1) Intense/heavy, short (three days plus shoulder “spotting” days), and fertile all the rest of the time. Orcs breed like rabbits; they outproduce all of the other races (hence the orc hordes of the Savage North, caused when orcs overpopulate and run out of food... #realmslore
Replying to @TheEdVerse
I know its not entirely elven fertility related, but I wonder what the orcish cycle would be?🤔

Apr 6, 2026 · 3:26 PM UTC

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2) ...in mountain caverns and high slopes). Orcs cycle at various times, all around a given month, not tied to lunar cycles or anything else but their own individual rhythms. #realmslore
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Replying to @TheEdVerse
This further reinforces me on how I run Orcs. As I take heavy influence from Genghis Khan's Mongol Hordes.
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Replying to @TheEdVerse
What of the planetouched, such as tieflings and aasimar?
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