User blog comment:TheWerewolfKing/who would win orc or nord?/@comment-24393354-20140705080600/@comment-24218133-20140714202355

@LCB (sorry for late post) 1. Yes they are, you clearly forgot the "go to jail" option. The Orsimer has the blood price, paying your crimes by whitstanding a lot of damage. Like it or not, the culture must be considered if it's an average Orc vs Nord.

2. Not all of them. the nords value honor and many die in battle but apart from the nords, this is part of the Orcish culture.

3. That argument is obviously flawed in this debate, Orcs are masterful smiths, making stronger weapons an armor than the nords (even in Lore). Both Orcs and Nords are great warriors, they donn't kill each other for political reasons.

4. Taking your example, you're forgetting that the Orc would attack much faster and block much better, having a shield. On average, the Orc would win. I don't think we can consider "the skill of the warrior" as WerewolfKing did not specify, he just said an Orc vs a Nord, so if we're going by an average Nord vs an average Orc. I think the Orc would win because Orcs are usually, if not almost always, raised to be great warriors and chieftains. The nords are a hardy folk, but they live mostly civilian lives.