It's funny you bring up orcs in a regular job. In a one shot DnD campaign I did, my party mate played as a big looming nerdy Orc cartographer.
AHH WHAT!! That’s so freaking cute
I love imagining orcs to have like very physically demanding real-life jobs or jobs relating to it. Just because I feel like they’re classified as usually being more physically adept. Plus with their use of clubs and weapons it could easily be adapted into things like tools and maps as you mention! So it just absolutely clicks inside my head and makes so much sense to me. It’s a ton of fun, I love it
And a nerdy Orc cartographer sounds so insanely adorable. The idea of a nerdy orc has me irl giggling. I’d love to write something like that, would’ve in this post, but I don’t wanna overstep on your friend’s idea. It would be so interesting to see a mix of nerdy characteristics mixing with traditional orc characteristics
Also I absolutely love DnD!! The creativity and uniqueness of the game is like my favorite thing ever. I’ve loved the game since I was a kid. Now I have the dice tattooed on my arm haha. Was also so obsessed when I found out it had an old cartoon from the 80s. 10/10 recommend
