# Ogre

O ogre 

Difficulty

7

Attacks

Projectile as a weapon, or melee weapon for 2d5

O ogre 

Difficulty

7

Attacks

Projectile as a weapon, or melee weapon for 2d5

Base level

5

Base experience

61

Speed

10

Base AC

5

Base MR

0

Alignment

-3 (chaotic)

Frequency (by normal means)

1 (Very rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

1600

Nutritional value

500

Size

Large

Resistances

None

Resistances conveyed

None

An ogre:

 has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso.

 is carnivorous.

 is strong.

 likes gold.
 likes gems.
 can pick up weapons and food.

 has infravision.
 can be seen through infravision.

 normally appears in small groups.

Reference

monst.c#line1659

An ogre is a large, carnivorous humanoid. They are generated with either a club (11/12 chance) or a battle axe (1/12 chance)[1].
The O ogre monster class also includes the more fearsome O&nbsp;ogre king and O&nbsp;ogre lord. These more powerful monsters have improved attack damage, speed, armor and magic resistance.
Ogres can use long range projectile attacks. A melee character may wish to stay in close quarters where the ogre can only use its melee attacks. However, trading projectiles is also a valid strategy, since the ogre will often throw them back rather than approach you.
Ogresmasher inflicts double damage and has a 1d5 to-hit bonus against ogres, ogre lords and ogre kings.
Ogres are the predominant foe on the Barbarian quest, in the form of standard ogres, and random Os.

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Encyclopedia entry

Anyone who has met a gluttonous, nude, angry ogre, will not
easily forget this encounter -- if he survives it at all.
Both male and female ogres can easily grow as tall as three
metres.  Build and facial expressions would remind one of a
Neanderthal.  Its small, pointy, keen teeth are striking.
Since ogres avoid direct sunlight, their ragged, unfurry
skin is as white as a sheet.  They enjoy coating their body
with lard and usually wear nothing but a loin-cloth.  An elf
would smell its rancid stench at ten metres distance.
Ogres are solitary creatures:  very rarely one may encounter
a female with two or three young.  They are the only real
carnivores among the humanoids, and its favourite meal is --
not surprisingly -- human flesh.  They sometimes ally with
orcs or goblins, but only when they anticipate a good meaty
meal.

[ The Book of Rules; The Eye of the Master]

 

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