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04-29-2014, 05:49 AM | #33 |
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The Runequest Ogres had teeth like wolves, extrahuman strength (humans rolled 3D for Str. Ogres got 4D), and Ogres were more inheirently magical. In otherwords, the main differences in folklore.
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04-29-2014, 10:32 AM | #34 |
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IIRC, RQ ogres tend to be big and tall. Not gigantic, but at the bigger end of the usual human range. Less of a sex difference in SIZ, too. Ogresses are not dainty women.
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04-29-2014, 03:06 PM | #35 |
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When I built ogres for my world, I gave an appearance bonus at a young age, then had then become hideous as they age. This is because they do seem to be prime marriage candidates when young, but in some stories, particularly the ones that talk about ogre hags, they are hideous. In Ubantu, they long ago made a deal (ogres are also famous for making and keeping deals) that let them into human society. The younger ones often become famous dancers and martial arts performers. They don't really pass for human, though, as there is another race of cannibals with a hidden second mouth that plays that role.
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04-30-2014, 06:00 AM | #37 |
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They could be daintily pretty. They'd just be as tall as Julie Newmar.
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04-30-2014, 08:05 AM | #38 |
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I've always suspected that Julia Childs is an ogress. I don't think her kitchen would be very kid friendly. Or may too kid friendly.
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Sometimes the Ogre is the victem of the humans. In Jack the Giant Killer, a three headed giant, who is said to be Jack's Uncle, does nothing to harm Jack or King Arthur's son at all. But he's swindled and robbed by is own nephew. This leads to the speculation that some monster killers are Ogres wisely useing their great strength and fierceness in a socialy positive direction. They may be passing for human as a matter of P.R. Jack the Giant Killer himself was probably an Ogre on the make.
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It occurs to me that the mutants in the average post-apocalyptic sci fi story, or at least in Golden Age sci fi, are simply sci fi ogres. In fact ogres are common in sci fi are fairly common.
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