Why bother with an ogre miniature?
Ogres are a common creature in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition games; they are small for Giants, but very big for humanoids, they get angry easily, and they tend to throw things when they get angry. Big things. Ogres have been used in D&D since the early days, and there is no sign that they will be phased out any time soon. They are flexible and interesting for lots of different uses, as they will work for almost anyone who can pay.
What about this mini?
This unpainted miniature is from WizKids‘ Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts line: Ogre #90041. The base is large, which makes it the correct size, and I love the sculpt. There are a bunch of ogre options out there, but this one is my favourite.
How useful is this mini, really?
Ogres are included in 22 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Acquisitions Incorporated
- Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus
- Call Of The Netherdeep
- Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen
- Explorer’s Guide To Wildemount
- Ghosts Of Saltmarsh
- Glory Of The Giants
- Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica
- Icewind Dale: Rime Of The Frostmaiden
- Keys From The Golden Vault
- Monster Manual
- Out Of The Abyss
- Phandelver And Below: The Shattered Obelisk
- Princes Of The Apocalypse
- Quests From The Infinite Staircase
- Storm King’s Thunder
- Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
- Tales From The Yawning Portal
- Tyranny Of Dragons
- Volo’s Guide To Monsters
- Waterdeep: Dungeon Of The Mad Mage
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything
That’s a lot of books. If you get an ogre miniature, chances are you will be using it sooner rather than later. I homebrew my campaigns, but I use ogres as well, for all sorts of different things. They are bad guys, they are good guys, and much of the time they are just guys who get paid to do a job.
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views of the miniature and sizing information about it. As I already said, the ogre has a large base size and that’s the correct size. Also, as usual I want to thank wildlife artist Sherrie York, reduction linocut expert, for kindly allowing me to use one of her pieces, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for the minis