playing storm kings thunder. me and my friend ( lvl 1) just killed one of these

What do you all think about homebrewing a Fire Giant King (or warlord, etc.), then putting him with regular fire giants as his guards... in a volcano. I'd make him a legendary monster with lair actions, too.

Also, how would one go about homebrewing that?

I know i really liked that character aswell he was so awesome the whole description of him and his voice 😭😭

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Poor Spurt... these are fantastic enemies

 I know i really liked that character aswell he was so awesome the whole description of him and his voice 😭😭

Is my math off or is this guy massively over-encumbered? Str 25x15 (for caring)=375 x2 (for large)=750 x2 (for huge)=1500 x2 (for lift drag pull)=3000.  Plate 65lbs enlarge spell (multiply weight x8) 65lbs on medium character X8 (for large)=520 x8 (for huge)=4160. Great sword 6lbs x8 (for large)=48 x8 (for huge)=348. 4160(plate) +348(great sword)= 4508lbs. 3008 pounds over. Lol these numbers are even more fun with Duergar with 3lvls in Rune Knight ^-^ I'll save you the math Duergar in plate with heavy crossbow 20 bolts...... 23,360 pounds. Most powerful build at level 3 Duragar belly flop.

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This guy looks like Gannondorf from The Legend Of Zelda...hmmm, Hyrule campaign anyone?

 I've actually been making one, it doesn't allow the normal D&D races, it instead allows the players to choose the races, Hylian (literally just human with a different name), Gerudo, Goron, Zora, Sheikah, and Rito. I've also been homebrewing monsters for it. It's hard to position the planes of existence of the setting though (Is the Twilight Realm more like the Fewild or the Shadowfell, where do I put the sacred realm, should I replace the ethereal plane with the silent realm or should the silent realm be the feywild and the twilight realm be the shadowfell, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah).

 Twilight Realm = Shadowfell.

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Will my level 4 party kill  a fire giant if they took out a hill giant and three orcs with ease? 

 I think so, but probably not with ease. Hill Giants have a CR 5 and Orcs have a CR 1/2. Do they have high armor classes, because my party of Lv. 6 characters had a tough time with these. (They had about 14 armor classes.)

YES 

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Is my math off or is this guy massively over-encumbered? Str 25x15 (for caring)=375 x2 (for large)=750 x2 (for huge)=1500 x2 (for lift drag pull)=3000.  Plate 65lbs enlarge spell (multiply weight x8) 65lbs on medium character X8 (for large)=520 x8 (for huge)=4160. Great sword 6lbs x8 (for large)=48 x8 (for huge)=348. 4160(plate) +348(great sword)= 4508lbs. 3008 pounds over. Lol these numbers are even more fun with Duergar with 3lvls in Rune Knight ^-^ I'll save you the math Duergar in plate with heavy crossbow 20 bolts...... 23,360 pounds. Most powerful build at level 3 Duragar belly flop.

 I got 4544 lbs for the armor and sword, but you still have a point. Plus, that's not even accounting for the rock. Maybe the weight of weapons that are naturally larger than Medium is calculated differently than that of weapons enlarged by the enlarge spell?

Also, it's worth noting that the fire giant's speed is 30 feet, while all other true giants in the Basic Rules except the storm giant have a speed of 40 feet. And iirc this is the only one of them that has heavy armor. So I imagine the overencumberment is intentional.

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Is my math off or is this guy massively over-encumbered? Str 25x15 (for caring)=375 x2 (for large)=750 x2 (for huge)=1500 x2 (for lift drag pull)=3000.  Plate 65lbs enlarge spell (multiply weight x8) 65lbs on medium character X8 (for large)=520 x8 (for huge)=4160. Great sword 6lbs x8 (for large)=48 x8 (for huge)=348. 4160(plate) +348(great sword)= 4508lbs. 3008 pounds over. Lol these numbers are even more fun with Duergar with 3lvls in Rune Knight ^-^ I'll save you the math Duergar in plate with heavy crossbow 20 bolts...... 23,360 pounds. Most powerful build at level 3 Duragar belly flop.

 You are assuming doubling again, from large to huge, makes the weight x8 again.

From Medium to large, each dimension is increased x2, therefore x8 weight, and 1 square become 4 squares.

However, from large to huge, 4 squares become 9 squares (*2.25), which tells us that each dimension increases x1.5, so the weight increases x3.375.

That gives a full plate that weights 1755 (65*8*3.375) pounds... Welp. Still over-encumbered, but not quite as much.

But wait! Plate armor weight shouldn't really go up with volume, should it? For the enlarge spell, sure, but the plate for a goliath can be the same thickness as for a dwarf.
That tells us that armor weight can go up squared (with area) instead of cubed (with volume), giving the armor a weight of 65*4*2.25=585 pounds only, well within the giant's carrying capacity.
Even if we'd ignore the previous attempt, and say large->huge is x2 (since giants range from16 feet to 26 feet, which is closer to 4x the height of a human than to x3), we'd have an armor that weighs 1040 pounds.

That being said, realistically, armor for a giant would probably be thicker than armor for a human (since it'll have to stop hits coming from giants), but it probably wouldn't have to be 4 times as thick.
Also, a duergar rune knight would have to watch out for the encumbrance issue, since their armor DOES grow in all dimensions.

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Poor Spurt... these are fantastic enemies

 May spurt rest in pieces. <3

GANONDORF, YOU *****! My arch nemesis...

I’d love that!

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This guy looks like Gannondorf from The Legend Of Zelda...hmmm, Hyrule campaign anyone?

 I’d totally do a zelda campaign! 

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Poor Spurt... these are fantastic enemies

I am literally watching this episode and decided to come check the stats. Lol.

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This guy looks like Gannondorf from The Legend Of Zelda...hmmm, Hyrule campaign anyone?

 I've actually been making one, it doesn't allow the normal D&D races, it instead allows the players to choose the races, Hylian (literally just human with a different name), Gerudo, Goron, Zora, Sheikah, and Rito. I've also been homebrewing monsters for it. It's hard to position the planes of existence of the setting though (Is the Twilight Realm more like the Fewild or the Shadowfell, where do I put the sacred realm, should I replace the ethereal plane with the silent realm or should the silent realm be the feywild and the twilight realm be the shadowfell, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah).

 You could probably use the Aaroka ( or however it is said) for the rito, and I would probably use elf for hylians. Also... LOFTWINGS!

Looks like a Harkonnen

I think I need to kill a firegiant for his sword. would work great on my rune knight (:

Bro good idea I am doing LOTR campain

homie's looking a lot like Ganondorf.