Homebrew Two-Headed Ogre Race Details

The early ogres' practice of sorcery and exposure to raw arcane magic had some unexpected side effects. Very rarely, children would be born with two heads. It soon became clear that these two-headed ogres were exceptional spellcasters, and their appearance was seen as a good omen. In time, arcanists even developed spells to replicate this phenomenon, causing normal ogres to grow a second head and increasing their intelligence and magical aptitude.

Two-Headed Ogre Traits

Two Heads

You have a second head, which you treat as a brother. It is a separate ogre character controlled by another player, living in the same body as you.



• Your brother controls one arm and one leg, while you control the opposites. You share use of your torso evenly.

• Each head has its own Intellect, Wisdom, and Charisma, but you share Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution with your brother.

• When you gain a spell or class feature, you must declare which head owns it. The feature's owner must use his half to utilize it, for requirements such as somatic or line-of-sight.

• You share a turn and actions with your brother. If your action would require the use of your brother's limbs, you may cooperate as a free action. You must agree on attacks, spell casting, and movement, or you fall prone, struggling against your own body. I hear rock-paper-scissors is preferable to falling on your faces. You can freely talk and gesture without your brother's approval.

• If a condition is applied to you, flip a coin. If you get heads, and your brother gets tails, then the condition is only applied to his half. Otherwise, you both suffer the condition.

• Only one sibling must eat, drink, breathe, or sleep at a time.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age

Ogres reach adulthood at age 12 and live up to 50 years.

Alignment

Ogres are tyrannical overlords, who believe that the world should be theirs. They respect nothing but power and strength. They are typically neutral evil, following orders only when they know they must, but issuing them whenever they can get away with it.

Size

Ogres are usually over 8 feet tall and weigh between 330 and 380 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Better Than One

Once between rests, you can grant full control of your character to your second head. He takes a full turn as normal, then you gain full control and take your turn. Your speed is halved during this affect.

Menacing

You are trained in the Intimidation skill.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.

Your ogre character has the following racial traits.