Ogres are large lowborn giantkin.
Appearance[]
Ogres look like large, muscular humanoids with large heads. Kutha had beady dark eyes and a large looming jaw of broken teeth protruding from underneath.[11] Bouldergut had yellowed teeth and greasy gray hair that fell in her face.[12][13]
Society[]
Ogres are neither clever nor charismatic, relying on brute force and numbers to overcome their prey. They tend to group with other lowborn giantkin (hill giants and cyclopes), and their settlements are often ruled by the cyclopes, though they may be taken over by oni or trolls who can whip them into armies of evil.[14] On occasion, an ogre will crossbreed with a humanoid such as an orc; one such half-ogre was encountered as part of a mostly orcish raiding party in the Vesper Timberland.[15]
Fan art of Beau chatting up an ogre in Asarius, by Lost Acumen.[art 2]
However, a growing number of ogres have found a new home and purpose under the Kryn Dynasty.[16] Ogres also work for marginal groups elsewhere in Wildemount.[17]
In the Mornset Countryside of Tal'Dorei, the free cities have alliances with lowborn giantkin to protect them against the Iron Authority.[18]
Half-ogres[]
Half-ogres are the result of the union between an ogre and a representative of another humanoid race (e.g human, hobgoblin, bugbear, or orc). However, human mothers rarely survive the birth of a half-ogre offspring.[4]
The half-ogre offspring of an ogre and an orc is called an ogrillon.[4]
Known ogres[]
- Bouldergut: Personal bodyguard of Captain Avantika.[19]
- Buddy: Member of the Darrington Brigade.[20]
- Ogre Lord Buhfal: Champion and ruler of Urzin for decades, holding the Kryn Dynasty at bay, until around 796 PD, when Sunbreaker Olomon challenged and defeated him.[21]
- Ogre Lord Buhfal II: As of 836 PD, Buhfal II was the proud leader and protector of Urzin when Sunbreaker Olomon was absent.[22]
- Kutha: An employee of The Gentleman.[23][24]
- Maggie Keeneyes: A tactical expert, lover of poetry, and member of Ayo Jabe's adventuring party.[25]
- Pretty: Chef at the Soot and Swill tavern in Jrusar.[26]
History[]
Vox Machina encountered two ogres in the mines of Kraghammer: one was forced to run closer to the surface; into the Greyspine Quarry, escaping K'Varn's abominations.[27] Another ogre pulled down a cart contaning a black pudding in the tunnels between Emberhold and Yug'Voril.[28]
Later, on their way to complete a contract for Slayer's Take, Percy, Lyra, Grog, Scanlan, Vex, and Zahra Hydris were ambushed in the Vesper Timberland by a group of orcs supported by one ogrillon and a worg.[29]
Trivia[]
- Bane, the evil god of war and conquest, is often portrayed as an ogre-like man.[30][31]
- Spireling Gholesh of the Westruun Clasp is a human who always hides his face with a leather mask resembling an ogre.[32]
- Idrin Shadowstep was an ogre in his previous life.[33]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 220.
- ↑ See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., pp. 237–238.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 237.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 See D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 238.
- ↑ See "Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot" (3x09) at 1:33:18. Pretty was described as "a hunched nine-foot tall ogre".
- ↑ See "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49) at 0:35:38. Buddy the ogre was 9 feet tall.
- ↑ See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 0:13:46. Kutha, the bouncer at the Evening Nip
- ↑ See "Wood and Steel" (2x58) at 1:30:14.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 128.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 1:38:53.
- ↑ See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 0:13:46.
- ↑ See "Dangerous Liaisons" (2x37) at 26:30.
- ↑ See "In Hot Water" (2x43) at 1:04:03.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 124.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 1:38:55. See also 1:42:28; the typical name for such creatures in the Monster Manual, 5th Edition is half-ogre, and a crossbreed of an ogre and orc specifically is called an ogrillon.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 142.
- ↑ See "Known ogres" for Buddy in Deastok, Kutha in Zadash, and Bouldergut in the Revelry.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 77.
- ↑ See "Dangerous Liaisons" (2x37) at 26:24.
- ↑ See "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49) at 35:21.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 146.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 146. See also pp. 250–251.
- ↑ See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 1:31:44.
- ↑ See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 0:13:46.
- ↑ See Call of the Netherdeep, pp. 11–14.
- ↑ See "Thicker Grows the Meal and Plot" (3x09) at 1:33:18.
- ↑ See "Arrival at Kraghammer" (1x01) at 2:24:37.
- ↑ See "The Trick about Falling" (1x05) at 1:53:10.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 1:38:53.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 21.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 27.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 34.
- ↑ See "The Lost Light" (RTx08).
Art:
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- ↑ Fan art of Beau chatting up an ogre in Asarius, by Lost Acumen (source). Used with permission.
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