Half-Orcs

I saw someone on G+ asking for a half-orc write-up for DCC.

This got me thinking about why someone might want to play a half-orc... but I didn't come up with much.



Since the guy asking was looking for unseen/unofficial rules (and looking to make up his own if he didn't find any) I can't assume it's just because of some precious rules/mechanics bonus.



It seems to me that if you wanted to run a strong/brutal character you could go with a plain old fighter and play him as a barbarian.

Or, if you like orcs go for a purebred/vatbred one... with all the social pariah baggage that might come with it.

Why half-orc? They're still visually non-human so likely to suffer prejudice... likely from both purebreed races. Is there some widespread concept of half-orcs I'm not tuned into?

Is it because playing a straight orc would just lead to too much trouble?



I don't get it, any thoughts?

Half-Orcs