orcish poison resistance!?!?

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My samurai is beset upon by several orcs, one of which is firing poisoned
arrows.
The poisoned arrow hits the Uruk-hai.
The poison was deadly...
The Uruk-hai is killed!

I thought all orcs were poison resistant, PC and NPC alike.

 

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Haakon Studebaker <heptapod@gmail.com> wrote:
>I thought all orcs were poison resistant, PC and NPC alike.

No monster orc is naturally poison-resistant.
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Haakon Studebaker <heptapod@gmail.com> writes:
> My samurai is beset upon by several orcs, one of which is firing poisoned
> arrows.
> The poisoned arrow hits the Uruk-hai.
> The poison was deadly...
> The Uruk-hai is killed!
>
> I thought all orcs were poison resistant, PC and NPC alike.

No, only player orcs. Indeed, from my open suggestion list:

20000222 Orc monsters should be given poison resistance.

It's the oldest non-implemented non-rejected entry therein, and I still
have hopes it'll eventually make it into the game

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