"Worst. Dancers. Ever."
-Riddlefiddle the Satyr
Ogres are as lazy of mind as they are strong of body. They live by raiding, scavenging, and killing for food and pleasure. The average adult specimen stands between nine and ten feet tall and weighs close to a thousand pounds.
Behaviour
Ogres are notorious for their quick tempers, which flare at the smallest perceived offense. Insults and name-calling can rouse an Ogre's wrath in an instant--as can stealing from it, bumping, jabbing, or prodding it, laughing, making faces, or simply looking at it the wrong way. When its rage is incited, an Ogre lashes out in a frustrated tantrum until it runs out of objects or creatures to smash.
Ogres eat almost anything, but the especially enjoy the taste of
Dwarves,
Halflings, and
Elves. When they can, they combine dinner with pleasure, chasing scurrying victims around before eating them raw.
Ogres clothe themselves in animal pelts and uproot trees for use as crude tools and weapons. They create stone-tipped javelins for hunting. If enough of a victim remains after the Ogre has gorged itself, it might make a loincloth from its quarry's skin and a necklace from its leftover bones. This macabre crafting is the height of Ogre culture.
Habitat
An Ogre sleeps in caves, animal dens, or under trees until it finds a cabin or isolated farmhouse, whereupon it kills the inhabitants and lairs there. When Ogres establish lairs, they settle near the rural edges of civilized lands, taking advantage of poorly protected livestock, undefended larders, and unwary farmers. Whenever it is bored or hungry, an Ogre ventures out from its lair, attacking anything that crosses its path. Only after an Ogre has depleted an area of food foes it move on.
