So there's an ogre and a tiefling in my party. They need to go to town unnoticed - and in this game this pair draws a lot of attention if not disguised. Luckily, they both have a hat of disguise. What I need is suggestions about what creatures they can appear as. What baffles me is this sentence:
You cannot change your creature type (although you can appear as another subtype)
Okay, so the tiefling can change into an aasimar without problem. He can even impersonate a human with a Disguise check, right? What other more "civilised" options does he have?
But the ogre. How the hell does he go undercover? I must admit that my knowledge about large humanoids is very limited. As in "don't know any". I guess disguising him as a human does not work.
Suggestions?
That line isn't a problem for the Ogre in pretending to be Human. Since he's Humanoid (Giant) he could appear as a Human (which are Humanoid (Human)). What's a problem for the ogre is the line immediately preceding that one:
You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller, thin, fat, or in between.Since the average Ogre is 10 feet tall, they could disguise themselves as a...9 foot tall human. Yeah, that's not going to attract attention, or anything.
Well, that's at least something. Are there any other options?
Robert Wadlow was 8 ft 11 inches, so it is not so far, but you could also disguise to elf, as typically elves are couple of inches taller than humans. If there isn't many elves in the city, say that he is elder highelf and have him walk with cane and nobody would know better.
Just remember that people would be curious whatever he dress up. Be thankful they can't take selfie with him.
Use perspective; have the tiefling grow a foot and stand a few feet in front of the ogre, also have the ogre kinda hunched over as part of the disguise