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Hammer. With these tools, he forged the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords.
Armed with the Artifact, the prince brought peace to the dwarf clans, ending grudges and answering slights. The clans became allies
deals an extra 1d8 Force damage, or an extra 2d8 Force damage if the target is a creature of the Giant type. Immediately after hitting or missing, the weapon flies back to your hand.
Blessings of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
emulate them and are recognized by the giants as kin. These goliath giant-kin often act as liaisons between giant clans and other Humanoids.
Though they rarely stand more than 8 feet tall, goliaths can
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
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Chondalwood and a few other isolated forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.
Many ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that landmark with
them at all times. Clan warriors known as nightgliders bond with and ride giant owls as mounts.
Because these folk are clannish and mistrustful of outsiders, ghostwise halfling adventurers are rare
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
’s march of progress.
Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Athletics
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: Choose one of Draconic, Giant, Goblin, or Sylvan
manipulated by people I find attractive.
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I’m not actually all that angry.
Contacts
The members of the Gruul Clans rely on each other even as they vie for territory and glory. Their
Dwarf
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Basic Rules (2014)
mountains they love, weathering the passage of centuries with stoic endurance and little change. They respect the traditions of their clans, tracing their ancestry back to the founding of their most
hunt for vengeance can become a full-blown clan feud.
Clans and Kingdoms
Dwarven kingdoms stretch deep beneath the mountains where the dwarves mine gems and precious metals and forge items of wonder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
their kind fell from glory long ago. However, even divided among secluded clans scattered throughout the world, the giants maintain the customs and traditions of old. “And here is where Angerroth the
barbarian fell against the giant horde. His bones are under that boulder over there.”
— Elder Zelane of Istivin, recounting the Giant Wars
Old as Legend. In remote regions of the world, the last
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Guardian Giant Most of the giants in the Boros Legion come from a single clan, the Skorskal, that has long been at odds with the Gruul Clans. These giants are guards and gatekeepers, well represented
small heads. Guardian Giant
Huge giant, lawful neutral
Armor Class 19 (half plate, shield)
Hit Points 137 (11d12 + 66)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
24(+7)
DEX
17(+3)
CON
22(+6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
smaller clans in recent years, but the leader of the Scabs, a corpulent giant known as Narbulg Nine Fingers, has not gone so far as to challenge the Burning Tree clan. Slizt Clan. The Slizt clan is a
mounts, and the clan’s warriors wade into battle alongside giant boars, other beasts, and even wurms or hydras. Bolrac Clan. The most selective of all the Gruul Clans, the Bolrac clan denies membership
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Frost Giant Gigantic reavers from the freezing lands beyond civilization, frost giants are fierce, hardy warriors that survive on the spoils of their raids and pillaging. They respect only brute
, childrearing, and crafting are given to giants based on their physical strength and hardiness.
Frost Giant
Huge giant, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (patchwork armor)
Hit Points 138 (12d12
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons hate the water. Unfortunately, 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
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An ancient topaz dragon has decided to set local ogre and bandit clans against one another, hoping they wipe each other out.
2
An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Gruul Creatures Many dangerous creatures haunt the rubblebelts and other places the Gruul Clans inhabit. Beasts Gruul territory is full of beasts of all sizes. Herds of giant boars (see the Monster
literally give new life to the ruin of the city. These elementals are intensely destructive, but they last only as long as the magic used to summon them persists. Giants Nearly all the Gruul Clans include
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
clans and other Humanoids. Though they rarely stand more than 8 feet tall, goliaths can hold their own in contests of strength with ogres. Goliath giant-kin can also channel the magic of their giant
Goliath Giant-Kin Goliaths are Humanoids distantly related to giants. Infused with the supernatural essence of their ancestors’ mountainous home, goliaths have the strength and fortitude to garner a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
and stone giants that also live among the Gruul Clans. They are occasionally joined by cyclopes, ettins, fomorians, and ogres. Like the rest of the Gruul, they hate the urban development that encroaches
as clubs. Sunder Shaman
Huge giant, chaotic neutral
Armor Class 20 (stone armor)
Hit Points 138 (12d12 + 60)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
23(+6)
DEX
15(+2)
CON
21(+5)
INT
10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Nivix Cyclops Cyclopes like those described in the Monster Manual are found primarily among the Gruul Clans. They are forces of nature, and even though they have occasionally been recruited into the
monoclons or Nivix cyclopes, after the name of the Izzet guildhall. Nivix Cyclops
Large giant, unaligned
Armor Class 14 (half plate)
Hit Points 115 (10d10 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
24(+7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
starving predators, from wolf packs and giant owls to isolated Humanoid clans struggling to subsist outside the domain’s iron-walled cities. The cruel environment and populace threatened by starvation make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the qualities giants admire — the “giantness,” if you will — in themselves and their clans. A storm giant, for example, might see the raiding practices of hill giants as distasteful but not maug
The Giant Tongue The language that giants share is one of the few remnants from their once-grand empire. Over time it has fragmented into many dialects, and each type has its own distinctive accent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
meditation, transcribing her visions onto stone tablets as she experiences them. Like Urmas, she focuses her efforts on the fate of the different giant communities and clans, sorting through the various
the “dream” of the surface world. Urmas exchanges messages with Stonespeaker Hgraam (see chapter 4), keeping abreast of events as they pertain to the stone giant community in the duergar city of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
or break loose from the clan’s control are quickly hunted down and killed.
Wererat clans are found throughout urban civilization, often dwelling in cellars and catacombs. These creatures are common
in the sewers beneath major cities, viewing those subterranean areas as their hunting grounds. Rats and giant rats are commonly found living among wererats.
Wererat
Medium humanoid (human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Blue Bear scouts and 1 Uthgardt shaman (see appendix C) bearing news from other Blue Bear clans 91–95 1 stone giant carrying a sack of nonmagical, human-sized weapons and armor collected from a distant
Denizens Ten stone giants reside in Deadstone Cleft when the adventurers arrive, including Thane Kayalithica. With the exception of the giant in area 6, who checks on the roc, the giants remain in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that sent their ancestors into flight from Luiren. Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of the hin, found only in the Chondalwood and a few other isolated forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.
Many
ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that landmark with them at all times. Clan warriors known as nightgliders bond with and ride
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
dwarf clans, ending grudges and answering slights. The clans became allies, and they threw back their enemies and enjoyed an era of prosperity. This young dwarf is remembered as the First King. When
of 60 feet. When you hit with a ranged attack using this weapon, it deals an extra 1d8 Force damage, or an extra 2d8 Force damage if the target is a creature of the Giant type. Immediately after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creatures
1 Moved by pity, a giant eagle continues bringing food to an abandoned topaz dragon wyrmling, despite the wyrmling’s attempts to eat the eagle.
2 A pseudodragon who is fanatical
about the kinship of all dragonkind is trying to win a topaz dragon wyrmling’s friendship.
3 A topaz dragon wyrmling has developed a taste for crab meat and persistently hunts a giant crab that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
ruthless and canny ruler who engages in secret meetings with all the city’s councils and clans to keep their members guessing what he’s up to, hands out favors out of the blue, and lets it be known that
keeps all the city’s factions at each other’s throats and out of Horgar’s way. Council of Lairds This advisory body represents the interests of the different clans that have pledged allegiance to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clans, each with its own chieftain and tribal shaman. The chieftains of a particular tribe choose one among them to become the great chief of the tribe, with power comparable to a monarch. The Uthgardt
Northern Means and the Blackford Road. Black Raven warriors often ride giant ravens (use the giant vulture statistics) into battle. The Black Ravens share their spirit mound at Raven Rock with the Gray
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
scattered minotaur clans, the mysterious changeling city known as Lost. But other creatures have long been commingled. The ogres, orcs, trolls, hill giants, goblins, and kobolds of Droaam have never had
elf werewolf named Zaeurl. The Dark Pack bears a deep hatred for followers of the Silver Flame. Gorodan Ashlord. A fire giant exiled from Xen’drik has earned the loyalty of a powerful force of ogres and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
edge, between the vale proper and the northern Ice Spires, and another fed by the lakes on its southern edge. Originally the home of giant clans and ragtag barbarian tribespeople related to the
Uthgardt, Hartsvale was conquered by the hero Hartkiller. He was a giant who had ventured into the lands to the south and learned of their ways. When he came to Hartsvale, he rallied the human tribes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
carrion crawlers, giant beetles, or clans of kobolds. But ultimately these mundane caverns follow the laws of nature. There’s another aspect to Khyber: go deep enough and you find a seemingly endless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. Individual clans and kingdoms of dwarves might revere some, all, or none of these deities, and some have other gods unknown (or known by other names) to outsiders. THE LIFE AND DEATH DOMAINS
Many
nugget Grolantor, hill giant god of war CE War Wooden club Gruumsh, orc god of storms and war CE Tempest, War Unblinking eye Hruggek, bugbear god of violence CE War Morningstar Kurtulmak, kobold god
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
raven’s feet as offerings. At dusk, giant ravens gather to feast on the remains. After devouring the carrion, the giant ravens perch on timber roosts and squawk at one another until nightfall, when they
fly off. Warriors of the Black Raven tribe sometimes ride these giant ravens into battle. Surrounding Raven Rock are four 50-foot-tall menhirs that the Uthgardt shamans use to track the changing of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Roleplaying a Giant Giving a giant a personality trait, an ideal, a bond, and a flaw helps to create a more vibrant NPC. You can also give a character background to a giant. The noble background, for
example, could apply to a cloud giant. Giant Personality Traits d8 Personality Trait 1 The brutality of my peers is a relic of a bygone era that should be stamped out. I seek a more enlightened
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
is home to a nation of highly intelligent but xenophobic yeti, among other things. Nine Moons of En En was a spherical air body—a titanic gas giant. It is said that the primordials used the gases of
multicolored gas. An intense, flickering light emanates from the moon’s core, creating a sort of celestial beacon. Lesk. The largest of the nine moons of En is a dark desert. Here, clans of ssurran (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
submarine. The third crate contains hundreds of trinkets recovered from the sea floor — tribute from various sea elf clans that pledge fealty to the storm giant king. The trinkets include everything
, Mirran and Nym. Mirran is singing, while Nym provides instrumental accompaniment by tapping on the crab’s shell with a pair of whalebone mallets. Mirran and Nym have the statistics of a storm giant, with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. A single Reghed tribe is made up of small clans scattered throughout Icewind Dale, each with its own chieftain. The chieftains choose the most powerful among them to be their king or queen — the one
Reghed tribe, but Bjornhild Solvigsdottir is no ordinary woman. The fearless wife of King Korold, she fought alongside him in many battles. After a frost giant slew Korold, the formidable Bjornhild took
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
mounted on a Skyjek roc*
Sunhome Guard Guardian giant* or veteran
*Appears in this chapter
Warleader Aurelia The angel Aurelia leads the Boros Legion. During the years of her leadership
, spider climb, web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, plant growth, vampiric touch
4th level (3 slots): blight, giant insect, grasping vine
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague
6th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, irksome satyrs, and territorial centaurs. Owlbears also prowl the Far Forest in alarming numbers, while the darkest depths are home to frightful ettercaps and their giant spider pets. Fell Pass Between
it goes and can’t be coaxed into veering off course unless they are magically charmed. Suggested Encounter Three days after the characters arrive in Fireshear, a frost giant greatship with white dragon