Any old Ork can't become a painboy or Mekanik they're traits that appear in some Orks it's a innate ability not a learnt one. Doesn't stop them becoming the Boss though that's all down to how 'ard they are.
Any old Ork can't become a painboy or Mekanik they're traits that appear in some Orks it's a innate ability not a learnt one. Doesn't stop them becoming the Boss though that's all down to how 'ard they are.
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There's actually a Warboss in the Farsight Enclaves who attacks a Tau colony beginning with A...Arkunasha, that's it. Anyway, this Warboss was actually a Painboy for the previous big boss, and over the course of several months cuts bits away from the Warboss and stitched them onto himself. He eventually killed the Warboss and was also the biggest boy there, and thus become the Painboss.
It's also pretty common to see particularly kunnin' Meks become leaders as well. Thus, the Orks actually have a pretty fair system, considering the others. If you're strong or kunnin' enough, you can be in charge, provided you can get rid of the one who already is in charge. It's a pretty Darwinistic meritocracy, actually.
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Funnily enough, a Grot can become anything, as far as we've seen. Grot Orderly to Ammo Runt, to Mek Helper.
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Yep and there's Wazdakka. They're a brutally charming lot the Orks.
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I think that about sums it up. Orks just want a strong leader. It doesn't matter who it is, or what they've done to get there. By the simple virtue of being Boss, they're accepted as the 'ardest Ork around, and thus the right one to lead.Originally Posted by Anonymous Ork Boy
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Chav, or correctly Chavie is a Gypsie word for kid and had been used in the Medway towns for ever, the older use literally means child but the more common use meant a bit of a lad. Think small time drug dealer/car thief/always up for a scrap at closing time. It wasn't until the Tristrams and Isabelles of the meed-ya got hold of it that it became a shorthand for the "underclass".
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I was always told it stood for 'Council House And Violent'.
Ah, urban legends
Oh, and further thoughts on Orks, Grots and Snots....it's not clearly defined where once starts and the other begins.
A Snot is either a Snot, or a small Grot. A Grot can be a Grot, or a particularly weedy Ork.
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Not sure where you've got that from. Yes the Ork word Grot can mean Gretchin or weedy but they're all distinct subspecies. Squigs, snotlings, Gretchin and Orks are all distinct and separate from the others and remain so after they popped out of the ground. There's no swapping a successful Gretchin doesn't get promoted to be an Ork he'll always be a Gretchin just he'll be the most powerful Gretchin.
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Unless they get stuck in a Killa Kan, in which case, well, you could potentially have a Grot Warboss...
Actually, now I think of it, that could be an excellent army theme. Plus you'd have a 'natural' enemy, in the form of the Ork would-be warboss who finds the whole idea of a Grot warboss utterly distasteful.
The ork vs. ork campaign writes itself. It'd be a really fun one to do with Gorkamorka, what with that setting's preponderance of Meks and advanced teknology.
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It's part of the background. Orks don't necessarily see Grots as a separate species. They only care that they're bigger, and thus can kick the Grot around with impunity, hence there is no clear delineation where a Big Grot ends, and a Weedy Ork begins.
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One could also argue it's possible (however unlikely) that a particularly influential Grot Orderly could arrange to have his head stitched on in place of Warboss should the Boss get krumped.
He would of course have to a) do away with the Painboy/Painboss first b) persuade the other Grots to do the stitching/stapling/gluing c) trust that his fellow Grots won't just do it, but d) actually do it properly, as in head on neck and the right way up...
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Well the difference is usually 3ft and about 200lbs. Gretchin and Orks have always been different subspecies yeah a bigger Ork will push round a smaller one but it a long way from being a Gretchin. Your weakest Ork is still giving the biggest Gretchin a slap anytime he likes.
Sure Orks don't think about it but that doesn't mean it isn't the case and let's face it there's plenty Orks don't think about.
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