What level would my group need to be to take out a fire giant and 3 hell hounds?

dunno seems pretty powerful.

just like on the cover of the players handbook lmao

my party of lvl 5-8s have optimized builds and magic items that suit their builds so in reality they’re more like a lvl 7-10 party, with some pretty bad rolls it was pretty close fight.

it was the same challenge rating, 1 CR 9 and 3 CR 3s. Except it was a glabrezu and some warhammer bloodletters i proxied as bearded devils.(reskinned as demons)

Why the fire giant artwork look closely like Ganondorf from the Zelda games xD

I was expecting him to cast fireball, firebolt at least?

thats funny im just here to make a modified stat block of this guy for my next boss in a zelda themed campaign

omg 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.

 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.

 My head hurts.

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Anyone else notice the audio file attached to this is matthew mercers voice! 

 AND HE DID GANON O MY GOD

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

 i am in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why does he have a huge torso and normal-sized legs and head

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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? 

 
Very unlikely. A party especially designed to fight huge monsters might have a chance to look at the CR or the fire giant and the CR of the Hill giant. For a lvl 4 party even hill giant + 3 orcs were a very difficult encounter. A fire giant however has very high AC, lots of health, and better stronger attacks. I'm using a fire giant as a "We need to avoid this fight." boss against a party of lvl 3-4s 

 maybe, but make that greatsword attack a 4d6 also in my first campiegn, we defeated 3 hags at level 5

We are planning to have my lizardfolk barbarian down a few potions and fight this guy in a Kaiju-esque fight later in our campaign.

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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'm making a frost giant king

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I was expecting him to cast fireball, firebolt at least?

 Yeah where are his fire attacks? The greatsword does physical, and the rock does physical, and there's no burning touch, cold vulnerability, etc. 

Aaaaah such a flat sword

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Look at those tiny little legs! I bet his strength would be 30 if he didn't skip leg day.