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| {{Greyhawk creature
| | Old Common term: Eiger |
| |image=[[Image:Ogre01.jpg]]
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| |caption=An ogre, as depicted in the ''Monster Manual'' (2000).
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| |name=Ogre
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| |alignment=Chaotic evil
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| |type=Giant
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| }}:''This page is about the monster. For the character, [["Ogre"]], see [[Ogre (character)]].''
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| '''Ogres''', also known as ''eiger,'' are humanoid creatures of the Giant type found throughout the [[Flanaess]].
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| ==Ecology==
| | Civilized ogres are found as mercenaries, slaves, and labor in human lands. Chivalric states to the north and west, along with almost all nonhumans, refuse to deal with them. Dwarfs are sometimes known to adopt individual ogres. |
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| ===Environment===
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| Ogres usually make their homes in temperate hills, though it is not uncommon to encounter them in mountain ranges. Ogres are known to dwell in the [[Abbor-Alz]], [[Cairn Hills]], [[Crystalmists]], [[Drachensgrabs]], [[Gloriole Mountains|Glorioles]], [[Hellfurnaces]], and [[Jotens]], among other places.
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| ===Typical physical characteristics===
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| Adult ogres are 9 to 10 feet in height, and weigh anywhere from 600 to 650 pounds. Ogre skin color ranges from a dull brown to a dull yellow. Ogres usually clad themselves in poorly-cured animal furs and hides, which make their natural odor even more repugnant.
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| ===Alignment===
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| Ogres are usually chaotic evil.
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| ==Society==
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| Ogres typically dwell in groups of three to eight individuals, though solitary ogres and pairs are also common.
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| ===Religion===
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| Ogres typically worship [[Vaprak]] the Destroyer, though some pay homage to other powers, such as [[Baphomet]], the [[Earth Dragon]], [[Erythnul]], [[Grolantor]], or [[Kostchtchie]].
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| ===Language===
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| Ogres speak Giant, though more intelligent individuals also speak Common.
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| ==Variants==
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| Known ogre subraces include the merrow, and the ogre mage. Sometimes ogres breed with [[human]]s and [[orc]]s, producing half-ogres, orogs, or ogrillions.
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| ===Merrow===
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| These aquatic ogres are green and scaled with webbed hands and feet. They are faster and fiercer than their land-based kin, but are otherwise similar to normal ogres.
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| ===Ogre Mage===
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| These blue-skinned ogres are more intelligent than their mundane kin, and possess some innate magical abilities, such as invisibility and shapeshifting. They are a little taller than standard ogres, averaging ten feet.
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| ===Ogre crossbreeds===
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| *Half-ogre: This ogre-human crossbreeds are smarter but weaker than ogres. They can sometimes pass as unusually large, albeit ugly, humans.
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| *Ogrillions: These creatures are the brutish, armor-skinned offspring of a female orc and a male ogre.
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| *Orogs: An orog is the offspring of a male orc and a female ogre. Orogs usually live among orcs; they are stronger, more intelligent, and more disciplined than typical orcs.
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| ==History==
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| ==Creative origins==
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| ==Publishing history==
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''Monster Manual''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1977.
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| *[[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
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| *[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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| *-----. ''Monster Mythology''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
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| *[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], and [[Monte Cook]]. ''Monster Manual''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
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Old Common term: Eiger
Civilized ogres are found as mercenaries, slaves, and labor in human lands. Chivalric states to the north and west, along with almost all nonhumans, refuse to deal with them. Dwarfs are sometimes known to adopt individual ogres.