Friday, March 13, 2020

OSE Encounter Activities - Ogre

Another Humanoid with their own language! Ogres provide a good challenge to lower-level parties, and in droves they can make for some fun encounters. I often wonder what the implication is for their hatred of Neanderthals. Is it simply cave competition, or are Ogres some other divergent species?

I usually portray them as pretty doltish and dim-witted, saving the smarter ones for a special surprise now and then (or using the sadly-absent-from-OSE Ogre Magi to fill that role). This particular table was definitely populated with this kind of lumbering oaf in mind:

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