Ogre-mage

Obsolete: This article refers to an aspect of the game which has been removed. It is retained for historical reference only.

This page is about the player species. For the monster, see Ogre-mage (monster).

Ogre-mages were a separate race of ogres who are unique among the beefier species in their ability to use magic, especially enchantments. Although slighter than their common ogre relatives they nevertheless have great strength and can survive a lot of punishment. They advanced in level very slowly, needing half again as much experience as humans.

As compared to the standard ogres of the time, ogre-mages were generally more competent: they were the equal to or better than their cousins in everything other than Shields and Armour. On the downside, they required more experience to advance in level, had fewer hit points, and could not eat raw meat unless hungry (which pre-0.5 ogres could).

Preferred Classes

Ogre-mages prefer to become Wizards, Conjurers, Necromancers, Fire Elementalists, Ice Elementalists, Air Elementalists, Earth Elementalists, and Venom Mages.

Level Bonuses

• +1 HP every level.
• Average MP.
• +1 strength or intelligence every 5th level.

Skill aptitudes

The lower the value, the better the aptitude.

Skill	Aptitude	Skill	Aptitude	Skill	Aptitude
Attack		Miscellaneous		Magic
Fighting	100	Armour	170	Spellcasting	91
Short Blades	110	Dodging	130	Conjurations	100
Long Blades	100	Stealth	100	Enchantments	80
Axes	100	Stabbing	130	Summonings	100
Maces & Flails	100	Shields	150	Necromancy	100
Polearms	100	Traps & Doors	150	Translocations	100
Staves	100			Transmutation	100
Unarmed Combat	100	Invocations	75	Divinations	100
		Evocations	75
Throwing	150			Fire Magic	100
Slings	150			Ice Magic	100
Bows	150			Air Magic	100
Crossbows	150			Earth Magic	100
Darts	150	Experience	150	Poison Magic	100

History

In 0.5, they were merged with standard ogres. Ogres' fighting aptitudes were generally buffed, and this was when they acquired their unusual property of being very competent at basic spellcasting but very bad at all specific schools of magic. Pre-0.5 ogres were actually even worse than modern ogres at specific schools of magic, with the notable exception of Earth magic, where they had a 120 aptitude (-1 in the modern system).