Hey, hey, hey, now... quit picking on the boogres!
The Den of Thieves finished as four Boogres, two non-Boogres. Attacking and damage wasn't a real concern past the beginning of the game. And for someone who started as a flighty little pixie, those 100 HP make a difference, lemme tell ya [img]smile.gif[/img]
I've also not noticed a real problem with Boogre-ized spell casters failing. They may, but it's not been significant enough for me to worry about.
There is one definite drawback to Boogres... they can't get on (or off) a horse, as bsftcs mentioned. You have to have a "normal" character do that... however, once someone is on the horse, the Boogres come along for the ride...
So there's the other opinion
Take it for what it's worth... they're not so bad