[Viskyia Crow]

The priest reached out and touched Rhargn’s shoulder. “Easy there, lad. The orc just an illusion for teaching that I use. Breathe. Think about your reaction. You went into an aggressive stance without thinking before even assessing the enemy. That could cost you your life in the future. Your head is big enough, use it.” The priest noted his students’ reaction and understood immediately that Rhargn probably had a less than favorable past with orcs.

“Now let’s discuss orcs. First and foremost their eyesight is an issue. They have very poor peripheral vision, meaning they see only what’s in front of them well. They also tend to track moving objects before anything else. So if you’re in a group and you are all trained in orc combat, one man should automatically split off and run either away or directly towards the orc so that the creature immediately tracks that man, leaving the other men free to move without being seen. They use other senses; smell first and foremost, to aid in their fighting and tracking.” The priest gestured at the orc, pointing out his eyes and then his flat odd nostrils. “Hit them in the face if you can, spray them with blood if you can’t. Confuse their sense of smell so they can’t track you so easily.” The orc he’d brought forth was armed fully, and decked in a full set of orc battle gear. “Now, their skull is well armored naturally, not to mention their headgear. It’s hard to kill one by a blow to the head. However, their jaw is vulnerable to fracture, so an upswing with your mace catching them on the top of the jaw could shatter it easily, driving bone fragments into their brain and killing them instantly. It’s the easiest and safest way for someone like you to dispatch someone like him.” The priest offered in a cheerful voice.

“What other moves and which other places are orcs vulnerable? What about their armor? And how, using your flanged mace, can you take advantage of their strengths and weaknesses to more easily dispatch one?” The priest asked.