I have two campaigns starting this week, and my Ogre barbarian character, Mortimer Mope, is looking like he's probably going to wipe the floor with anything that requires a good, simple smashing. I went Titan Mauler for the added awesome of a large character using a OMGHUGE weapon to decapitate dragons and froghemoths and the like. He's putting down 3d6+10 unraged base hits at level 1 with the rolls I rolled for him and a great axe, so I predict MASSIVE damage once he picks up Jotungrip. My question is, which campaign should I run him out of?
One is 4 person, one day per week, homebrew story with:
An ifrit mysterious stranger gunslinger
A vishkanya knifemaster rogue
A drow cavern sniper fighter
And me.
The other is a 6 person, possibly two per week, Rise of the Rune Lords story with:
A ratfolk plaguebringer alchemist
A fetchling master summoner
A dhampir bladebound magus
An oread student of stone monk
A suli-jann unbreakable fighter
And me
Alignments run in the neutral zone across the board, with the Ogre being chaotic neutral.
I'm rping Mr.Mope as the chewbacca to one of these characters han solo. Being that he's an Ogre and would be generally unacceptable in polite society, He travels hooded and cloaked with a monster mask on under the guise of being the mime in a duet of entertainers. He only speaks giant and can't communicate outside of whomever ends up being his han understanding the language but not speaking it, and his trusty parrot Porrage, who can understand Mope totally, but is limited to the squaking interpretations of whatever his parrot voice can muster.
TLDR: Where put Ogre where most smashing is needed?
RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.
Run him in the home-brew campaign and talk to your GM about a custom teamwork feat that lets the ranged characters ride on your shoulders.
That sounds wicked awesome.
RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.
Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
Actually that's kinda the problem... too much ogre love.
well the campaign centers around the protection of and starts in a city/urban area. Giant lumbering no speaks are gonna be a problem.
Actually that's kinda the problem... too much ogre love.RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
Can there be such a thing as too much ogrelove???
Can there be such a thing as too much ogrelove???Actually that's kinda the problem... too much ogre love.RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
Absolutely. Any amount is too much.
well the campaign centers around the protection of and starts in a city/urban area. Giant lumbering no speaks are gonna be a problem.
He speaks, just not in a dialect of giant anyone but the parrot and han understand. Bear in mind, he isn't the brightest lightbulb in home depot, but he is smart enough at least to know that people don't like the look of him and are frightened by ogres. He won't take off his disguise in the company of strangers.
Can there be such a thing as too much ogrelove???Actually that's kinda the problem... too much ogre love.RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
That depend a lot on whether you are in the giving, or the recieving end...
Absolutely. Any amount is too much.Can there be such a thing as too much ogrelove???Actually that's kinda the problem... too much ogre love.RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
Aww shucks, he's just a big teddy bear. All he wants is to pet soft things lol
He speaks, just not in a dialect of giant anyone but the parrot and han understand. Bear in mind, he isn't the brightest lightbulb in home depot, but he is smart enough at least to know that people don't like the look of him and are frightened by ogres. He won't take off his disguise in the company of strangers.well the campaign centers around the protection of and starts in a city/urban area. Giant lumbering no speaks are gonna be a problem.
so he's wearing a disguise that doesnt make him a 10 foot tall guy weighing in excess of 600 lbs in a hooded cloak?
If andre the giant wandered around in cloak would he be less troublesome?
in THIS world people don't think is. that. an ogre in a cloak?
They think, wow whats up with that guy.
In RotRL people will be like RUN it's an ogre in a cloak!
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Absolutely. Any amount is too much.Can there be such a thing as too much ogrelove???Actually that's kinda the problem... too much ogre love.RotR, the character is just... in appropriate, put him in the other one.Not alot of ogrelove in rotr?
But Mammy loves all of her children... well at least the boys.
He speaks, just not in a dialect of giant anyone but the parrot and han understand. Bear in mind, he isn't the brightest lightbulb in home depot, but he is smart enough at least to know that people don't like the look of him and are frightened by ogres. He won't take off his disguise in the company of strangers.well the campaign centers around the protection of and starts in a city/urban area. Giant lumbering no speaks are gonna be a problem.
so he's wearing a disguise that doesnt make him a 10 foot tall guy weighing in excess of 600 lbs in a hooded cloak?
If andre the giant wandered around in cloak would he be less troublesome?
in THIS world people don't think is. that. an ogre in a cloak?
They think, wow whats up with that guy.In RotRL people will be like RUN it's an ogre in a cloak!
Mayhaps the Han in this equation will be charismatic enough, or have high enough speechcraft to convince folks otherwise. Like "Nahhh he's just a normal dude wearing a fat/tall/ogre suit under the cloak..."
Willing suspension of disbeleif since he's a performer doing an act and all that jazz.
Then again, it does bring into question what happens once the ruse is up. Eventually, he's going to be discovered for what he is regardless of how speechcrafty Han may be. Maybe slave in chains in a better approach?
OP: What level are you guys playing?
As an aside:
Both those groups are going to have problems healing, BTW. They're all thugs.
And plague bearer ratfolk? Really? :-P
Yeahhh, Noone in either group have any misgivings about what or why we are. Both groups are pretty much unilaterally malintented in meaning and execution... Most are, in fact, escaped prisoners, town drunkards, scoundrels and thieves... Leaning more towards the chaotic half of neutral, possibly aiming for a shift towards the wickeder side of the fence as we progress.
Healing wise, both groups seperately came to a general consensus. We all agreed that going into the fray for us would be a full tilt bogey, no holds barred affair. Anything that lived long enough to cause us to take pause and heal up would be tactically retreated from and reapproached with a loaded-for-bear-vengeance after we licked our wounds.
We're starting at level 1 on both occasions.
Ogre love is something you get, whether you like it or not.
In fact, not liking is preferred, especially if you scream, or squeal like a pig.
Maybe one day, Mortimer Mope will fell a hollowed tree, fill it with some peatmoss and nightsoil... Then finally will have a willing receptical for all of his pent up ogrelove.
Watch as the people of Sandpoint shower adoration upon their heroes.
With pitchforks and fire.
Watch as the people of Sandpoint shower adoration upon their heroes.With pitchforks and fire.
I quite literally laughed out loud at this while at work.