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<blockquote data-quote="Theo R Cwithin" data-source="post: 5411140" data-attributes="member: 75712"><p>Ugh, no, flashbacks! I had a Bbn3/Sorc3 or thereabouts get taken by surprise when he took on an "ogre" that tuned out to be a troll living among the ogre-tribe we were assaulting. The PC went from nearly full steam to deep negatives because of that bleeding claw/claw/rend. He also happened to have the only fire magic available at the time.</p><p></p><p>Trolls are horrible. Like the other posters say, I think they're best when the PCs aren't sure what they're up against, or to used with variant descriptions or forms. Reskin a troll as an ogre mutant and watch the PCs freak out (mine especially <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) when it starts rending everything in sight and doesn't go down like <em>all the other ogres in the cave</em>!</p><p></p><p>Trolls also make fine ingredients for weird arcane experiments. Their regen makes them attractive for crazy wizards to mix with other creatures. It's kind of fun when a party goes foraging and brings back a rabbit, only to have it "come alive" again, snap at the PCs, and go hopping off with a pilfered hunk of meat clenched in its jaws.</p><p></p><p>I also once ginned up a beast that was accidentally created by a covey of hags trying to combine their own essence with the beauty of a nymph and the ferocity of a troll. The resulting mishap (of course) imperfectly merged all the creatures together into an insane hunchbacked multi-faced monstrosity with too many joints and fingers. It rampaged, threw magic, cackled and wept simultaneously, and even intermittently tried to kill itself in the middle of combat. I built it to be pretty low-level, so it wasn't hard to defeat, but it provided a healthy dose of wtf while it lasted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Theo R Cwithin, post: 5411140, member: 75712"] Ugh, no, flashbacks! I had a Bbn3/Sorc3 or thereabouts get taken by surprise when he took on an "ogre" that tuned out to be a troll living among the ogre-tribe we were assaulting. The PC went from nearly full steam to deep negatives because of that bleeding claw/claw/rend. He also happened to have the only fire magic available at the time. Trolls are horrible. Like the other posters say, I think they're best when the PCs aren't sure what they're up against, or to used with variant descriptions or forms. Reskin a troll as an ogre mutant and watch the PCs freak out (mine especially ;) ) when it starts rending everything in sight and doesn't go down like [I]all the other ogres in the cave[/I]! Trolls also make fine ingredients for weird arcane experiments. Their regen makes them attractive for crazy wizards to mix with other creatures. It's kind of fun when a party goes foraging and brings back a rabbit, only to have it "come alive" again, snap at the PCs, and go hopping off with a pilfered hunk of meat clenched in its jaws. I also once ginned up a beast that was accidentally created by a covey of hags trying to combine their own essence with the beauty of a nymph and the ferocity of a troll. The resulting mishap (of course) imperfectly merged all the creatures together into an insane hunchbacked multi-faced monstrosity with too many joints and fingers. It rampaged, threw magic, cackled and wept simultaneously, and even intermittently tried to kill itself in the middle of combat. I built it to be pretty low-level, so it wasn't hard to defeat, but it provided a healthy dose of wtf while it lasted. [/QUOTE]
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