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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.A hill giant who dies with an empty stomach, full of rage and regret, might become suffused with energy from the Negative Plane and rise as
the barrowghast a noxious stench.
Barrowghasts no longer hunger for physical food and instead crave life energy drained from living creatures. They often target former family members and allies, but
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
Family Names: Brushgather, Goodbarrel, Greenbottle, High-hill, Hilltopple, Leagallow, Tealeaf, Thorngage, Tosscobble, Underbough
Subrace
The two main kinds of halfling, lightfoot and stout, are
Curious
Halflings are an affable and cheerful people. They cherish the bonds of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, Lavinia, Lidda, Merla, Nedda, Paela, Portia, Seraphina, Shaena, Trym, Vani, Verna Family Names: Brushgather, Goodbarrel, Greenbottle, High-hill, Hilltopple, Leagallow, Tealeaf, Thorngage, Tosscobble, Underbough
Halfling Names A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname. Family names are often nicknames that stuck so tenaciously they have been passed down through the generations. Male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, Lavinia, Lidda, Merla, Nedda, Paela, Portia, Seraphina, Shaena, Trym, Vani, Verna Family Names: Brushgather, Goodbarrel, Greenbottle, High-hill, Hilltopple, Leagallow, Tealeaf, Thorngage, Tosscobble, Underbough
Halfling Names A halfling has a given name, a family name, and possibly a nickname. Family names are often nicknames that stuck so tenaciously they have been passed down through the generations. Male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
merely fuels his torment. Exceptionally arrogant, Godefroy brooks no opinions or criticisms from his inferiors, and blames every failure on his spirit servants. Godefroy’s family still haunts the
House on Gryphon Hill. Although he wishes for their love, he avoids the floor of the house where they dwell, resenting their rightful condemnation. Godefroy is convinced the Apparatus is the key to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
at once without swallowing. GROLANTOR: ALWAYS HUNGRY, NEVER FULL
The deity most revered by hill giants is Grolantor, the least of Annam’s six sons, the black sheep of the family who was scorned by
Hill Giants Hill giants live to eat. Anyone who understands this one fact about them knows everything there is to know. Ordning of Gluttony Hill giants are the weakest of the true giants. They have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
Adventure Background Holrow Homestead is a farm that has been in the Holrow family for generations. The two-story, saltbox farmhouse is built atop a hill with a huge secret (see the “Secret of Holrow
traveled far and wide to make names for themselves, Arthur stayed home and took care of his aging parents. The Holrow name is well known, and many members of the family became accomplished magicians
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Human Fighter 1 Your family is no stranger to wealth, power, and privilege. In the glory days of Neverwinter, your parents were the count and countess of Corlinn Hill, a large estate located in the
hills northeast of the city. But Mount Hotenow erupted thirty years ago, devastating Neverwinter and erasing Corlinn Hill from the map. Instead of growing up on an estate, you were raised in a small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Hill Giant Hill giants are selfish brutes that hunt, forage, and raid in constant search of food. They blunder through hills and forests devouring what they can, bullying smaller creatures into
feeding them. Their laziness and dullness would long ago have spelled their end if not for their formidable size and strength. Primitive. Hill giants dwell in hills and mountain valleys across the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Each denizen of this realm can relate a story of a terrifying haunting that they or someone they know experienced personally. The House on Gryphon Hill is the most famous haunted house in Mordent, known
questions.
Who your family? Ancestry matters in Mordent. Are you from a landed family? Or were your parents tenant farmers, fishers, laborers, or in service to one of the noble estates?
What are your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Human Paladin Shawn Wood Your family is no stranger to wealth, power, and privilege. In the glory days of Neverwinter, your parents ruled the county of Corlinn Hill, located in the hills northeast
of the city. But Mount Hotenow erupted thirty years ago, devastating Neverwinter and erasing Corlinn Hill. Instead of growing up on an estate, you were raised in a small townhouse in Waterdeep. As an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
darkness. Strahd bequeathed the winery and vineyard to the noble Krezkov family as a reward for the family’s loyalty. Later, an arranged marriage between the Krezkovs and the Martikov family led to the
land being taken over by a Martikov descendant. The winery and vineyard have been tended by the Martikovs ever since. At some point, the Martikov family became infected with widespread lycanthropy. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
frustration. He eagerly uses threats and violence to manipulate the living and the dead, eagerly taking advantage of any connection he perceives—especially ties to family. Personality Trait. “I have no
patience for insult, disrespect, or provocation, and I respond with violence to any affront.” Ideal. “My perspective and concerns are the only ones that matter.” Bond. “Gryphon Hill is my ancestral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Age Giants are long-lived compared to humans, though not as much as their semidivine ancestors. Their life spans generally correspond with their place in the ordning, with hill giants living about
Behaviors table suggests some ways you can communicate a giant’s age in an encounter. Life Spans Giant Kind Life Span Hill 200 years Frost 250 years Fire 350 years Cloud 400 years Storm 600 years Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
together as they listened for her pursuers. Sure enough, heavy footfalls soon stomped up the hill toward the house, and a hushed conversation took place just outside the barn doors, but eventually the
learned each other’s names. Arthur’s generous heart embraced the whole family. He made space for them in the main house by pulling down the second story, boarding up the windows, and opening up the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
The Martikov Family If the characters head toward the cloaked figure, the other wereravens emerge from the stand of trees and greet them in human form. They wear dark leather rain cloaks and cowls
evil druids and blights have attacked the winery and forced his family to take refuge in the woods. If the characters rid the winery of its invaders, Davian is grateful. Only then does he tell them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
pull himself together and fulfill his obligations. Homesteads in Peril Herivin Dardragon, the halfling proprietor of the Harvest Inn in the town of Westbridge, has received reports that ogres and hill
halflings who lost an orchard of olive trees and most of their livestock to hill giants. The Skittermarsh clan has gathered its remaining livestock (a sickly cow and four hungry goats) and packed its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, death mask, faded love letter, family portrait When death occurs in Mordent, it doesn’t signal a passage to a state of rest, or an end to the struggle of mortal existence. Death here heralds the beginning
ways to maintain that order. In Mordent, the dead who have unfinished business or a strong tie to a place or a family line manifest as all manner of spectral terrors. But not every unquiet spirit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
relative positions of the six main kinds of giants, with storm giants at the top, followed (in order) by cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, and stone giants, with hill giants at the bottom. Other
creatures of the Giant type—such as ettins, fomorians, and trolls—are not counted as part of the ordning, placing them functionally below the hill giants. At a smaller scale, every giant has a precise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
passed and no one from the manor came into town, Sildar Hallwinter braved the walk up the hill to investigate. Where the manor once stood, he found only rubble, scorch marks, ruined construction, and
strong-armed into submission, or how many of the politicians could be replaced by a member of your own implausibly large family.
— Rosie Beestinger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
adventure with a human Knight of Solamnia named Becklin and a hill dwarf warrior named Cudgel. These two featured in many of Ispin’s stories of fighting sea monsters and goblin raiders. Ispin retired from
a season with your family and taught you swordplay, sailing, a language, or another skill. 6 You and Ispin once competed for the same person’s affections, only to discover each other’s friendship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
mountains: from lowly foothills (hill giants), up to the stone of the mountain (stone giants), the snow on the peaks (frost giants), the lava spewing from the peak of a volcano (fire giants), and then
among giant kinds reflecting a cultural or geographical distinction rather than an inherent one. They might live in bands composed of multiple giant kinds or family groups of a single kind. Or giants of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
associated son of Annam: Stronmaus, Annam’s firstborn, is regarded as the progenitor of storm giants, and Grolantor, progenitor of hill giants, is Annam’s youngest son. Thus, the ordning neatly encompasses and
arranges storm giants, cloud giants, fire giants, frost giants, stone giants, and hill giants by connecting them to Stronmaus, Memnor, Surtur, Thrym, Skoraeus, and Grolantor, respectively. That neat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
said to hold a powerful magic item that was used by the ancient Dhakaani goblins against the daelkyr. 3 The party is hired to recruit several hill giants for a building project in western Breland. Step
protect them as they flee back to Breland, pursued by angry Droaamites. 6 A Brelish noble hires the party to retrieve a family heirloom lost in the fort's ruins.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Barrowghast A hill giant who dies with an empty stomach, full of rage and regret, might become suffused with energy from the Negative Plane and rise as a barrowghast. Though it looks like little more
longer hunger for physical food and instead crave life energy drained from living creatures. They often target former family members and allies, but they feast indiscriminately on any creatures they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
ability to quickly grow and temporarily approach the height of goliaths’ gigantic kin. Goliaths have physical characteristics that are reminiscent of the giants in their family lines. For example, some
you hit a target with an attack roll and deal damage to it, you can also deal 1d6 Cold damage to that target and reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.
Hill’s Tumble (Hill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
weak ale. The Fishbowl’s proprietor is the elderly Elthar (neutral good, human commoner), whom most locals call Uncle. High Hill High Hill stands a mile north of Vogler. Centuries ago, Solamnic and
Istarian forces clashed here, and legends claim the spirits of fallen knights haunt the hill and watch over the town. Each year, the Kingfisher Festival’s reenactment of the battle serves as a reminder of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the creatures herein: Extended Family. This chapter introduces death giants, fensirs from the Outer Planes, and the monstrous gargantuas, as well as primordial scions of the giant gods. Magic-Using
Giants. Each of the giants of the ordning has new variants in this chapter. The cloud giant destiny gambler, fire giant forgecaller, frost giant ice shaper, hill giant avalancher, stone giant rockspeaker
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
those who turn to the service of interloper gods. It’s not about religion; it’s a betrayal of family.
—Diancastra
Annam’s Children Adventures d12 Adventure Hook 1 A storm giant prophet claims a
stone giant recluse asks adventurers to help stop a hill giant who has gathered a band of other giants and is plundering nearby giant steadings in Grolantor’s name. 4 A fire giant priest of Hiatea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, including the ability to quickly grow and temporarily approach the height of goliaths’ gigantic kin. Goliaths have physical characteristics that are reminiscent of the giants in their family lines. For
Tumble (Hill Giant). When you hit a Large or smaller creature with an attack roll and deal damage to it, you can give that target the Prone condition.
Stone’s Endurance (Stone Giant). When you take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
woman is Muriel Vinshaw, a wereraven (see appendix D) and friend of the Martikov family (see chapters 5 and 12). A resident of Vallaki, Muriel spies on Baba Lysaga for her fellow wereravens. However
her scarecrows to attack the Wizard of Wines, a winery and vineyard west of Berez. She’s made enemies of the Martikov family, which owns and operates the winery and vineyard. The hag has trapped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Thornhold West of the High Road and hard to the coast near the Mere of Dead Men lies what humans refer to as Thornhold. Once the keep of a petty warlord of the Margaster family of Waterdeep, it was
the hold remained the personal property of the Margaster family. For a brief time a little more than a century ago, Thornhold fell into Zhentarim hands. When the Zhentarim marched through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
carrying you in your infancy (depending on how old you are). Your family drifted from village to village around the region, finding work as laborers where they could. You’ve spent the last few years in
. If that treasure’s there, you’ll find it. View Character Sheet Downloadable PDF Human Paladin Shawn Wood Your family is no stranger to wealth, power, and privilege. In the glory days of Neverwinter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
83–84 Roscoe 85–86 Sam 87–88 Shardon 89–90 Tye 91–92 Ulmo 93–94 Wellby 95–96 Wendel 97–98 Wenner 99–00 Wes Halfling, Family d100 Name 01–02 Appleblossom 03–04 Bigheart 05–06 Brightmoon 07–08
Greenleaf 33–34 High-hill 35–36 Hilltopple 37–38 Hogcollar 39–40 Honeypot 41–42 Jamjar 43–44 Kettlewhistle 45–46 Leagallow 47–48 Littlefoot 49–50 Nimblefingers 51–52 Porridgepot 53–54 Quickstep 55–56
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
in an ancient chamber beneath the sewers or carved into Dusthawk Hill. Rumor holds that eleven red crystals on the wall of the temple grow brighter with every murder committed, gathering power for
, slipping goods into the city along the Chionthar River and over Dusthawk Hill. The seventy-year-old claims to have been attacked by the infamous (and doubtfully real) Ol’ Cholms, a giant snapping turtle