FlaminCows]

Wow, that's perfect. Pricey, but exactly fitting the requirement, as anybody can use it. I suppose that this question is resolved, then, unless there is another one somewhere. But yeah, great, thank you!