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** Ogres are a very common race in ''[[Dragonlance]]'' and are even more inclined toward evil than [[Our Goblins Are Different|goblins]]. They're an offshoot of the beautiful, human-shaped irda race, whose civilization descended into depravity ages ago and most of whom were cursed by the gods. The ogre race actually includes not just common ogres and irda, but also ogre magi, hags, and giants. After the Summer of Chaos, some savage ogres underwent magic rituals to transform themselves into the massive, beautiful, and wholly evil titans.

** Merrows are an aquatic offshoot of ogres. They breathe underwater, have scaly blue skin, and use spears instead of clubs, but are otherwise similar to normal ogres. (Note that in real-world Irish folklore, merrows were actually a kind of (generally good-natured) [[Our Mermaids Are Different|merfolk]].

* ''[[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 40000]]'', Ogryns are big, stupid mutant humans that live in stone-aged tribal societies. They look like ''Warhammer Fantasy'' Ogres, but are [[Dumb Is Good|rather friendly by 40K standards]]: They're basically large, mischievous children who like clubbing things and having cleverer people tell them what to club. They are also ''capable'' of acting civilized (even if most don't).

* 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.

* Ogres are a staple creature type for red and black in [[Magic: The Gathering]]. Those that have special abilities tend to be able to harm their controller or other friendly creatures.

* Ogres in [[Shadowrun]] are a variant of Orc who are actually rather short. Also hairless, with protruding jaws.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** 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.

* ''[[Dragon Age]]'' ogres are a type of darkspawn created from qunari. They have horns and look like wingless demons but are otherwise typical examples of The Ogre.

* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' had an Ogre as [[Underground Monkey|the first in a series of hairy muscular humanoids]] that use physical attacks and counters.

* Enemy ogres in [[Dungeon Crawl]] are [[Glass Cannon|Glass Cannons]] who can't take damage quite as well as they can deal it due to lack of armor, and playable ogres are much the same. Of note, however, is that ogres make surprisingly good mages; an [[Genius Bruiser|ogre mage]] is a fearsome foe, and a legitimate character build in the [[Magic Knight]] vein.

* The Super Mutants seem to fill this role in the post-apocalyptic setting of [[Fallout 3]]. Super mutants from the other games are more akin to "Blizzard" orcs than ogres.