Ogre Magus

Mountain

Gnarled Staff

Fire Bolt

When the wild, unpredictable forces of magic perfectly collide with a creature as dim-witted as an ogre, an ogre magus is the unsettling result. A normal ogre may have managed to eat a sorcerer or may have stumbled through a portal to the Plane of Fey, leading to their newfound powers. For an ogre magus, magic is less a careful tool that they’ve learned to master and more just a bigger, sharper rock with which to smash those beneath them. “Magus” can be a misleading term, as magical ability has become innate for these ogres, rather than something they have ever harnessed from an external source.

 Ogre magi often have little to no understanding of their own power, sometimes fundamentally misattributing their abilities to completely unrelated phenomenon. An ogre magus may gather brightly colored mushrooms, for example, falsely believing that their magic grows with each addition to their collection. Others may paint elaborate pictures with blood, hoping they may glean further insight into the arcane.

 As their connection to magic strikes fear into the hearts of the simple-minded creatures in their vicinity, most ogre magi naturally come to lead groups of weaker, fearful followers. The ogre magus may helm entire ogre clans or smaller factions of “lesser punies,” such as goblins, or, in some cases, kobolds.

Ogre Magus

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