Half Ogre Brawler Build - Dragonlance

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Hi playground, Im running a Dragonlance campaign, and Im creating characters for players. The campaign will start off at ECL 3, and one of the characters is a Half Ogre fighter. In my campaign, Ive decided to make all the Ogres rednecks, and a Brawler build would be ideal for an Ogre. I was envisioning him using a 2x4 with a nail through it as a weapon, or perhaps an Iron Skillet.

Here are the stats for DL Half Ogres -

+4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, -2
Charisma. Like their ogre parent, half-ogres are strong
and tough, but they also inherit that parent’s dull wit
and lack of social graces.
• Medium: As Medium creatures, half-ogres have no
special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Humanoid (ogre): A half-ogre is a humanoid with the
ogre subtype.
• Half-ogre base land speed is 30 feet.
• Low-Light Vision: Half-ogres can see twice as far as a
human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar
conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability
to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
• +1 natural armor bonus.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Ogre. Bonus
Languages: Any. Half-ogres often take their human
parent’s regional language as a bonus language.
• Favored Class: Fighter.
• Level Adjustment: +1.

Thanks

[Wacky89]

Wow that half-ogre race is really bad. LA +1 for almost the same racial stuff as a water-orc, which has LA+0.
But I guess if power level of the campaign isn't that high, it'll do fine.

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Yeah, they suck, but thats why I asked for optimization for them.

Half-Ogre No LA Racial Traits

+2 Strength, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma. Half-Ogres are strong and tough, but they tend to be dull-witted and crude.
Medium-size: As Medium-size creatures, Half-Ogre have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
A Half-Ogre has a base speed of 30.
Darkvision: Half-Ogres can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal site. Half-Ogre can function just fine with no light at all.
Ogre Blood. For all special abilities and effects, a Half-Ogre is considered an Ogre. Half-Ogres, for example, can use special Ogre weapons or magic items with racially specific Ogre powers as if they were Ogres.
Automatic Languages: Common and Ogre.
Favored Class: Barbarian.