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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4901054" data-attributes="member: 15538">They're Just OgresMy players, busily attempting to save the world, found themselves exploring a cavern as 12th level characters. Their dwarven scout goes ahead and discovers the room ahead is guarded by four ogres, two with greatclubs and two with morningstars. He reports back. The group starts planning their cunning ambush, when one player remarks, "Well, they're just ogres." The wizard revises his plan to opening fire with a charge of his wand of fireballs, which does 5d6, rather than one of his own precious spell slots. This party, which heretofore has used and abused detect magic in every conceivable way, does not bother to inspect the ogres for gear or spells, nor do they take the time to ask what the ogres are wearing.Surprise round. The scout shoots one ogre with an arrow. The wizard uses his wand... delivering something like 9 points of damage with his fireball. The cleric fires his greatbow. The barbarian charges with her greatsword, delivering a solid blow. The barbarian starts to activate her rage, then says, "Naw, I'll save it." The paladin charges, and decides to conserve his smite.Round one. The scout scoots and shoots. The wizard casts gillterdust on two of the ogres. One of the ogres power attacks the barbarian, crits, and kills her instantly. Another grapples the wizard, who is forced to d-dor to escape. The paladin attacks a blinded ogre, who responds by flailing blindly at his mount... striking it, and sending it into the small negatives in hit points. The cleric heals the wizard.Round two. The scout identifies that the greatclub wielding ogres seem to be less well equipped, and scoots and shoots. The wizard unleashes empowered magic missiles against wounded ogres. The paladin viciously smites the blind ogre. Round three. The party mops up, easily downing the relatively low CR opponents.The players are rather taken aback. One of the players accuses me of being a "killer DM." The paladin's player adopts a more reasoned attitude and announces, "I am henceforth striking the phrase, 'They're just ogres,' from my vocabulary." The accusatory player later makes a snide comment about customized monsters not in the MM... I open up the MM and point to the entry for Ogre Barbarian.</blockquote>

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