Monster
Ogre
- Resistance (RES)
- 2
- Reluctance to negotiate (RN)
- 2
- Agility (AGI)
- 5
- Strength (dice)
- 1K6+2
- Weapon
- hammer
- Spells
- –
- Treasure
- J/E
- Tiles
- 4
RES: Resistance, RN: Reluctance to Negotiate, AGI: Agility, Strength: K6 dice rolled in combat, Tiles: monster tile count. Treasure codes refer to the Treasure table.
How it plays
A hammer-swinger with modest strength (1K6+2) and a low reluctance of 2. A negotiator with a +2 ability reaches an agreement on roughly three rolls in five, so talk first. In a fight its hammer hits every time, so don't send in a character with low strength. Ogres can appear in pairs. They carry rich treasure, type J when they lair and E when they wander.
- It resists a spell on a 1K6 roll of 1–2, so about 33% of your spells fail against it.
- Its attacks wound 100% of the time and average 1.3 wounds per attack at maze level 1.
- Reluctance to negotiate 2: you can try negotiation, then a bribe, before you fight.
- It lairs in 2 of the 36 resident-monster outcomes and wanders in 1 of the 18 wandering outcomes.
- Group size on the encounter tables: 1 / 2.
Figures are for maze level 1 and come straight from the rulebook tables. Deeper levels add strength, agility and reluctance to negotiate (table 6.7).
Full rules: 8.0 Monsters, Negotiation, and Bribery· 9.0 Combat· Monster stats table (8.2)