Black forest ogre

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Black forest ogre
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Level 60
Family ogre family creatures
Body Type Biped
Classification(s) Living
Boss
Area(s) Found Blighted Forest
Aradhul Road
BCS Yes
HP 300
Speed ?
Attack Attributes
Physical Attacks
Dhara (Rogues) 340 AS
Closed fist (Wizards) 294 AS
Bolt Spells
Hand of Tonis (505) 379 AS
Minor Acid (904) 379 AS
Minor Fire (906) 379 AS
Major Cold (907) 379 AS
Warding Spells
Cold Snap (512) 222 CS
Misc. Offensive Spells
Elemental Dispel (417)
Tremors (909)
Call Wind (912)
Elemental Focus (513)
Elemental Targeting (425)
Combat Maneuvers
Cheapshots
Special Offensive Abilities
Familiar Gate (930)
Foam Increase AS
Defense Attributes
Armor
Brigandine Armor (natural) ASG 12N
Defensive Strength (DS)
Melee 250 to 261
Ranged ?
Bolt 229
Unarmed Defense Factor
UDF ?
Target Defense (TD)
Bard Base 205
Cleric Base 219
Empath Base 217 - 219
Paladin Base ?
Ranger Base 179 - 193
Sorcerer Base 231 to 234
Wizard Base 246
Minor Elemental 246
Major Elemental 246
Minor Spiritual 219
Major Spiritual 219
Minor Mental ?
Defensive Spells
Elemental Defense I
Elemental Defense II
Elemental Defense III
Elemental Barrier
Thurfel's Ward
Prismatic Guard
Mass Blur
Wizard's Shield
Treasure Attributes
Coins Yes
Gems Yes
Magic Items Yes
Boxes Yes
Other Glowing violet essence shard
A black forest ogre plods through the countryside, her immense arm and leg muscles rippling with each wide step.  An oversized, slavering lower jaw and two long, pointed, lower teeth give the ogre a constant toothy sneer.  The thick bones of her protruding forehead shade beady black eyes, and if there is any intelligence in those eyes, it is completely obscured by the black forest ogre's vicious malevolence.  Short, coal black hair covers the creature's body and appendages, though in many places the hair is broken by long, deep scars.

Hunting strategies

Depending on your hunting style, and the number of hunters in the entire Blighted Forest, you may see far fewer wizard ogres than rogue ogres. This is because they tend to use Familiar Gate (930) to warp throughout the forest, often to other hunters. Especially in the treetop portion of the forest, they will often be present for only a short period of time before they gate into the much larger ground level portion of the forest. Additionally, both rogues and wizards tend to spawn in groups. One will often encounter multiple ogre wizards in a row, and then no more for the entirety of a hunt. This can be particularly difficult when attempting to combat a grizzled ogre that is a wizard. If not dealt with promptly, it will likely gate to another portion of the forest, requiring a great deal of searching to find it.

Wizard ogres spawn with a spell prepped. In addition to this, despite conventional logic, they can use familiar gate with a spell prepped. For this reason, it is important to differentiate between spawning wizard ogres and rogue ogres quickly.

Other information

Black forest ogres come in two varieties. Most of them are rogues, but a few of them are wizards. The rogue ogres use cheapshots, are armed with dharas, and are capable of throwing weapons at an opponent. The wizard ogres will use Hand of Tonis (505) in bolt form, focused Ice Patch (512), most of the Wizard circle bolts, Call Wind (912) with a high potential for vortex formation, Tremors (909), Elemental Dispel (417) and Familiar Gate (930), in addition to many defensive spells. The ogre mages do not carry any weapons, but otherwise look the same as their rogue counterparts. For casting professions, a quick way to tell them apart is by their CvA, the rogues having a CvA of 8, while the wizards having a CvA of 17. Like other creatures, such as shan warriors, they can foam at the mouth for a temporary increase in AS.

Messaging

A black forest ogre spots a small woodland creature. With speed impressive for a creature of her bulk, she snatches up the hapless animal, holding it in front of herself in her large fist. Slowly she squeezes until the animal's eyes burst out of its head. Then she drops the carcass and roars in laughter.

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