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Now, I was a lot of critters. I have no specific memory of being an orc, to tell you the truth, but I'm pretty sure I was once a gnoll pup somewhere. And I might have been an orc pawn. Mostly I was rats and stuff. Anyone else remember this?
Yes! It was only on the Test server, and there was a little button you could press when logging in... I don't remember what it said anymore, but it allowed you to play a monster. You could only be a low-ish level, though, I think it was 15 and under, and you could gain experience and get stronger, but only up to a certain level (again, I think 15 was the ceiling). I was a gobby in Runnyeye, a giant spider in Oasis, a black bear in East Commonlands, a skunk in Butcherblock, a pixie trickster in GFay, and yes, an orc pawn, also in GFay.
That was a BLAST! You could chase normal players around, or other mobs, who were sometimes real players (when I was a giant spider, another giant spider started chasing me - fun!)
If I recall correctly, it was shortly after Velious came out - but I can't be 100% sure. I wish they'd left that in, just for fun.