Includes: Sample Rules for playing Half-ogre, Ogre, Ogre zombie, Half-troll and Troll file Two new backgrounds DM information Designer’s notes Ogres and Trolls OGRES AND TROLLS - NEW CHARACTER RACES Most civilized humanoids hate and/or fear INTRODUCTION ogres and trolls, and with good reason. Ogres and trolls will often eat sentient races. Ogres Ever wanted to play a stupid ogre or a hungry are particularly fond of eating elves, dwarves troll, -well this is your chance. In these pages and halflings. there are rules for playing said ogre and troll. The races in this document were designed PLAYING A LARGE CREATURE for use in evil monster campaigns or silly short games. It was not designed to be used in All the races in this document are large. Being a serious long campaigns. They are unsuited to large creature has some significant advantages be used in urban campaigns, but works well in and disadvantages. a rural or wilderness campaigns. Advantages: Your carrying capacity, your lift, push and PLAYING A MONSTER RACE drag weights are all doubled. Trolls and ogres are monsters. Most villages, Carrying containers made for large size towns and cities do not allow monsters to creatures have double the enter. This may cause some problems, if part of normal capacity. the plot takes place here. Some small rural villages may allow trolls and ogres given enough reassurances or bribes, in these cases they would most likely be treated like beasts of burden. Sample file Ogres and Trolls Large size weapons, deal double the RELIGION damage dices, i.e. a greatsword yields 4d6 Ogres, half-ogres, trolls and half-trolls worship plus Strength modifier slashing damage. the giant pantheon. In particular they worship You can grapple or shove creatures that are Vaprak the Destroyer. size huge or smaller. Rogue sneak attack damage doubles. RANDOM HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Disadvantages: Race Base Height Base Weight Equipment made for large size creatures Height Modifier Weight Modifier weigh twice as much. Half-Ogre 6’11” +2d12 360lb. x(2d6)lb. Ogre 8’5” +2d12 700lb. x(3d12)lb. Equipment cost twice as much. Ogre 8’5” +2d12 700lb. x(3d12)lb. You are unable to use normal size armor Zombie Half-troll 6’8” +2d10 250lb. x(2d6)lb. Normal size weapons counts as improvised Troll 7’11” +2d12 330lb. x(2d8)lb. weapons, baring you from using See Player’s Handbook page 121 for an proficiency bonuses. explanation A few normal sized two handed weapons can be used as single handed smaller OGRES AND TROLL NAMES versions, and allow you to use proficiency Ogres, half-ogres, trolls and half-trolls will bonuses. I.e. a greatsword may be used as a often adopt, mimic or copy names from the single handed large size longsword yielding surrounding cultures. 2d8 slashing damage and the same for a Living in isolation ogres, half-ogres, trolls greataxe. A pike may be used like a large and half trolls will often have names with only size spear; yielding 2d6 piercing damage, one or at most two syllables. The syllables will and still provide reach. usually be guttural sounds. These names You cannot mount medium size creatures. include: Argh, Darg, Duh, Duuhl, Gargor, Gork, When mounted you are unable to fight Guh, Muhr, Murgohl, Nark, Narnurk, Ogg, Ohrm, from a large size creatures, they need to be Ongar, Onguhr, Omuhrl, Rohn, Rohr, Runahr, huge. Sokahr, Sork, Trahl, Trool, Umtar, Ungyr, When you squeeze through tight spaces (5 Wagor and Wohnar. Ogres, half-ogres, trolls feet or less in height or width), you have and half trolls have no tradition for disadvantage on attack rolls and dexterity distinguishing between male and female saving throws, and you only move at half names. speed. When using names from other cultures, they Some floors cannot carry your weight. prefer to use the correct gender form. Some doors and other openings are too small for you to fit through. You require four times as much food and water as a size M creature. GIANTS AND UNDEADS All living ogres and trolls are giants and not humanoid, that means things that affect giants areSample also valid for ogres, half-ogres, trolls and file half-trolls. Ogre zombies are undead, and can be turned like other undeads. Ogres and Trolls HALF-OGRE (ORCUS IMBECILUS Aggressive. As a bonus action, you can move up to your speed toward an enemy of your MINOR) choice that you can see or hear. You must end Half-Ogres, also known as ogrillons are big and this move closer to the enemy than you started. stupid, but not as big and stupid as ogres. Menacing. You are trained in the Intimidation Half-ogres are disciplined and often serve as skill. shock troops for orc tribes. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Half-Ogres are the offspring of orcs and Common and Giant. ogres. Compared to orcs, what they lack in intelligence they make up for with strength and brutality. HALF-OGRE FEATURES Your half-ogre character has the following racial traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 3, Constitution score increases by 2, your Intelligence score is reduced by 2, and your Wisdom score is reduced by 1. Age. Half-Ogres reach adulthood at age 10 and live up to 50 years. Alignment. Half-ogres are vicious raiders. They respect strength above all. They are usually lawful evil. Size. Half-Ogres are usually 8 feet tall and weigh around 450 pounds. Your size is Large. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern colorSample in file darkness, only shades of gray. Ogres and Trolls OGRE (ORCUS IMBECILUS score increases by 4, your Constitution score increases by 3, and your Dexterity score is GROSSUS) reduced by 1 and your Wisdom and Charisma Ogres are legendary for their stupidity. But scores are reduced by 2 and Intelligence score what they lack in intelligence they make up for is reduced by 3. with brutality and strength. Age. Ogres reach adulthood at age 4 and live up Ogres are notorious for their quick tempers, to 30 years. which flare at the smallest perceived offense. Alignment. Ogres are vicious raiders. They Insults and name-calling can rouse an ogre's respect strength above all. They are usually wrath in an instant. When its rage is incited, an chaotic evil. ogre lashes out in a frustrated tantrum until it Size. Ogres are usually 9 to 10 feet tall and runs out of objects or creatures to smash. weigh around 1000 pounds. Your size is Large. Few ogres can count to ten, even with their Speed. Your base walking speed is 40 feet. fingers in front of them. Most speak only a Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 rudimentary form of Giant and know a feet of you as if it were bright light, and in smattering of Common words. Ogres believe darkness as if it were dim light. You can't what they are told and are easy to fool or discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. confuse, but they break things they don't Always hungry. You can eat almost anything, understand. including rotten food and corpses. You don’t have any moral quandaries about eating fallen OGRE FEATURES enemies, or comrades for that matter. Your Your ogre character biggest concern in life is when and how to get has the following your next meal. racial traits. Languages. You can speak Common and Giant. Ability Score You cannot read or write. Increase. Your Strength Sample file Ogres and Trolls OGRE ZOMBIE (ORCUS zombie drops to 1 hit point instead. Nonliving. You do not need to breath, drink, IMBECILUS IMMORTUI) eat or sleep. If you thought living ogres are stupid you Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 should meet an ogre zombie. feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't OGRE ZOMBIE NAMES discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Undead ogres doesn’t really have names, they Languages. You can speak the language of the one who animated you. You cannot read or have designations assigned when they were animated. write. OGRE FEATURES Your ogre character has the following racial traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength and Constitution scores increases by 4, and your Dexterity and Wisdom scores are reduced by 2, your Charisma score is reduced by 3 and Intelligence score is reduced by 4. Age. Undead ogres do not age. Alignment. Undead ogres loath living creatures. They are usually lawful evil. Size. Ogres are usually 9 to 10 feet tall and weigh around 1000 pounds. Your size is Large. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Poison immunity. You are immune to poison and cannot be poisoned. Undead fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damageSample taken, unless the file damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the Ogres and Trolls HALF-TROLL (MONSTRUM HALF-TROLL FEATURES Your half-troll character has the following IMBECILUS ORQUE) racial traits. Half-trolls, also known as troll-bloods, are big Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score and stupid, but not as big and stupid as trolls. increases by 3, your Dexterity score increases Half-trolls are the offspring of orcs and trolls.