Cruel Ogre (Basic Lore)

Cruel Ogre (CR 13)
Chaotic Evil - Large - Humanoid (Giant)
Ogres, along with trolls, are the 'least' of the giantkin tribes, although 'least' is a subjective term for creatures that easily reach ten feet in height and weigh close to a ton. They are thick of feature, massively fanged, and naturally inclined to be horrendously evil, delighting in tormenting the weak and exploiting the timid. Ogres are notable for their horrible tastes. If it is vile or grotesque to other humanoids, then Ogre's probably love it. Ogre's are remarkably stupid, but still display an uncomfortable level of low, mean cunning. Ogres come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but are uniformly large, thick, and sturdy. Ogres tend to be more muscular and broad than trolls, and usually lack claws on their fingers. Ogres use weapons, wear clothes, and generally enjoy the trappings of 'civilization', but everything about them is awful. They get along poorly with all civilized races smaller than them, have an uneasy competition with trolls over who is more nasty, and tend to get along swimmingly with larger giants, whom they usually regard with respect that can border upon fawning the more powerful the giants become. Ogres tend to be good at crafts, believe it or not, and will frequently make and use various items and equipment. Cruel Ogres are ones which, even among the terrible ranks of Ogre-kind, stand out for sheer horrible cruelty. They fight with spiked clubs, which they liberally coat with their own vile filth, just to make sure victims have a hard time recovering even if they escape. They will seek out even other ogres for their monstrous sport, and their cruelty knows no bounds or reason with those weaker than they. Every spiteful, cruel, petty thing you can imagine, is meat and drink to the low, evil spirit of a cruel ogre. In combat, this vicious streak manifests itself in the way cruel ogres will use salt, that most essential of life-giving elements, as an implement to inflict incredible agonies upon their enemies. Even worse, Cruel Ogres lead such lives of savage degeneracy, they are nearly inured to pain themselves, making fights with them nasty and unpleasant affairs. Cruel ogres are among the worst of the worst, and even their putative allies are hard-pressed to find a good use for them.