Ogres¶
Ravenous and Destructive Hulks
Ogres covet three things: grubz, shineyz, and smaaaashing. They are ravenous, brutish, and hulking. Strength and destruction is everything to a group of ogres. Standing within the clan is based on the biggest thing the ogre has smashed. They rely on sheer strength and utilize crude clubs hewn from upended saplings or thick chains ripped from walled settlements.
After a raid, ogres will wantonly destroy anything that isn't immediately useful, and take a special glee in destroying art, books, and other fine things, which they consider useless.
Ogre Lore¶
- Ogres love to smash anything that isn't immediately edible, usable as a weapon, or sparkly
- Ogres are impulsive, dim witted, and easily tricked or bribed
- Ogres were born from fallen giants who lost the mystical connection to their primordial magic
- Very rarely, a hyper-intelligent ogre is born. These ogres inevitably trick their kin into subservience become known as Ogre Big Brainz
Ogre Statblocks¶
Ogre¶
Ogres are massive and brutish ravagers. Their hunger and anger is matched only by their strength and stupidity.
Ogre
Summoned with Foe FoundryLarge Giant (Ogre)
AC 12 (Hide Armor) Initiative -1 (9)
HP 51 (6d10 + 18)
Speed 30 ft.
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Str | 19 | +4 | +4 |
| Dex | 8 | -1 | -1 |
| Con | 16 | +3 | +3 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Int | 5 | -3 | -3 |
| Wis | 6 | -2 | -2 |
| Cha | 7 | -2 | -2 |
Senses Passive Perception 8
Languages Common
CR 2 (450 XP; PB +2)
Actions
Bonebreaker Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit 17 (2d12 + 4) bludgeoning damage. On a hit, the target is pushed up to 10 feet horizontally.
Bonus Actions
Charge (1/day). The ogre uses Dash and moves towards a hostile creature. Up to one creature that is within 5 ft of the path must make a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked Prone.
Ogre Wallsmasha¶
Ogres occasionally uproot whole trees and fashion them into crude battering rams that can smash through walls and anything else dumb enough to get in the way.
Ogre Wallsmasha
Summoned with Foe FoundryLarge Giant (Ogre)
AC 12 (Hide Armor) Initiative -1 (9)
HP 102 (12d10 + 36)
Speed 30 ft.
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Str | 19 | +4 | +6 |
| Dex | 8 | -1 | -1 |
| Con | 16 | +3 | +5 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Int | 5 | -3 | -3 |
| Wis | 6 | -2 | -2 |
| Cha | 7 | -2 | -2 |
Senses Passive Perception 8
Languages Common
CR 4 (1,100 XP; PB +2)
Traits
Wallsmasha. The ogre deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Multiattack. The ogre makes two Bonebreaker Club attacks.
Bonebreaker Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit 17 (2d12 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the attack hits and there is another hostile target within 10 ft then that target also takes 4 bludgeoning damage.
Toss. The ogre attempts to toss a medium or smaller creature within 5 feet. The creature must make a DC 14 Strength saving throw. On a failure, it takes 21 (6d6) bludgeoning damage and is thrown up to 10 feet and falls Prone. If the thrown creature collides with another creature, then that other creature must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, the other creature takes half the damage.
SMAAASH! (Recharge 6). The ogre swings its club at a point it can see within 10 feet. Each other creature or object within 10 feet must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, creatures take 27 (5d10) bludgeoning damage and are knocked Prone. On a success, they take half damage instead. If the ogre destroys a medium-sized or larger object with this ability, it recharges this ability immediately.
Ogre Burnbelcha¶
Some ogres ritually imbibe a horrendous and highly flammable concoction that they belch on unsuspecting foes.
Ogre Burnbelcha
Summoned with Foe FoundryLarge Giant (Ogre)
AC 12 (Hide Armor) Initiative -1 (9)
HP 102 (12d10 + 36)
Speed 30 ft.
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Str | 19 | +4 | +6 |
| Dex | 8 | -1 | -1 |
| Con | 16 | +3 | +5 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Int | 5 | -3 | -3 |
| Wis | 6 | -2 | -2 |
| Cha | 7 | -2 | -2 |
Senses Passive Perception 8
Languages Common
CR 4 (1,100 XP; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. The ogre makes two Bonebreaker Club attacks.
Bonebreaker Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit 17 (2d12 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the attack hits and there is another hostile target within 10 ft then that target also takes 4 bludgeoning damage.
Burnbelch (1/day). The ogre exhales a 15-foot cone of highly flammable volatiles. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a creatures takes 22 (4d10) fire damage and is Burning [11 (2d10) fire]. On a success, a creatures takes half damage instead.
Bonus Actions
Overrun (1/day). Immediately after the ogre hits an enemy with an attack, it may move up to half its movement without triggering opportunity attacks. If it ends its movement next to another creature, it may make an attack against that creature.
Ogre Chaincrakka¶
Chaincrakka ogres wield deadly chain whips and vicious barbed nets to capture prey for the cooking pots.
Ogre Chaincrakka
Summoned with Foe FoundryLarge Giant (Ogre)
AC 12 (Hide Armor) Initiative -1 (9)
HP 102 (12d10 + 36)
Speed 30 ft.
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Str | 19 | +4 | +6 |
| Dex | 8 | -1 | -1 |
| Con | 16 | +3 | +5 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Int | 5 | -3 | -3 |
| Wis | 7 | -2 | -2 |
| Cha | 7 | -2 | -2 |
Senses Passive Perception 8
Languages Common
CR 4 (1,100 XP; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. The ogre makes two Bonebreaker Club attacks.
Bonebreaker Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit 17 (2d12 + 4) bludgeoning damage. On a hit, the target is pushed up to 10 feet horizontally.
Chaincrack (Recharge 5-6). The ogre swings its chain at up to three creatures within 30 feet. The targeted creatures must make a DC 12 Strength saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 14 (4d6) bludgeoning damage and is Dazed until the end of its next turn. On a success, a creatures takes half damage instead. A Dazed creature can move or take an action on its turn, but not both. It cannot take bonus actions or free object interactions.
Grab and Go (Recharge 5-6). The ogre attempts to grab a creature within 5 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or take 17 (5d6) bludgeoning damage and be flung. The ogre whirls the creature wildly as a club, forcing each other creature within 10 feet to make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking half the bludgeoning damage on a failure. A creature that fails either saving throw is also pushed 10 feet away and knocked Prone.
Ogre Big Brainz¶
Ogre Big Brainz are rare freaks among their brutish kin, born with wicked cunning and gifted with dark, unnatural powers. They inevitably trick and manipulate their dim kin into subservience and often lead a pack of ogres.
Ogre Big Brainz
Summoned with Foe FoundryLarge Giant (Ogre)
AC 16 (Unholy Armor) Initiative +0 (10)
HP 127 (15d10 + 45)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft.(hover)
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Str | 18 | +4 | +4 |
| Dex | 10 | +0 | +0 |
| Con | 16 | +3 | +6 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Int | 18 | +4 | +4 |
| Wis | 11 | +0 | +3 |
| Cha | 13 | +1 | +4 |
Senses Passive Perception 10
Languages Common
CR 7 (2,900 XP; PB +3)
Actions
Multiattack. The ogre makes three Nightmare Shards or Cursed Grasp attacks. It may replace two attacks with a use of its Fearsome Roar, Ray of Enfeeblement, or Spellcasting.
Nightmare Shards. Ranged Spell Attack: +7 to hit, range 90ft., one target. Hit 18 (4d6 + 4) psychic damage. On a hit, the target's movement speed is reduced by a cumulative 10 feet until the end of its next turn.
Cursed Grasp. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage and 3 (1d6) psychic damage.
Fearsome Roar (1/day). The ogre targets up to eight creatures they can see within 60 ft. Each must make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, the affected target is Frightened for 1 minute (save ends at end of turn) and must immediately use its reaction, if available, to move their speed away from the ogre avoiding hazards or dangerous terrain if possible.
Ray of Enfeeblement (Recharge 5-6). The ogre shoots a black beam of energy toward a creature it can can see within 60 feet. That creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution save or take 24 (7d6) necrotic damage. On a success, the creature takes half damage. On a failure, the creature is also Poisoned for 1 minute (save ends at end of turn). While poisoned in this way, the creature is Weakened. A weakened creature deals half damage with its spells and attacks and has disadvantage on Strength ability checks and saving throws. A creature that is immune to Exhaustion cannot be Weakened.
Spellcasting. The ogre casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
1/day each: Charm Person (3rd), Lightning Bolt, Greater Invisibilityc
Ogre Encounter Ideas¶
- Three Ogres (an Ogre Burnbelcha, Ogre Chaincrakka, and Ogre Wallsmasha) have set up camp overlooking the only road through a treacherous pass. They argue over who gets the first bite of a stew they plan to make of a group of tied up dwarves.
- A large, crude signpost warns travelers of a toll ahead. There are multiple mangled humanoid bodies nailed to the sign. Those who don't pay enough get added to the post. The Ogre tollkeeper waiting nearby is convinced it owns this entire road and everything on it.
- The party stumbles into a sunken glade where an Ogre Burnbelcha sleeps under a mound of hides, with one meaty arm splayed out over the corpse of a crushed traveler. The corpse still clutches a valuable scroll or magic item.
- The players find a ruined campsite littered with barrels and bones. An Ogre, seated in a massive mudhole, slurps ale and chews sheep bones. Drunk and bloated, it challenges the PCs to a drinking contest. Refusal would be unwise.
Ogre Adventure Ideas¶
- A mining town reports strange tremors below and vanishing workers, kidnapped by a hungre Ogre that has recently made the mines its den.
- The PCs have been hired to protect a trade caravan on a once-safe route where many caravans have gone missing of late. The culprit is a band of Ogres driven out of their hinterland caves by a fearsome Hydra. The ogres want help restoring their den in return for leaving the trade route alone.
- A Priest hires the party to investigate what happened to all the villagers of nearby hamlet who haven't been seen since the last feast day. Unfortunately, an Ogre crashed the feast, ate all the food, and the townsfolk as well.
- An Orc Warchief has sent emissaries to all the scattered Ogre clans in the hinterland hills to recruit them to his cause, promising vast spoils of war. The PCs must win over the ogres or prevent their recruitment lest the entire kingdom be overrun. A particularly cunning Ogre Big Brainz seeks to play both sides against each other for his benefit.