In the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, ogres are a lesser race of giants, being large brutes with clubs. An aquatic subrace of ogres is known as "Merrow". D&D ogres are also closely related to the race of ogre magi, a race with blue skin and great magical abilities. It is unclear if ogres and ogre magi are actually the same race, or if ogre magi simply find lesser ogres easy to boss around. Ogres are closely related to trolls, and are distantly related to the various races of giants.
Merrow
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.
Ogre Mage
These blue-skinned ogres are more intelligent than their mundane kin, and are quite adept at using magic.
Ogres in Dragonlance
References
- Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume One (TSR, 1989).
- Cook, David. Time of the Dragon (TSR, 1989).
- Bennie, Scott, Scott Haring, and John Terra. Otherlands (TSR, 1990).
- Slavicsek, Bill. The Complete Book of Humanoids (TSR, 1993).