Ogre
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| Natural humanoid | |
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| Ogre | |
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| Type | Natural humanoid |
| Location | Temperate hills |
| Alignment | |
| Languages | Giant |
Ogres are a massive humanoid race commonly mistaken for giant-kin or oni. They stand between 9 and 10-feet tall and can weigh up to 650 lbs. They tend to be lazy and brutish, preferring to rely on ambush and overwhelming numbers in battle. Ogres often work as mercenaries, hoping for easy plunder.
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[edit] Subtypes
- Elder Ogre
- Elder ogres are an intelligent and extremely dangerous variety of ogre.
- Half-ogre
- Half-ogres are a crossbreed of ogres that are somewhat smarter and weaker than the standard ogre race. They can sometimes pass as unusually large, albeit ugly, humans.
- Merrow
- Merrows are ogres adapted to the water.
- Ice Spire Ogre
- An ogre subrace found in the Ice Spires region.
- Ogrillion
- The result of ogre-orc crossbreeding.
- Zakharan ogre
- Ogres common in the eastern continent of Zakhara.
[edit] History
According to legend, the ogre race was formed when Othea, wife of the titan Annam All-Father, had an affair with Vaprak.[1]
[edit] References
- Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual 3.5, p. 198-199. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Ray Winninger (August 1995). Giantcraft, p. 9. TSR, Inc. ISBN 0-7869-0163-2.
