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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* Ubiquitous in ''[[Dungeons
** Ogres have simple minds, ugly tempers, and voracious appetites. They are at least 9 feet tall, and depending on the edition, their body parts were a rainbow of disgusting colors (in 3E, they were mostly orange-yellow; in 4E, pink-gray). They wear skins and furs and keep captured prisoners as slaves (and/or snacks). They're not very bright and are often the first [[The Brute|Really Heavy Hitter]] enemy PCs come across. Ogres (as well as trolls) traditionally worship the evil god Vaprak.
** Ogre magi are similar to ogres, except that they are much cleverer (more intelligent than most humans), have magical powers, unnaturally-colored skin ([[Red Oni, Blue Oni|red and blue being the most common]]), horns, and Japanese-style attire. An ogre mage is often found leading an ogre tribe. In 4E and ''[[Pathfinder]]'', they're actually [[Youkai|oni]], spirit creatures that merely resemble ogres (and may still associate with them). According to the 3E article "Ecology of the Ogre Mage" in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine #349, ogre magi are descended from one of the demigod sons of Vaprak.
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** Ogrun in the ''[[Iron Kingdoms]]'' setting are more like [[Warcraft|Blizzard-style]] [[Our Orcs Are Different|orcs]], being a shamanist [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] PC race. Being a people who hold [[The Fettered|loyalty and service]] as the highest ideal, [[My Master, Right or Wrong|their sworn lord's alignment]] probably shapes much of their own behaviour.
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' Ogres have a society influenced by the Mongols, and wield a strange form of Gut Magic, which depends on what the caster ate. They literally worship the concept of hunger and practice rampant cannibalism, eating both other sentient races and their own kind; a [[Klingon Promotion]] generally entails the usurper devouring its predecessor. Some are captured by the Skaven to be turned into Rat Ogres.
* In ''[[Warhammer
** Specifically they become mostly capable of acting civilized after being upgraded to ''merely stupid'' with neural implants.
* Hungarian tabletop RPG/book series "World of Chaos" (like Tolkien except all the elves and dwarves are missing -imagine a [[WoW]] where the Horde has won - with the half-orc Skandar Graun acting as the main protagonist). Ogres are a major race and are given even more mutations (extra horns, heads, limbs etc.) to pick from.
* ''[[
* The Ogres of ''[[GURPS]]: Banestorm'' are among the Elder Folk of Yrth but by far the least advanced of everyone, even the orcs are cultured and intelligent compared to them. Their only saving grace is that they're stronger and tougher than every other species.
* In ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' Ogres are those abductees who were warped by abusive behaviour into tough, violent and large monsters, often with a penchant for human flesh. Their stereotypical view of humans is "''You're beautiful. On the other hand, you taste like chicken.''" Overlaps with [[All Trolls Are Different]], as some trolls are water-themed ogres.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Warcraft]]'''s ogres are large, dim-witted humanoids that either attack with a club or their fists. In the first game, they were a random neutral threat, but the second one promoted them to underlings of [[The Horde]]. WC2 also presented the ogre-magi (inspired by ''[[Dungeons
** Also, in a small subversion, in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' there's a quest where you run into a two-headed ogre who's quite intelligent, and heckles you for thinking all Ogres speak in a [[You No Take Candle]] fashion.
** Actually, one Alliance questgiver advised the player to never consider them to be the idiots that they appear to be, because that's when they usually strike.
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* In the ''[[Guild Wars]]'' universe there are two definitions of Ogres. In the first game, Ogre acts as a classification for large humanoids that do not qualify as a giants; this covered Jottuns, Ettins, and Yetis. In the second game, a race identified as Ogres have invaded the Blazeridge Mountains. Their culture revolves around beasts and all members of their society tame beasts for use in battle.
* The Oni in ''[[Touhou]]'' are somewhere between this and Orcs, with a heavy dose of [[Blood Knight]]. They would challenge everyone that will accept their challenge, usually of drinking and fighting (or drunken-fighting, natch). Too bad modern people refuse to acknowledge the existence of the supernaturals, so they retreated underground since they don't have anything fun to do with humans anymore.
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* ''[[Puzzle Quest]]'' has the hungriest ogre of all, Drong. He has a series of side quests, all revolving around getting him different things to eat. Things such as [[Masochist's Meal|poisonous spiders]], [[I'm a Humanitarian|another ogre]], [[Extreme Omnivore|diamonds and LAVA]] and [[Serial Escalation|the body of a slain god]].
* In ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', ogres are huge, powerful brutes that live in certain evil plains. They're highly aggressive, very powerful and tough, and ''will'' path to any building laying outside, wreck them, then proceed to find their way to the inside of the fortress. If you see a pack of ogres at the very beginning, you're better off restarting the game. Goblins sometimes bring them in sieges.
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