If you guys don't know, we have Ogres as playable classes in our Monster Classes series! They can grab and throw people far away, turn any object into a powerful improvised weapon, and eat...well anything! Check them out at my store: mrrhexx.store/
Story wise mongrel man may be one of the most underused . Also they may be one of the most dangerous race. Say a group of wizards banded together. Started breeding half Ogres with certain being again and again till they got what they wanted.
Quick question, why are you refering to seperate species as "classes?" Idk, to me they feel more like races that'd go into Volo's Guide to Monsters: Part 2.
I think my favorite part about giant lore is the fact that when they're gods sent a savior to rebuild the giant empire they didn't believe him and killed him so in retaliation giant dad decreed that the next time he sends a savior it will be giant kin not a real giant so hypothetically giant second coming Jesus could be an ogre.
Sounds like my friend’s character Moak. INT of 5 and STR of 20. Ogres are more dumb than skeletons. You could remove their brain, reanimate them, and they would be smarter in undeath than they were in life. At one point, Moak reached apotheosis as it were… his intelligence hit 10… he was suddenly able to formulate coherent sentences, understood the concept of quality versus quantity, and mastered the concept of object permanence! Good ol’ Moak!
no, skeletons retain the skills and training they had in life, they don't just grow new knowledge. That's like if you were poor but decided that you're American so you should get the statistical average income for an American. But you are a specific person, not a statistical variable. So you just get to be poor no matter how American you become.
@@dreaziemobbins yea and nay, if you're thinking about Pathfinder or older forms of DnD where 'skeleton' was a template applied to a creature, then you're exactly right, but most people are talking about 5e where skeleton isn't a template, it's basically just a creature you summon with the material component of a corpse, and that creature does have a set intelligence. It's dumb (the way 5e does it) but that's the rules and it's at least simpler. Though, you can't reanimate large creatures anyways, like ogres, so the point's moot anyways
Ogres are so dumb, in my campaign, they're immune to all but the most simplistic con/fast talk attempts. They literally cannot follow the concepts when someone tries a lie more complex than "There's a big dragon hiding behind that hill", and when they get confused, they get violent.
@@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410 To animate a skeleton, you only need a pile of bones. It can be literally any pile of bones. Ogre bones and chicken bones included.
I once outwitted an ogre by telling him that his orc companions stole and ate his birthday cake. And then I gust sat back and watched the carnage as the ogre turned on the orcs. He never had a birthday cake to begin with, but that's besides the point.
@@Dylmacjr Not by our realities definition, but in the battle between capital G Good and capital E Evil absolutely. When you exist in a reality where Good and Evil are a fundamental law similar to gravity, then good and evil are not a social construct
@@alien0gamer139the outlook of good and evil is still a social construct because the “evil” gods think they are doing good and so do the “good” gods. It’s all about perspective
@@-Believeinyourself- Yeah I'm sure Bhaal the murder god thinks he's a swell guy, great father too. When the presence of evil can twist and corrupt the environment itself to something wholly unnatural it's not just a perspective, it's a force of nature. At the end of the day though it's just dnd, and everyone has their own head-canon and interpretation
The reveal that in older lore being Giant-Kin in some way inherently makes you the tiniest amount Maud leads to an interesting plot idea: Giant Civil War: those who topically cling to the idea of only a 'perfect family' vs those who believe all Giant Kin should be as one- as Anam intended... aka Giant Encanto.
Had an idea for an ogre NPC in my game. Didn't have a chance to implement him yet. Maybe you can use him in your game. If travelling through forest area, they could encounter schdeef treepansha (Steve Treepuncher), an ogre, that is fascinated by the small folk, trying to imitate them. They could meet him "cutting" down trees, meaning punching them until they fall, trying to build a hut out of the "logs". He's friendly and harmless, unless you attack him. However, he is quite smart for an ogre. He tries to do things like the 'smalluns' do, imitating them similarly to how a toddler imitates its parents, with the difference that he can only observe people from afar due to them being afraid of him. So he does his best. If the PCs encounter him more than once, they can see him slowly working his way into making Tools from wood and bone, then stone, and maybe even metal at some point. His creations are always rough and clumsy, but they get the point across, like maybe the very stylish "Shirt" he made, that is more of a Poncho made out of very roughly woven straw, grass or reeds. He is inspired by Steve from Minecraft, after I saw a post of how he would look like translated outside of the blocky World of Minecraft.
Interesting note: Actually following or upholding the Ordning isn’t considered Maat or Maug. Giants do not need to follow the rules that govern them, they just need to not actively go against them.
and being higher basically makes it harder to be Maug to begin with. For instance, betraying a superior is maug, but betraying an inferior is not. Hence why cloud giant can be such tricky bastards, the only creatures superior than them are hermits who disappear for centuries.
That last segment has to be some of the most darkly hilarious yet depressing thing I've heard. I would hug an ogre. If they didn't try to immediately eat me, that is. Or stomp me. Or both, in either order.
So, how to befriend an Ogre: tell them that you are an Ogre, yourself. Tell them your friends are your food, so don't kill or steal them. BAM! You're now part of an Ogre tribe and have free mercenaries!
Ogres are one of my favorite basic monster to put in low level campaigns (even though in 3.5 edition they could scale very well with any basic martial class like barbarian or fighter, but I don't know if it does well for the 5e). They are strong and intimidating but very easy for a clever player to trick (by spells or simply talking your way out). And while their role is pretty much the same everytime (big strong arms), it is one every main or secondary villain and their mothers need, and they fill that role extremely well.
I had a Keep full of Hobgoblins and they had some Ogres they kept around for breaking doors down and using in sieges. Having some Ogres as "bodyguards" to the Hob Warchief was a great fight that at one point had a Half-Orc Fighter jumping from a balcony down on top of one of the ogres. Cheap muscle is great.
I just did a session where we were playing the Giantslayer adventure path from Pathfinder 1st edition (which is basically rebranded D&D 3.5 edition), and had to go against a few as well. They are great enemies even for level 7 characters, as you can simply stick some martial classes to them which is what the adventure path did. They hit hard, so you have to take them down quickly or you go down quickly yourself.
Man, all this art reminded me how Warhammer ogres are so dope! MrRhexx: if you ever get tired of promoting the coast company I can recommend diving into Warhammer lore, especially now when Warhammer fantasy has a revival. The company is equally or even worse then WotC but there's a lot of bonkers lore.
Yay! More content! 😊😊😊 I am working on a tribe of Ogres lead by a Divine Soul Sorcerer, that is in charge of city building. He heals, feeds, provides them support so they can keep working. The strength they provide goes towards a stone quarry, which sells to the local government for a pretty penny.
@@granitehewer The Sorcerer definitely keeps most of the funds, haha. He loves his Hillbreaker Ogres dearly. Spending 10% costs on solid homes and food first, before storing the excess in the local bank. Ascetic life for him.
I had an idea for an Ogre NPC once. He saw a ninja once and wanted to be like that so he wears a face mask and tries to hide in trees and stuff, not realizing that he is bigger than the canopy he is hiding in.
It is kinda mind-blowing that I used watch your Skyrim NPC vs NPC videos a decade ago and I rediscovered your channel a few years ago through your FR lore videos after I got into DnD unrelatedly
You showed off a lot of Warhammer Art, and the Warhammer Ogres are definitely something to read up on. They were originally created to fight forces of corruption, explaining their absurd constitution, but a human empire took offense to them and tried to kill them all. That ended up with all ogres cursed to be forever hungry, which lead to them being rather food-oriented. In the modern era of Warhammer Fantasy, Ogres are much smarter than in DnD, and it's not rare to find ogres as smart as humans. Some even live among humans, forgoing eating them in exchange for nice weapons, armor, and other things. There is even a class of Ogre known as Maneaters, mercenaries with a gentle reminder to pay them after a battle, who often take aesthetic cues from their most valued customers and thus can appear (clumsily) with elf-ish garb, dwarf-ish armor, as pirates, or even dressed like vampires. I also would like to highlight that some Ogre Maneaters tend towards 'favored foods' that they like going after. The named example here is Brutogg Corpseripper, who enjoys eating the UNDEAD!
A long time ago, in a game far, far away...... I played a 1/2 ogre barbarian with a 5 int. His name was BOB and he was so dim didn't use pronouns or contractions and only spoke in short phrases. "Bob hungry". Someone give Bob something to eat. "Bob fight-y"". Get out of the way. "Bob horn-y". RUN!!!!! This was one of the most fun characters I ever played. It is easy to play a mage with an 18 int, he has probably read the DMG. BOB didn't know anything so I really had to work hard to make his ideas work out. In one game Bob, the mage and the rouge were standing over an open hole. The mage says "I guess we need to go down there. I did a pantomime of kicking in the butt. The mages' player burst out laughing and told the DM, that is exactly what BOB would do. The DM asked "Are you sure?" We both agreed. So the mage took fall damage, said " Thanks Bob." I looked at the rouge and grunted "Next?" And he said "I'll just wait for the rope." It is one of those things that still come up at the table.
I love playing as a Bob, I played a lizardfolk called Hide who was obsessed with eating and didn't understand civilised culture properly. He ate more shoes than Gale from bg3 and thought a tannery was a fancy restaurant.
Hi my name is Billy. I am one of the 2 founders at Owlghost Studios. We have been so happy to be working with you. Glad you are uploading again. Here is to a great 2024 🎉🥳
I love you're content dude I was just thinking about how I used too watch you're Skyrim content back when I was like 12 now I'm almost 23 with an affinity for DND and here I am watching you're content again, love you dude thank you for the years of being an awesome content creator
Hey Rhexx, I just wanted to reach out and say how much I truly appreciate your videos bro! Thank you 👍 I have been watching your stuff for 2 years. And i love every minute of it, especially the small details.
Love putting your videos on background while working Hope to hear your breakdown on kenku one day! Really intrigued to hear more about this race from you
For future reference, when talking about the bony bits in one the half-ogre breeds, you can call them osteoderms. This term is used by both biologists and paleontologists to describe bits of bony plate embedded in an animal's skin but are not a part of the skeleton itself. A good example of a living animal with osteoderms are crocodilians (crocs and gators), although with crocodilians they are covered with skin and aren't readily apparent. But I think it's as good a term as any, unless anybody knows of a more accurate term.
I used to watch tons of your elder scrolls content and have finally found an interest in D&D after playing Baldur's Gate. Glad to see you are still making videos!
I literally looked up your channel last night thinking "man it's been a little while since we got an upload, I hope we get one soon" thanks for making that timing feel good lol
I think Ettins are true giants if memory serves correctly, but at the bottom for being the runt just above giant-kin. Also, "ettin" in Jotun (the giant language) means runt
Got a friend whose hosting his own game and world based on arcanum, unfortunately I'm not partaking since I'm in enough campaigns, but that gives me the opportunity to chill with him every other evening and listen to him nerding about how stupidly funny things are, I need to play arcanum lmao
When you got to the part about Giant-Kin and you said "Firbolg"... it reminded me, if I ever finish my campaign both versions of the Firbolg will exist in my world... The Fairy Firbolg, and the larger red-headed Firbolg. I like them both.
Your videos are superb! I enjoy all of them, especially the one on the Dracolich! Ive been on the hunt for information on Mountain Orks, the pig faced Orks, they rock! Thanks MrRhexx!
I would even say. That technically speaking they aren't even "greedy" they just don't understand why they want. So they just want to eat or they would starve. That's all. No in between.
It probably goes without saying since you're talking about Ogers. But do you think you'll be able to make a video on the magic Ogers aka Oni. They are literally my favorite mythological creatures.
I wonder if an ogre would stand before a statue of the Allfather, would he instinctively recognised it as Maat? or would he smash it, because the bearded dude won't blink?
Please do a series on gem dragons. I love your videos on the chromas and metalics, I’ve listened to them multiple times when starting new campaigns, now I’m starting anew campaign on a new continent that’s filled with them and I can’t for the life of me find solid lore on them
I love your videos Rhexx! Can I suggest a video about Tasha? I've recently purchased Tasha's Cauldron of Everything and I would like to know more about her.
Interesting stuff, good vid. I'll definitely use those mongrel-kin as a village of misfits living in a sewer! Since many giants follow evil and "Good" and "Evil" are kinda equally valid in D&D I think "Maat" and "Maug" would be better translated as "Right" and "Wrong."
Wow MrRhexx. I dint know pretty mush anything about d&d before. Thanks to you after i watched the 7 step lore vidoes of yours i now understand what people are talking about in Baldurs gate 3 (that im now playing). I bow to thee superior scribe. ps. I will subsribe and leave some likes. Again I thank you.
IIRC Storm King's Thunder is about Annam breaking the ordning as punishment. The complacency of not even TRYING to stop the Rise of Tiamat offended Annam so much he basically said "Fine! None of you showed bravery, you let the SMALL FOLK of all things handle the dragons, NONE of you are Maat. Prove which of you deserves respect among yourself!"
8:41 So uh, my nerd moment is that that's a picture of Pudge the Butcher from Dota, interestingly enough, Ogres would have a field day where he resides. Pudge lives/exists on the Fields of Endless Carnage, effectively a cursed zone of permanent warfare, where corpses don't decay or decompose. There's always more bodies appearing. Pudge was meant to effectively cut up every corpse and disembowel it to clean the battlefield, but eventually developed a taste for the bodies, eating them himself instead. "Even those who are beyond fearing the reaper, fear the butcher." If Ogre's lived there, my lord wouldn't they love it. It's an all you can eat buffet and 'club go smash' kinda place.
Before I watch video, I can give one before getting burried too deep. In Zakhara setting, Ogres are less ferocious than in main game and actually well respected. Sultans trust themselves to be surrounded by Ogre bodyguards.
About 6 months ago I watched a video called "Ogryn Story" and so I changed orgres in my setting to be a subspecies of human that are more in line with Ogryns from 40k.
I fuck with Half Ogres. So in my campaign rn, in the land of the Giants Jotunheim, I’ve made a faction called “Duh Famly” which is entirely composed of ogres, but more specifically Half Ogres. I leaned more heavily into the fact that they could interbreed with any humanoid, and toned down the dominance of the Ogre gene thru lore evolution stuff. But basically, when other races started flooding in, and after the initial confrontation, they started interbreeding with all sorts of stuff. Tortles, Minotaurs, Loxodon etc. And with the toned down Ogre Genetics, they still lean more heavily into the Ogre side of things, but also have very notable traits from the other race. So gangs of Ogres the size of hill giants with trunks, hyper buff ones with horns and an even shorter temper, and even elemental Genesai ogres are spread across the land, united under a single banner known as “Duh Famly”. Now they work as muscle for hire, being sent out by their matriarchs, the “Mommas”, to do different jobs.
If you guys don't know, we have Ogres as playable classes in our Monster Classes series! They can grab and throw people far away, turn any object into a powerful improvised weapon, and eat...well anything! Check them out at my store: mrrhexx.store/
Thank you MrRhexx!! You're a legend!!
Story wise mongrel man may be one of the most underused . Also they may be one of the most dangerous race.
Say a group of wizards banded together. Started breeding half Ogres with certain being again and again till they got what they wanted.
Quick question, why are you refering to seperate species as "classes?" Idk, to me they feel more like races that'd go into Volo's Guide to Monsters: Part 2.
@@blackgriffinxxbasically natural quimeras
@@Gabe600 Yes but worst. As you can tailor them to your wants ad needs. army of strong water breathing troops. They could drag ship up.
Evil races don't exist.
Any giant: "Yes. They do. They are called ogres."
I can't wait for white liberals to say that ogres are stand-ins for black people, like they did with orcs and drow.
"It's ok i have the o-word pass."
@@f34r0rnow that’s racist
Not dragons? strange
Ogres aren’t evil, they’re just idiots. The same can be said for many “intelligent” beings.
Dad came back with milk
Why is this the most depressing thing I've read
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Very VERY potent milk, from what it seems...second only to orc milk.
He forgot the cigarettes
@@CommMolander
Are you me from 33 minutes into the future? ,🙅♂️
I think my favorite part about giant lore is the fact that when they're gods sent a savior to rebuild the giant empire they didn't believe him and killed him so in retaliation giant dad decreed that the next time he sends a savior it will be giant kin not a real giant so hypothetically giant second coming Jesus could be an ogre.
He could send an Ettin savior. Different factions could argue about which head is the prophet and which is the pretender.
Most likely Shrek
*their
That would be hilarious!
Praise Ogre Jesus
Sounds like my friend’s character Moak. INT of 5 and STR of 20.
Ogres are more dumb than skeletons. You could remove their brain, reanimate them, and they would be smarter in undeath than they were in life.
At one point, Moak reached apotheosis as it were… his intelligence hit 10… he was suddenly able to formulate coherent sentences, understood the concept of quality versus quantity, and mastered the concept of object permanence!
Good ol’ Moak!
no, skeletons retain the skills and training they had in life, they don't just grow new knowledge. That's like if you were poor but decided that you're American so you should get the statistical average income for an American. But you are a specific person, not a statistical variable. So you just get to be poor no matter how American you become.
@@dreaziemobbins yea and nay, if you're thinking about Pathfinder or older forms of DnD where 'skeleton' was a template applied to a creature, then you're exactly right, but most people are talking about 5e where skeleton isn't a template, it's basically just a creature you summon with the material component of a corpse, and that creature does have a set intelligence. It's dumb (the way 5e does it) but that's the rules and it's at least simpler.
Though, you can't reanimate large creatures anyways, like ogres, so the point's moot anyways
Ogres are so dumb, in my campaign, they're immune to all but the most simplistic con/fast talk attempts. They literally cannot follow the concepts when someone tries a lie more complex than "There's a big dragon hiding behind that hill", and when they get confused, they get violent.
@@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410 To animate a skeleton, you only need a pile of bones. It can be literally any pile of bones. Ogre bones and chicken bones included.
I once outwitted an ogre by telling him that his orc companions stole and ate his birthday cake.
And then I gust sat back and watched the carnage as the ogre turned on the orcs. He never had a birthday cake to begin with, but that's besides the point.
Giant gods: "These creatures are legit evil." Everybody else: "You literally made those, though?"
Evil gods: exactly
But can they be evil if they don’t know any better? They’re like 4 year olds a 4 year old can’t truly be evil
@@Dylmacjr Not by our realities definition, but in the battle between capital G Good and capital E Evil absolutely. When you exist in a reality where Good and Evil are a fundamental law similar to gravity, then good and evil are not a social construct
@@alien0gamer139the outlook of good and evil is still a social construct because the “evil” gods think they are doing good and so do the “good” gods. It’s all about perspective
@@-Believeinyourself- Yeah I'm sure Bhaal the murder god thinks he's a swell guy, great father too. When the presence of evil can twist and corrupt the environment itself to something wholly unnatural it's not just a perspective, it's a force of nature. At the end of the day though it's just dnd, and everyone has their own head-canon and interpretation
I love the Ogres in Warhammer. They actually like halflings because halflings are amazing cooks so a lot of ogre chiefs will hire them out
The reveal that in older lore being Giant-Kin in some way inherently makes you the tiniest amount Maud leads to an interesting plot idea:
Giant Civil War: those who topically cling to the idea of only a 'perfect family' vs those who believe all Giant Kin should be as one- as Anam intended... aka Giant Encanto.
Had an idea for an ogre NPC in my game. Didn't have a chance to implement him yet.
Maybe you can use him in your game.
If travelling through forest area, they could encounter schdeef treepansha (Steve Treepuncher), an ogre, that is fascinated by the small folk, trying to imitate them.
They could meet him "cutting" down trees, meaning punching them until they fall, trying to build a hut out of the "logs". He's friendly and harmless, unless you attack him.
However, he is quite smart for an ogre. He tries to do things like the 'smalluns' do, imitating them similarly to how a toddler imitates its parents, with the difference that he can only observe people from afar due to them being afraid of him. So he does his best.
If the PCs encounter him more than once, they can see him slowly working his way into making Tools from wood and bone, then stone, and maybe even metal at some point.
His creations are always rough and clumsy, but they get the point across, like maybe the very stylish "Shirt" he made, that is more of a Poncho made out of very roughly woven straw, grass or reeds.
He is inspired by Steve from Minecraft, after I saw a post of how he would look like translated outside of the blocky World of Minecraft.
I love this
Time to add this comment to the pile of things to do if I ever DM a campaign
Amazing idea, thanks!
You're welcome ^^
I'm definitely using this if I ever be a dm
Maybe it’s just me but I was expecting a talk or life update at the end of the video. Hope you’re doing good Rhexx!
I agree
"Ogres are easily distracted or entertained by the simplest of things."
Me watching TH-cam video about ogres: "Hehe, stupid ogre."
Interesting note: Actually following or upholding the Ordning isn’t considered Maat or Maug. Giants do not need to follow the rules that govern them, they just need to not actively go against them.
That is indeed interesting.
What a devilish loophole
@@user-jl7uq6iv2m I do love me some giants, and I will know run them with this loophole in mind
and being higher basically makes it harder to be Maug to begin with. For instance, betraying a superior is maug, but betraying an inferior is not. Hence why cloud giant can be such tricky bastards, the only creatures superior than them are hermits who disappear for centuries.
I’ve been binge-listening your dnd videos recently after playing bg3, nice to see a new one all of a sudden
Me too
same
That last segment has to be some of the most darkly hilarious yet depressing thing I've heard.
I would hug an ogre. If they didn't try to immediately eat me, that is. Or stomp me. Or both, in either order.
So, how to befriend an Ogre: tell them that you are an Ogre, yourself. Tell them your friends are your food, so don't kill or steal them. BAM! You're now part of an Ogre tribe and have free mercenaries!
Glad to see you back! I would love to see videos on Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Bugbears in the near future.
bruh
As much as I love the larger humanoid creatures I also love the goblins. A troll approves of this comment. 🧌 👍
Ogres are one of my favorite basic monster to put in low level campaigns (even though in 3.5 edition they could scale very well with any basic martial class like barbarian or fighter, but I don't know if it does well for the 5e). They are strong and intimidating but very easy for a clever player to trick (by spells or simply talking your way out). And while their role is pretty much the same everytime (big strong arms), it is one every main or secondary villain and their mothers need, and they fill that role extremely well.
I had a Keep full of Hobgoblins and they had some Ogres they kept around for breaking doors down and using in sieges. Having some Ogres as "bodyguards" to the Hob Warchief was a great fight that at one point had a Half-Orc Fighter jumping from a balcony down on top of one of the ogres. Cheap muscle is great.
I just did a session where we were playing the Giantslayer adventure path from Pathfinder 1st edition (which is basically rebranded D&D 3.5 edition), and had to go against a few as well. They are great enemies even for level 7 characters, as you can simply stick some martial classes to them which is what the adventure path did. They hit hard, so you have to take them down quickly or you go down quickly yourself.
Glad to see the big homie Greasus getting some love, truly the fattest ogre in all ogredom.
Man, all this art reminded me how Warhammer ogres are so dope!
MrRhexx: if you ever get tired of promoting the coast company I can recommend diving into Warhammer lore, especially now when Warhammer fantasy has a revival. The company is equally or even worse then WotC but there's a lot of bonkers lore.
Warhammer ogres are such a nightmare. Reading about what happened to the sky tyrants was wild.
@@rigorgrynn4469 Yep, ogres in a way created "hill giants" in Warhammer.
Yay! More content! 😊😊😊 I am working on a tribe of Ogres lead by a Divine Soul Sorcerer, that is in charge of city building. He heals, feeds, provides them support so they can keep working. The strength they provide goes towards a stone quarry, which sells to the local government for a pretty penny.
Literally one really pretty penny ? Lol
@@granitehewer The Sorcerer definitely keeps most of the funds, haha. He loves his Hillbreaker Ogres dearly. Spending 10% costs on solid homes and food first, before storing the excess in the local bank. Ascetic life for him.
A true Victorian style philantropist ! That's interesting, I like it@@garyboyles5762
All the warhammer fans are screaming and pointing at their screens every time you show Greasus Goldtooth and other WH art.
I had an idea for an Ogre NPC once. He saw a ninja once and wanted to be like that so he wears a face mask and tries to hide in trees and stuff, not realizing that he is bigger than the canopy he is hiding in.
It is kinda mind-blowing that I used watch your Skyrim NPC vs NPC videos a decade ago and I rediscovered your channel a few years ago through your FR lore videos after I got into DnD unrelatedly
I had a half-ogre character back in the day when 3.5e came out. The quintessential gentle giant. Good times.
I love your videos man, thanks for keeping the good work!
You showed off a lot of Warhammer Art, and the Warhammer Ogres are definitely something to read up on. They were originally created to fight forces of corruption, explaining their absurd constitution, but a human empire took offense to them and tried to kill them all. That ended up with all ogres cursed to be forever hungry, which lead to them being rather food-oriented. In the modern era of Warhammer Fantasy, Ogres are much smarter than in DnD, and it's not rare to find ogres as smart as humans. Some even live among humans, forgoing eating them in exchange for nice weapons, armor, and other things. There is even a class of Ogre known as Maneaters, mercenaries with a gentle reminder to pay them after a battle, who often take aesthetic cues from their most valued customers and thus can appear (clumsily) with elf-ish garb, dwarf-ish armor, as pirates, or even dressed like vampires. I also would like to highlight that some Ogre Maneaters tend towards 'favored foods' that they like going after. The named example here is Brutogg Corpseripper, who enjoys eating the UNDEAD!
A long time ago, in a game far, far away...... I played a 1/2 ogre barbarian with a 5 int. His name was BOB and he was so dim didn't use pronouns or contractions and only spoke in short phrases. "Bob hungry". Someone give Bob something to eat. "Bob fight-y"". Get out of the way. "Bob horn-y". RUN!!!!! This was one of the most fun characters I ever played. It is easy to play a mage with an 18 int, he has probably read the DMG. BOB didn't know anything so I really had to work hard to make his ideas work out. In one game Bob, the mage and the rouge were standing over an open hole. The mage says "I guess we need to go down there. I did a pantomime of kicking in the butt. The mages' player burst out laughing and told the DM, that is exactly what BOB would do. The DM asked "Are you sure?" We both agreed. So the mage took fall damage, said " Thanks Bob." I looked at the rouge and grunted "Next?" And he said "I'll just wait for the rope." It is one of those things that still come up at the table.
I love playing as a Bob, I played a lizardfolk called Hide who was obsessed with eating and didn't understand civilised culture properly. He ate more shoes than Gale from bg3 and thought a tannery was a fancy restaurant.
Hi my name is Billy. I am one of the 2 founders at Owlghost Studios. We have been so happy to be working with you. Glad you are uploading again. Here is to a great 2024 🎉🥳
I love you're content dude I was just thinking about how I used too watch you're Skyrim content back when I was like 12 now I'm almost 23 with an affinity for DND and here I am watching you're content again, love you dude thank you for the years of being an awesome content creator
My mum had gestational diabetes, and considering I came out "looking like a linebacker" in her words, I think she could've birthed a half-ogre tbh.
By the gods MrRhexx returns! Happy new year!
Ogre 1: Which do you like better, my good looks or my good smile?
Ogre 2: Your good sense of humor
Hey Rhexx, I just wanted to reach out and say how much I truly appreciate your videos bro! Thank you 👍 I have been watching your stuff for 2 years. And i love every minute of it, especially the small details.
It's always a good day when MrRhexx uploads
Love putting your videos on background while working
Hope to hear your breakdown on kenku one day! Really intrigued to hear more about this race from you
Maat & Maug irrevocably have been added to my vocabulary. Bravo!
I find the history of the ogre of Krynn to be quite interesting too, with their "fall from grace" into savagery.
Irdas!
Not a single Shrek joke, I’m impressed, if not a little disappointed
For future reference, when talking about the bony bits in one the half-ogre breeds, you can call them osteoderms. This term is used by both biologists and paleontologists to describe bits of bony plate embedded in an animal's skin but are not a part of the skeleton itself. A good example of a living animal with osteoderms are crocodilians (crocs and gators), although with crocodilians they are covered with skin and aren't readily apparent. But I think it's as good a term as any, unless anybody knows of a more accurate term.
Babe wake up, MrRhexx has posted
I like (genuinely) that some of the art you used is of warhammer ogors, especially the kingly lookin dude Greasus Goldtooth
Not only did papa Rhexx return, it's with a monster I wanted for a while!! Thank you!
I used to watch tons of your elder scrolls content and have finally found an interest in D&D after playing Baldur's Gate. Glad to see you are still making videos!
I literally looked up your channel last night thinking "man it's been a little while since we got an upload, I hope we get one soon" thanks for making that timing feel good lol
Why are your books not on DnD Beyond? 🤔
Just from the plug you gave I can tell they’re amazing. They deserve to be on there.
I think Ettins are true giants if memory serves correctly, but at the bottom for being the runt just above giant-kin. Also, "ettin" in Jotun (the giant language) means runt
They also don't tell you that ogres are like onions, they have layers. They also don't like chatty donkeys and enjoy wrestling and playing hockey.
If you think the half-ogre origin in D&D is problematic, just wait until you learn about it in Arcanum.
Got a friend whose hosting his own game and world based on arcanum, unfortunately I'm not partaking since I'm in enough campaigns, but that gives me the opportunity to chill with him every other evening and listen to him nerding about how stupidly funny things are, I need to play arcanum lmao
When you got to the part about Giant-Kin and you said "Firbolg"... it reminded me, if I ever finish my campaign both versions of the Firbolg will exist in my world... The Fairy Firbolg, and the larger red-headed Firbolg. I like them both.
Life is just the time spent waiting another of your video coming out
I've been waiting patiently for MrRhexx to post another video!! Just started the video and I'm excited to learn about ogres!!
Your videos are superb! I enjoy all of them, especially the one on the Dracolich!
Ive been on the hunt for information on Mountain Orks, the pig faced Orks, they rock! Thanks MrRhexx!
Yes please bring back the giant series, you’ve only did two in the past
i have a feeling mongrelmen came from somebody bored and just kitbashed a mini with what they had. I LOVE IT
Ogrillons and Mongrelmen remind me of Omens and Misbegotten from elden ring. The designs and even the general dna evolution vibe are quite similar.
Thanks for coming back I missed your videos
Hell yeah. Last night I thought about your videos and checked if there were any new ones. Cool to see one right the next day.
"You might be right you AREN'T tasty halfling but, how do I know this without trying?" Gogsham Ogre Philosopher
I can't say that learning pretty in-depth details about Ogre/Orcish mating and genetics was on my New Years Resolutions, but I'm still watching, so...
Been missing your videos glad to see your back hope your well
Awesome video, like always. a Hartkiller lore video will be cool.
I know you most likely get a ton of comments asking for a video on a topic. But a video on Chauntea would be amazing!
Me: *forgetting rhexx existed*
Rhexx: *uploads video*
Happy you are here, happy for whatever content you make sir.
I’d like to meet the brave gnome, halfling, or dwarf that would want to couple with an ogre…
*halfing bard limps into the tavern*
Was 5 mins in before I heard you say your name, I used to watch your skyrim videos religiously. Glad you're still kicking
I would even say. That technically speaking they aren't even "greedy" they just don't understand why they want. So they just want to eat or they would starve. That's all. No in between.
We missed you, bro. Thanks
It probably goes without saying since you're talking about Ogers. But do you think you'll be able to make a video on the magic Ogers aka Oni. They are literally my favorite mythological creatures.
I still love the fact one of my favorite Skyrim TH-camrs became one of my favorite D&D TH-camrs ✨ greatful
Crawling claws are as smart as ogres with literally no brain. Amazing
Thems in-walk troll house. Troll say, "Out mans!" But they wham-a-wham troll rocks. So troll wham, too!
- Wham-a-Wham
Ogre's: Dumb as a box of rocks but can still cast spells.
Me: Now's my time to shine.
I'm a bit disappointed you never really talked about how ogre mages fit into things.
I really hope we get a video about Goblins (and maybe Bugbears and Hobgoblins too), I love those little buggers so much, they're my favorite.
Annam to the Ogres: You're a fucking mistake.
Nice to see you back. One monster i am curious about is oni? Maybe an interresting topic for a later video.
I wonder if an ogre would stand before a statue of the Allfather, would he instinctively recognised it as Maat? or would he smash it, because the bearded dude won't blink?
Yay! Finally a new what they dont tell you! Thanks for uploading again :)
Please do a series on gem dragons. I love your videos on the chromas and metalics, I’ve listened to them multiple times when starting new campaigns, now I’m starting anew campaign on a new continent that’s filled with them and I can’t for the life of me find solid lore on them
I love your videos Rhexx! Can I suggest a video about Tasha? I've recently purchased Tasha's Cauldron of Everything and I would like to know more about her.
Welcome back, happy to see you back
Interesting stuff, good vid. I'll definitely use those mongrel-kin as a village of misfits living in a sewer!
Since many giants follow evil and "Good" and "Evil" are kinda equally valid in D&D I think "Maat" and "Maug" would be better translated as "Right" and "Wrong."
This give me and 1 shot idea....NICE thanks for the background of the ogre
They were blessed with stupidity, so they didn't know they were on the bottom tier.
I have bought all of your pdf's except for the monster classes series and I love all of them. Especially your AC revamp. Thanks Rhexx!
fire video 🔥 didn’t expect the ogre episode to cut this deep into the lore
I've been waiting for this since I got the Monster Class!
glad to see another upload from you! i binge watched your d&d lore playlist so i’ve been waiting for something new
9:25 But Gnomes still can make Half-Ogre babies 😏
Wow MrRhexx. I dint know pretty mush anything about d&d before. Thanks to you after i watched the 7 step lore vidoes of yours i now understand what people are talking about in Baldurs gate 3 (that im now playing). I bow to thee superior scribe. ps. I will subsribe and leave some likes. Again I thank you.
IIRC Storm King's Thunder is about Annam breaking the ordning as punishment. The complacency of not even TRYING to stop the Rise of Tiamat offended Annam so much he basically said "Fine! None of you showed bravery, you let the SMALL FOLK of all things handle the dragons, NONE of you are Maat. Prove which of you deserves respect among yourself!"
Deer Lady?
So glad to have a new WTDTY video! Now I have a fun idea of an ogre cursed with intelligent and his quest to remove it because ignorance is bliss
Happy New Year, lore master!🎉
Do not get me wrong, I think Mrrex is great, but I think the title of lore master goes to Matpat. (Style, Game, Food and Film theory channels.)
@user-fk3ov3ml9k Everything has a different lore master 😆
For Fnaf and a few different games, yes, but not dnd 😆
8:41 So uh, my nerd moment is that that's a picture of Pudge the Butcher from Dota, interestingly enough, Ogres would have a field day where he resides.
Pudge lives/exists on the Fields of Endless Carnage, effectively a cursed zone of permanent warfare, where corpses don't decay or decompose. There's always more bodies appearing. Pudge was meant to effectively cut up every corpse and disembowel it to clean the battlefield, but eventually developed a taste for the bodies, eating them himself instead. "Even those who are beyond fearing the reaper, fear the butcher."
If Ogre's lived there, my lord wouldn't they love it. It's an all you can eat buffet and 'club go smash' kinda place.
Before I watch video, I can give one before getting burried too deep. In Zakhara setting, Ogres are less ferocious than in main game and actually well respected. Sultans trust themselves to be surrounded by Ogre bodyguards.
About 6 months ago I watched a video called "Ogryn Story" and so I changed orgres in my setting to be a subspecies of human that are more in line with Ogryns from 40k.
I fuck with Half Ogres.
So in my campaign rn, in the land of the Giants Jotunheim, I’ve made a faction called “Duh Famly” which is entirely composed of ogres, but more specifically Half Ogres.
I leaned more heavily into the fact that they could interbreed with any humanoid, and toned down the dominance of the Ogre gene thru lore evolution stuff. But basically, when other races started flooding in, and after the initial confrontation, they started interbreeding with all sorts of stuff. Tortles, Minotaurs, Loxodon etc. And with the toned down Ogre Genetics, they still lean more heavily into the Ogre side of things, but also have very notable traits from the other race. So gangs of Ogres the size of hill giants with trunks, hyper buff ones with horns and an even shorter temper, and even elemental Genesai ogres are spread across the land, united under a single banner known as “Duh Famly”. Now they work as muscle for hire, being sent out by their matriarchs, the “Mommas”, to do different jobs.
"Everybody shut the fuck up! MrRhexx just dropped a vid!"