Homebrew Half-Ogre Species Details

Monstrous Heritage

Human mothers can rarely survive the birth of a half-ogre child. The child of an ogre and and orc or an ogre and a human is always known as a half-ogre. They tend to have tanner skin if half human and more greenish skin if half orc. They tend to rarely have much hair because of the dominant ogre genes but can have large sideburns and chops similar to halflings. The hair tends to be anywhere from black to brown to red to blond. They have eye colors in a range of green to yellow and rarely blue.

Outcasts

Half-ogres, though generally outcasts among humans and feared for their monstrous appearance and size, can rarely even find acceptance with ogres as they are seen as small and weak. Half-ogres in an ogre band need to prove themselves constantly to their larger brothers and sisters. For this reason, half-ogres found among an ogre tribe can be cruel, violent, and sadistic. Those that are weak among ogre tribes tend to be killed or outcast into the wild. Half-ogres found in human villages tend to be considered simple minded and are usually hidden among them and used for hard manual labor. They sometimes are kept as slaves or forced to fight in arenas for sport and the pleasure of others. Half-ogres found with orc tribes tend to do well with their size and skill in battle. Usually they can earn a place in high ranking because of their sheer power and determination among their smaller orc brothers and sisters.

Hunted

When attacked by any weapon designed to slay giants, half-ogres are considered giants. Rangers attacking ogres gain the benefits of the favored enemy class ability if they have chosen giants as their favored enemies. The giant killer ability also includes half-ogres as viable targets.

Half-Ogre Names

When an ogre mates with a human or an orc the outcome is always a half-ogre.
Male Half-Ogre Names: Lug, Org, Dragin, Brank, Feir, Rakk, Tor
Female Half-Ogre Names: Alda, Denir, Helgin, Murrena, Ulle, Ogra

Half-Ogre Traits

Your half-ogre character has certain traits deriving from your ogre ancestry.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score decreases by 1

Age

Half-ogres mature must faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 8. They age faster and rarely live longer than 65 years.

Alignment

Half-ogres tendend toward chaos from their ogre parentage and are rarely inclined towards good. Half-ogres raised among ogres and willing to live out their lives among them are usually evil.

Size

Half-ogres are quite larger and bulkier than humans and even Half-Orcs, and they range from 7 to well over 8 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Because of your ogre blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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 color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Intimidating Presence

Half-Ogres are rough and able to scare people by just being in their presence. You are proficient in the Intimidate skill.

Powerful Build

The immense size of half-ogres lets them function in many ways as if they were larger than a medium creature. You can wield 2-handed weapons and weapons with the “heavy” keyword with one hand, but you take disadvantage when using weapons with the “light” keyword. You treat weapons with the “versatile” keyword as “light” weapons for your size (Used as normal “light” weapons). Armor and other clothing costs 25% extra, due to the bulky build of Half-ogres.

Hard Headed

Your dense skull makes a great natural weapon. After making a successful melee attack you can use your bonus action to headbutt the opponent. Make a melee bludgeoning attack with proficiency and the damage is 1d8 plus your strength mod.

Languages

You can speak and read Common and Giant. You can't read at all unless your intelligence is over 12. The ogre side of your brain is very hard at learning the written word.