Is that an earthquake? Or are massive footsteps approaching? Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants brings a vast library of giant lore and character options to your game!
This book follows the accounts of the prolific wizard Bigby and the knowledge he gained surrounding the giants’ roles in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Let’s explore what you can expect from this sourcebook and how this colossal amount of content will grow your games!
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What's in the Book?
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants delves into the ancient history of one of the primordial empires on the Material Plane, the legendary giants. The book sheds light on the giants’ ordning—the hierarchical structure of their civilization—as well as their religious beliefs and societal organizations across different realms.
For players, Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants introduces a tremendous amount of mighty character options, such as the Path of the Giant barbarian subclass, which allows barbarians to channel the elemental and immense power of giants when they rage. Players will also find two backgrounds, including the giant foundling background, and eight feats that allow them to incorporate the glory of giants in their character’s backstory and as they level up!
This sourcebook also provides over 30 giant-themed magic items, including three legendary artifacts, while offering Dungeon Masters valuable tools like lair maps, adventure hooks, encounter tables, treasure ideas, and inspiration for roleplaying giants.
Last, and certainly not least, this book presents a gargantuan collection of giant monsters, offering more than 70 new stat blocks and a detailed exploration of their descriptions, lore, and mannerisms, providing a vibrant ecosystem of colossal creatures to encounter.
Explore the Primordial Power of Giants
Long ago, the giants were a mighty empire that ruled over the early days of the Material Plane. Today, you'll discover isolated tribes and clans of giants throughout the multiverse, each with a unique way of life and links to the bygone kingdom. Remnants of their ancient empires can still be found in remote regions, where statues and monuments stand as testaments to their mighty societies and rich history.
The Ordning
Among the various types of giants, including cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, hill giants, stone giants, and storm giants, there exists a structured social hierarchy known as the ordning. Each giant is assigned a rank within this caste system, determining their social standing and relationships with others. Some giants dedicate their lives to excelling in the qualities valued by their society, seeking to rise within the ordning.
The Giants’ Pantheon
It is said that when the giants fell from glory, their god, Annam, abandoned his children and would not return until they reestablished an empire fit for their station.
Because of this, giants often do not pray to their progenitor but to his divine children and other hero-deities that constitute the giants' pantheon. The sons of Annam, representing each subsection of giantkind, hold significant positions among the religious beliefs of the various giant civilizations.
Some giants decide to shun their peers’ gods and turn to deities outside of societal norms, seeking power to defy their position in the ordning, a grave transgression against the ordning that results in social ostracism.
Fee-fi-fo-fum!
Throughout the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse, giants stand as colossal figures with a rich and complex history. Whether you want to delve into the secrets of their fallen empires, create a character connected to these primordial beings, or build an entire campaign surrounding their mysteries, Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants is your ultimate handbook!
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What ist the benefit for preordering, other than you can play with my money earlier ?
I am really looking forward to what this Book can offer to my future Projects.
My guess is that they did, but they're just using the POG Barbarian as the main one just because it relates the most to what the book's about. They did say "a tremendous amount"
The player options are very Poor. Especially for the price you are asking. Where is the druid and wizard subclass?
No Rune or Dino? Just use the UA. Problem solved. You don't NEED to use official crap especially when they release junk like this. Or get inventive and homebrew your own.
How can you tell? I don't have access yet, even though I paid the pre-order for digital download.
If only - but the preorder page makes it look like that really is the only subclass. The feats and backgrounds are still cool, but "tremendous amount" is probably a bit of an exaggeration.
Seriously, quit EAing our roleplaying game!
I see it that way. During the whole time, WotC managed to spoil my desire for new books more and more. The content became less and less interesting, it seems unmotivated and whether for players or game masters, the content is not satisfactory. You get less content for more money. No thanks, I prefer to use homebrew or third party content. Beyond was better before WotC. And when the much-touted "one D&D" is released....it remains to be seen whether Beyond is still usable for people who definitely want to leave it at 5E because "One D&D" is not playable. It's not fun, it's oversimplified and just seems like people who don't have a clue how to create an interesting game system that has depth have worked on it.
But its only the opinion at my table.
I'm wondering if this could be used to combine it with Storm King's Thunder and Against The Giants
Doesn’t sound worth the money… Do better
"stomping into stores" "fee-fi-fo-fum" XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD
Really hoping that many character options is more then one damn subclass and two backgrounds.
I can't see any point pre-ordering this book right now, 1 sub-class, a few feats, 70 creatures, and lore that I am expecting to be rehashed from Volo's Guide to Monsters. Now as a DM I am interested in the creatures, the Barbarian sub-class was the least interesting of the 3 that was presented in the UA and frankly the Rune Knight is a better option (Especially with the Hill Giant Rune). And the lore doesn't really matter as I am currently running a homebrew world where Giants already have their own lore, and I just can't imagine what this book can offer in terms of lore other than it being more long winded version of the same information they have already sold us before but can justify as that book is now void. Once it is released I will have to see what the reviews are like, but personally I think I might wait until it is on sale tbh
Alright; that got a chuckle out of me.
Thanks!
Can I add that to a book I'm writing? Sounds amazing!
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Worth it? Cant see what the Perks look like... Preorder or wait for sale ?...
Pirate
You called it giant. there better be 300+ pages.
I don't think there is. I believe it's smaller than Fizban's.