Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28153737-20160626192749/@comment-26172435-20160626201107

Of course, I have spend some time doing some research on this particular subject but could not find sufficient ground to suggest them. Best overview of info available is offered, as in many cases, by TolkienGateway.

Afaic, if Mevans would ever wanna consider adding 'Ogres', I'd just consider them a sub-species of Trolls, not half-trolls, and base them on the myth of the creature, as being in fact a Troll and connected to some region on ME. Therefore I could agree with the notion of adding them in some particular region, but I'd rather reserve them for the east: in some part, sub-biome, of the Red Mountains, and add them to the mod's lore, just like they did with the Tauredain.

I definitely not make them as common as Aurochses, as those are fairly common animals. Instead, only make them appear in some densely forested mountain slope biome adjacent to more populated areas in-line with the notion that they jave cannibalistic tendencies. I could imagine them in a limited number of pathes of densely forested foothills at the western or eastern slopes of the northern red mountains. The harsh climate there could justify a protein and fat rich diet, based on higher mammals and humanoid creatures.

Their structures could be as simple as that of other Trolls, as they're a very hardy breed. Simple, hay decorated caves would be their main base type, with large branches as doors. They would share these dens with wolverines, who they'd have as pets and for their convenience in the hunt ... wolverines have a phenomenal sense of smell!

For aestetical reasons and to not scare of the competition, I'd would give them a loin cloth to wear ... :)

Of course, these creatures would be fierce, hostile to any NPC and player, regardless alignment, as they were abominations of Trolls turned nasty ... I just made that up to spice up the notion. And their stats would be similar to Mountain (Hill) Trolls.

Overall, Ogres should be a serious challenge and could be added later on, while filling up Rhûn with more 'lore derived' features. :)