Ogre (23 RP)

Stories are told of ogres—horrendous stories of brutality and savagery, cannibalism and torture. Those who have not encountered ogres know the stories as warnings. Those who have survived such encounters know these tales to be tame compared to the truth.

An ogre revels in the misery of others. When smaller races aren’t available to crush between meaty fists or defile in blood-red lusts of violence, they turn to each other for entertainment. Nothing is taboo in ogre society. One would think that, left to themselves, an ogre tribe would quickly tear itself apart, with only the strongest surviving in the end—yet if there is one thing ogres respect, it is family.

Ogre tribes are known as families, and many of their deformities and hideous features arise from the common practice of incest. The leader of a tribe is most often the father of the tribe, although in some cases a particularly violent or domineering ogress claims the title of mother. Ogre tribes bicker among themselves, a trait that thankfully keeps them busy and turned against each other rather than neighboring races. Yet time and again, a particularly violent and feared patriarch rises among the ogres, one capable of gathering multiple families under his command.

Regions inhabited by ogres are dreary, ugly places, for these giants dwell in squalor and see little need to live in harmony with their environment. The borderland between civilization and ogre territory is a desperate realm of outcasts and despair, for here dwell the ogrekin, the deformed offspring and results of frequent ogre raids against the lands of the smaller folk.

Ogre games are violent and cruel, and victims they use for entertainment are lucky if they die the first day. Ogres’ cruel senses of humor are the only way their crude minds show any spark of creativity, and the tools and methods of torture ogres devise are always nightmarish.

An ogre’s great strength and lack of imagination makes it particularly suited for heavy labor, such as mining, forging, and clearing land, and more powerful giants (particularly hill giants and stone giants) often subjugate ogre families to serve them in such regards.

A typical adult ogre stands 10 feet tall and weighs roughly 650 pounds.

Racial Traits

  • Ability Score Modifiers: Paragon (+4 Str, –2 Int, –2 Cha, –2 Wis) (1 RP)
  • Type: Humanoid (giant) (0 RP)
  • Size: Large (7 RP)
  • Base Speed: Normal (0 RP)
  • Languages: Xenophobic (0 RP)

Racial Traits

  • Ability Score Modifiers: Advanced Constitution (+2) (4 RP)
  • Advanced Wisdom (+2) (4 RP)
  • Improved natural armor (+1) (1 RP)
  • Natural Armor: Ogres have thick greasy skin, granting them a +2 natural armor bonus.
  • Special Attacks: Reach (1 RP)
  • Darkvision: Ogres have darkvision and so can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet (2 RP)
  • Low-Light Vision: Ogres can see twice as far as humans in dim light (they have low-light vision) (1 RP)

Ogre Feats

Following are a few feats unique to ogres.

Nightstalker

Ogres are big brutes, but some among them excel at hunting human prey in the dead of night and murdering them quietly.

Prerequisites: Stealthy, darkvision, Large or larger.

Benefit: While you are in areas of shadowy illumination or natural darkness, you ignore all size penalties to Stealth checks and instead gain a +2 bonus to Stealth checks.

Quick At Hand

When enraged, ogres tend to grab the closest heavy objects and bring them to bear.

Prerequisite: Ogre.

Benefit: You may use any item as an improvised melee or ranged weapon without penalty.

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Advanced Race Guide © 2012, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors: Dennis Baker, Jesse Benner, Benjamin Bruck, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Jim Groves, Tim Hitchcock, Hal MacLean, Jason Nelson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Owen K.C. Stephens, Todd Stewart, and Russ Taylor.

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