Editing Half-Ogre (section)

===3e===
[[File:Half-ogre Savage Species 3e.jpg|thumb|Half-ogre from ''[[Savage Species]]''.]]
[[File:Half ogre Dragon 313.jpg|thumb|''[[Dragon Magazine|Dragon]] #313'']]
There are actually three versions of the Half-Ogre in 3rd edition; one in Dragon #313, one in [[Races of Destiny]], and the Kyrnnish Half-Ogre in the [[Dragonlance]] Campaign Setting, which was reprinted in [[Races of Ansalon]]. "Secrets of Sarlona", an [[Eberron]] sourcebook, would also introduce the ''[[Eneko]]'', a Half-Ogre like species descended from [[Ogre]]/[[Half-Giant]] hybridization.

The Dragon #313 half-ogre is a template that can be applied to Giants, Humanoids and Monstrous Humanoids. Per its own lore, most half-ogres are actually [[ogre]]-[[orc]]s, followed by [[ogre]]-[[bugbear]]s and [[ogre]]-[[gnolls]]. [[Ogre]]-[[human]]s are the least common of their kind, and ogres mating with anything else is almost unheard of.
::Small or Medium creatures with this template increase in size to Medium and Large, respectively.
::If Size increases, boost speed by +10 feet.
::+2 natural armor bonus
::Darkvision 60 feet
::Giant Blood: Treat as a Giant typed creature for special abilities, effects, magic items, etc that key off of race/type.
::+4 Strength, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +1 if size increased, otherwise +0

Both the Races of Destiny and the Krynnish Half-Ogre is instead treated as a race in its own right. Of the two, the '''[[Races of Destiny]]''' version is definitely the more powerful: [[Dungeon Magazine]] #149 would also use the RoD Half-Ogre as the basis for its [[Verbeeg]] conversion by keeping the Size at Medium and dropping the Int and Cha penalties in exchange for only getting a +4 to Str, portraying the former [[Giant-kin]] as instead half-ogres whose human ancestry is dominant.
::+6 Strength, -2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
::Giant type
::Large size
::Base speed 30 feet
::Darkvision 60 feet
::Natural Armor +4
::[[Favored Class]]: [[Barbarian]]
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +2

The '''[[Dragonlance|Krynnish]]''' Half-Ogre is weaker, but at the same time, it has much better support. See, in the [[Dragonlance]] setting, ogres are actually pretty big deals in terms of the evil humanoid races, in no small part because orcs don't exist on Krynn. As such, half-ogres actually have a free niche to fill on their own, giving them a freedom they lack in other settings.
::+4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
::Medium
::Humanoid (Ogre)
::Base Speed 30 feet
::Low-Light Vision
::+1 Natural Armor Bonus
::[[Favored Class]]: [[Fighter]]
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +1