Vahkund Question: What the heck is an Urk?

Piperdog · Post by **Piperdog** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:03 am

Sorry guys, this may be a stupid question,but what the heck is an Urk? I have poured over the module for an explanation, but there is none. Is it a variation of orc?

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:03 pm

PIperdog wrote:
Sorry guys, this may be a stupid question,but what the heck is an Urk? I have poured over the module for an explanation, but there is none. Is it a variation of orc?

Good question. You might be right about the orc variation. In the PDF, there are several paragraphs missing from the print version, that seem to suggest urks are orcs.

But, I haven't done a complete comparison between versions as yet.

Hopefully, Davis or Peter might have some input on this!

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Piperdog · Post by **Piperdog** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:05 pm

Several paragraphs missing from the print version? GAK!
I wonder if urk shows up in the monsters of airhde, even though this is an Inzae type of creature. I feel like it is a hybrid type of orc, kind of like the Tolkien Urikai. It would be cool to get an official answer though. I keep running into cool words that describe places or things with no other references to explain what or where it is. While this inspires my imagination, I am drooling for more.

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:25 pm

Its a different tribal name for an orc or goblin.

HA! I told em people would get confused by this...
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Piperdog · Post by **Piperdog** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:35 pm

Ha! Thanks for the answer Gideon; I figured it would be something simple. It would be cool to see the whole "tribal perspectives" explained and name variations for creatures expounded on a tad.

sykoholic · Post by **sykoholic** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:10 am

PIperdog wrote:
Several paragraphs missing from the print version?

FYI, its the other way around. There are several paragraphs in the print version that aren't in the PDF.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:29 am

sykoholic wrote:
FYI, its the other way around. There are several paragraphs in the print version that aren't in the PDF.

Hey thanks for making that clear, syko. My post may have contributed to Piperdog's confusion, as I worded it poorly.
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sykoholic · Post by **sykoholic** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:10 am

The PDF doesn't go into detail on Frisia like the print version. Also, the PDF has a completely different background story for Meister Ruthenheimer as well as Ubert von Beck. Mejketek is also completely cut from the PDF.

I have a question now.... according to the print version, there is supposed to be a free PDF available at the website containing the NPCs, maps, and other such stuff. Did this PDF never come about or am I just not looking in the right place?

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:07 am

sykoholic wrote:
I have a question now.... according to the print version, there is supposed to be a free PDF available at the website containing the NPCs, maps, and other such stuff. Did this PDF never come about or am I just not looking in the right place?

It got lost in the shuffle. I prod the powers that be for the proper info to put this together every now and again, but the day to day keeps getting in the way.
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Keolander · Post by **Keolander** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:14 am

PIperdog wrote:
I feel like it is a hybrid type of orc, kind of like the Tolkien Urikai.

::puts on his Snobby, Arrogant, Tolkienista hat::

Actually, an Uruk is simply Orc in Black Speech, while the Uruk-hai does refer to the specific Sauronic breed of more powerful Orcs that appeared circa Third Age 2475.

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:20 am

An "Urk" is the sound Davis makes when his tick dog racks him soundly while he's typing. Hence the name appearing in the modules.
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Post by **Fiffergrund** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:45 pm

It's a particularly angry and foul-tempered orc.

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Benoist · Post by **Benoist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:11 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
Its a different tribal name for an orc or goblin.

HA! I told em people would get confused by this...

From Tolkien's Black Speech, Uruk?

Benoist · Post by **Benoist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:12 pm

Keolander wrote:
Actually, an Uruk is simply Orc in Black Speech, while the Uruk-hai does refer to the specific Sauronic breed of more powerful Orcs that appeared circa Third Age 2475.

Correct. Uruk-Hai literally means "High Orc".

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:14 pm

Benoist wrote:
Correct. Uruk-Hai literally means "High Orc".

Its all those fumes from burning under Isengard. "Wow man.. the colours, the colours..."
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Benoist · Post by **Benoist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:17 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
Its all those fumes from burning under Isengard. "Wow man.. the colours, the colours..."

Hence the tobacco from the South Farthing found by the hobbits in Isengard! Duly noted!

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:49 pm

Benoist wrote:
Hence the tobacco from the South Farthing found by the hobbits in Isengard! Duly noted!

Ah, but remember, they called it 'pipe weed'. ^_~`
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:53 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
Ah, but remember, they called it 'pipe weed'. ^_~`

Are you suggesting that the Old Toby isn't tobacco????

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:55 am

An urk is the sound you make as you die, usually spitting blood or something equally delicious like bile.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:48 am

Breakdaddy wrote:
Are you suggesting that the Old Toby isn't tobacco????

I enjoy Longbottom Leaf when I can get it.

[Psst, shhh ~ I've heard the Bracegirdles are growing some amazing organic and blueish stuff! ]

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