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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Living the Giant Life Giants are exceptionally long-lived compared to humans, but none are immortal. A peaceful death from old age is a common occurrence among cloud giants and storm giants and isn’t
. Giants live at a slower pace than humans do. In the space of four heartbeats for a man, a stone giant’s great heart beats just once. Giant mothers stay with their child for longer than human mothers do
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
a living creature specified in the figurine’s description below. If the space where the creature would appear is occupied by other creatures or objects, or if there isn’t enough space for
until 5 days have passed.
Figurine of Wondrous Power (Ebony Fly);Ebony Fly (Rare). This ebony statuette, carved in the likeness of a horsefly, can become a Giant Fly (see the accompanying stat block
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Storm King's Thunder
Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The giant makes two greatsword attacks.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Lightning Strike (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Lightning Strike"}. The giant hurls a magical
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
hold their own in contests of strength with ogres. Goliath giant-kin can also channel the magic of their giant relatives into mighty melee attacks.
Though they are not part of the ordning, goliath
essence of their ancestors’ mountainous home, goliaths have the strength and fortitude to garner a giant’s respect. Communities of goliaths who live in close relationship with giants
Monsters
Heroes of the Borderlands
trespassers and drive them out. Wardens wield weapons and shields fashioned from the husks of giant beetles, snapping turtles, and other mighty creatures. When these tools fail them, they channel the forces of nature to augment their natural attacks with poison saliva.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Dreamwalker’s Charm. An enemy that starts its turn within 30 feet of the giant must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw, provided that the giant isn’t incapacitated. On a failed save, the
creature is charmed by the giant. A creature charmed in this way can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Once it succeeds on the saving
Magic Items
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
60 feet of you, the figurine becomes a living creature in one of two forms (you choose). If there isn’t enough space for the creature where it would appear, the figurine doesn’t become a
creature. The two forms are as follows:
Giant Canary Form. The figurine becomes a giant canary for up to 8 hours and can be ridden as a mount. Once the figurine has become a giant canary, it can
Monsters
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
was creating a spore servant from a dead giant octopus to protect the caves while the leader could not. Unlike a living octopus, this guardian has only basic control over its tentacles. Rather than coiling around intruders to immobilize them, the spore servant simply bludgeons them.
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
manner—perhaps poisoned, stabbed in the back, or killed while sleeping—the slain giant can rise as a frostmourn. Driven by its desire for vengeance, the frostmourn can turn the living into
blizzard, reducing the damage to itself by half. The frostmourn can then magically teleport to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of itself.When a frost giant is murdered in a dishonorable
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
’ property with their keen senses and loud voices. Not only are giant geese from fey stock significantly larger than ordinary geese, but they also have two magical properties that make them even more
valuable: their honk is a powerful defense against intruders, and they can lay eggs with shells of pure gold.
When commanded by its keeper, a giant goose lays a golden egg—a hollow shell of
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
", "rollAction":"Lightning Call", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Storm giant;Storm giants live high above Eldraine in a cloudy
landscape known as Stormkeld. Massive cottages, keeps, and towers dot this magical realm, scattered between expanses of cloudy wilderness marked by tangles of giant beanstalks and raging storms. Various
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
were hill giants who, living in isolation, ate everything within reach until they were forced to subsist on the earth itself. The giants’ elemental nature asserted itself and transformed them into
creatures of living mud.
A mud hulk vaguely resembles its ancestors, but its body consists of wet mud that constantly sloughs off around it, creating thick pools of the stuff everywhere the creature
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
species—including griffon;griffons in Ardenvale, giant owl;giant owls in Vantress, and giant ravens (use the giant vulture stat block) in Locthwain. Some knights also wield powerful magic drawn
.
Knights of Eldraine channel their devotion to the virtues of the realm into magical power that infuses their attacks. Most knights deal extra radiant damage with these attacks, but some knights
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Storm King's Thunder
the spellcasting ability:
1/day each: jump, locate animals or plants, locate object, water breathing, water walkStorvald, a fierce and adventurous frost giant jarl, traveled to the coldest reaches
dragons by holding their eggs hostage. Within a matter of months thereafter, he also freed several gigantic longships from the ice and sent his giant raiders out to attack smaller ships and plunder their
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
apparitions and their ilk, exorcists channel the forces of death to preserve the living, commune with the dead, and drive evil spirits back to their graves. They can also fire versatile bolts of necrotic or
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, druidcraft
3/day each: bless, conjure animals, giant insect, moonbeam, plant growth, spike growth, suggestion
1/day each: conjure fey, mass cure wounds
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Trostani
step magically into one living tree within her reach and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both
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Storm King's Thunder
, and vice versa, yet it can't affect or be affected by anything on the other plane.
Possession (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Possession"}. One humanoid or giant
is the soul of a once-living creature, bound to haunt a location, creature, or object from its life.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollAction":"Crimson Rays", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage at the start of each of its turns.A fire giant whose burning hatred prevents it from moving on to the afterlife rises as a firegaunt
. Spawned from deep rancor, the firegaunt seeks out living creatures to destroy. Like a specter, it doesn’t seek redemption; it just hopes to cause as much destruction as possible before attaining
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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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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
these giants, eventually freeing them from the limitations of flesh.
A lightning hulk is essentially a living bolt of lightning, with the one lasting vestige of its former nature being a vague face
that appears at the head of the bolt as it streams through the air. In rare moments, the hulk coalesces into a bipedal shape resembling a storm giant, but these moments are as fleeting as a lightning
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
has been raised in the caring environment of a crystal dragon’s lair. But they fiercely oppose destructive forces in their home territories, which sometimes leads nearby frost giant;frost
, works on astronomy, and star charts. When it comes to magical treasure, they seek items and spells that predict the future, create or manipulate light, or channel positive energy for healing and
Monsters
Tyranny of Dragons
-undead creature within 10 feet of him that can hear the magical utterance must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of his next turn.
Channel Negative Energy
; the mummy lord can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Each undead creature in the lair can pinpoint the location of each living creature within 120 feet of it until initiative count 20
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
resembles a massive version of its namesake bird, this creature is a unique form of avian insect. Seen up close, it can easily be discerned from any other giant bird by its insectoid maw, its four-clawed
almost any creature. Their preferred attack is a snatch-and-grab that sees a deep crow flying off with a living victim before its companions have any chance of counterattack. Provided the doomed prey
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
turns. The memory web can grapple only one creature at a time.A memory web is a living web that resembles an ordinary web spun by an ettercap, a giant spider, or another oversized arachnid. Memory
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
much as a giant, lifeless rock in space—hence its name.
An asteroid spider has its own gravity plane and air envelope, as well as multiple spinnerets with which it can create web strands. Its
living brain functions like a spelljamming helm, allowing the spider to travel through Wildspace without a ship. It often haunts asteroid belts, lurking among normal asteroids until a spelljamming ship
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Storm King's Thunder
with one foot in the land of the living and the other in the land of the dead. Those who walk the shadowed path between two lands do so because the spirits of the dead compel them. Other Uthgardt fear
require some sort of blood sacrifice, and their effects are usually transformative. For example, some Black Raven shamans know a ritual that allows them to hatch giant ravens from normal raven eggs, and
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
;s volcano, or misguided fire cultists offer sacrifices meant to appease or awaken the volcano, and the awakened cradle defies all their expectations. Like a living volcano, the cradle hurls balls of
, preferably at the head of a fire giant army.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a scion of Surtur is altered by the giant’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Abundant Ore
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
giant;frost giants and white dragons to put aside their mutual enmity to hunt them.
Glittering Hoards
For their treasure hoards, crystal dragons prize diamonds and baubles that refract light
, collections of prophecy, works on astronomy, and star charts. When it comes to magical treasure, they seek items and spells that predict the future, create or manipulate light, or channel positive energy for
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced
adventurers in the hopes of pitting them against fire giant rivals.
Hoarded Histories
Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals. They usually
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
cradle defies all their expectations. Like a living volcano, the cradle hurls balls of magma at intruders, exhales fiery gases, and causes molten stone to erupt from the ground around it.
If the
lava in its mighty hand and schemes to resume its ancient campaigns of conquest, preferably at the head of a fire giant army.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a scion of Surtur is altered by
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced adventurers in the hopes
of pitting them against fire giant rivals.
Hoarded Histories
Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals. They usually know of places
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
magical utterance must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of Valin’s next turn.
Channel Negative Energy (Costs 2 Actions). Valin magically unleashes negative
effects; Valin can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Each undead creature in the lair can pinpoint the location of each living creature within 120 feet of it until initiative count 20
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
6 levels of exhaustion, it dies and instantly transforms into a living manes (see the Monster Manual) under the sibriex’s control. The transformation of the body can be undone only by a wish
parcel out lore only when doing so advances their plans.
Sibriexes can channel the power of the Abyss to create new demons from other creatures. Some demons petition sibriexes for physical gifts, for
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-undead creature within 10 feet of the mummy lord that can hear the magical utterance must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the mummy lord's next turn.
Channel
living creature within 120 feet of it until initiative count 20 on the next round.
Each undead in the lair has advantage on saving throws against effects that turn undead until initiative count 20 on the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon
, their favorite food is giant squid, so these dragons have ample opportunity to complain bitterly about being wet after diving deep into the ocean in search of prey.
Topaz dragons often come into