Homebrew Half-Ogre Species Details
When an ogre mates with a human, hobgoblin, bugbear, or orc, the result is a half-ogre.
Half-Ogre Traits
Your half-ogre character has certain traits deriving from your ogre ancestry.Ability Score Modifications
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 2.
Age
Half-Ogres mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.
Alignment
Half-Ogres inherit a tendency toward chaos from their Ogre parents. Half-Ogres raised among Ogres and willing to live out their lives among them are usually evil.
Size
Half-Ogres are quite a bit larger and bulkier than humans, and they range from 7 to well over 8 feet tall. Your size is Large. Due to your large size, Two-Handed weapons can be wielded in one hand without disadvantage, and sets of armor which fit you may be difficult or expensive to acquire. Additionally, no ordinary mount can bear your bulk and prodigious weight.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
Thanks to 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.
Menacing
You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
Thick Hide
When you are hit by a non magical attack, you may expend a charge of this ability to reduce the damage by 4. You regain all 5 charges of this ability when you finish a long rest.
Savage Attacks
When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.
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Posted Aug 3, 2018I've upgraded the Half-Ogre a little now that the crazy long Moderation queue times are gone. :) Fixed a few things which were concerns, and hopefully provided a little more value here and there.
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Posted Aug 4, 2019According to this half ogres are like half-orcs with only a +1const applied and losing their "get to one hp instead" ability while gaining one handed "two handed weapon" to allow using shields.
Looks like a wayy better half orc to me. OP
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Posted Aug 13, 2019Hey Zarcon, i really like your ideas here and have brainstormed several different Half Ogre Build with your race in the past since the wielding two handed weapons in one hand ability is just way cool.
About balancing:
And here is where the main issues come:
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Posted Aug 30, 2019I share your concerns and think your suggestions are great fixes.