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rating 2 or lower
Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower
Four beasts of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lower
Each beast is also considered fey, and it
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Frog, Sea Horse, Baboon, Badger, Bat, Cat, Crab, Deer, Eagle, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hawk, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Octopus, Owl, Quipper, Rat, Raven, Scorpion, Spider, Vulture
Conjure Fey
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You summon a fey creature of challenge rating 6 or lower, or a fey spirit that takes the form of a beast of challenge rating 6 or lower. It appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within
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Frog, Sea Horse, Baboon, Badger, Bat, Cat, Crab, Deer, Eagle, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hawk, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Octopus, Owl, Quipper, Rat
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Boulder"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the giant has no more boulders to throw.Unyielding. In response to failing a saving throw to avoid being moved, having the prone
Multiattack. The giant makes two Thundering Stone Club or Boulder attacks in any combination.
Thundering Stone Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
sometimes leads the giants to a fascination with the Blood War—the endless conflict between demons and devils across the Lower Planes. Such a giant might enter into a pact with a powerful devil
Magic Resistance. The hellion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Soul Taker. A Giant or a Humanoid that is reduced to 0 hit points by the hellion dies, and its
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. After the giant throws the geode, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Exploding Geode"}; on a roll of 4 or lower, the giant has no more geodes to throw.
Prismatic Rays
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Stone Rune. The giant has a stone rune inscribed on a mineral object in its possession. While
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Denizen of the Mist. During its turn, the fog giant ignores the effects of fog cloud spells cast by it or other allied fog giants.
Keen Smell. The giant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
that rely on smell.
Innate Spellcasting. The giant’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the giant has no more rocks to throw.
Magma Wave (Requires Fire Rune). The giant emits a wave of magma from its fire rune in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Fire Rune. The giant has a fire rune inscribed on a medallion or some other object in its
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. After the stalker throws the rock, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Rock"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the stalker has
the antithesis of the artistry that drives the stone giant’s ordning. The Horned King, Baphomet, is an exception. Though he is a merciless hunter, the Prince of Beasts also crafts complex mazes
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
feet of itself casting a spell, the giant tries to interrupt it. If the creature is casting a spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or lower, the spell fails and has no effect. If the creature is
Cloud Rune. The giant has a cloud rune inscribed on a mask in its possession. While holding or wearing the mask bearing the rune, the giant has truesight within a range of 30 feet and can use its
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
hit point maximum is reduced to 0.A storm giant can escape death through a mystical ritual that transforms the giant into a semiconscious storm. However, if the giant performs the ritual in a place
where the barrier between the Material Plane and the Shadowfell is thin, the seeping negative energy drastically alters the ritual’s outcome. The giant’s soul becomes infused with negative
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This golden harp is sculpted in the image of the god Iallanis, depicted as a young cloud giant woman. When a creature comes within 5 feet of the harp, the instrument animates and is capable of
harp resizes to suit you.
Stalwart Song. Whenever you make a Charisma check while attuned to the harp, you can treat a roll of 9 or lower on the die as a 10.
Feast of Plenty. If you spend 10 minutes
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
away from the gargantua, and has the prone condition.
Spell Mimicry (1/Day). Immediately after a creature the gargantua can see casts a spell of 5th level or lower, the gargantua tries to copy the
particular configuration of stars and planets, or at the whim of some malicious god—a gargantua is born to giant parents. Though the child appears like any other of its kind, the creature’s true
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
into a hierarchy based on might and cunning, with higher-ranked spyder-fiends dominating lower ranks. Spyder-fiends of equivalent rank scheme against each other for advancement and eagerly turn against
transforms into a crab, drider, or giant crab, or returns to its true form. Its game statistics, except for its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unless the authorities find and turn over a thief who stole from the dragon.
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A village is beset by swarms of giant spider;giant spiders drawn to the area when a sapphire dragon took up residence
tunnels that eventually lead to the Underdark.
Hoard Caverns. The bulk of the lair, filling most of the lower half of the map, comprises chambers the dragon uses to host guests and visitors. These
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Adventure Hook
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An amethyst dragon seeks a rare type of crystal found in the domain of a territorial stone giant clan.
2
A coven of hags seeks to reclaim its hag eye, which
connect the main caves to the three chambers above. Each chimney appears to continue up through the ceiling of the upper level and down through the floor of the lower level, but the dragon’s
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
An amethyst dragon seeks a rare type of crystal found in the domain of a territorial stone giant clan.
2
A coven of hags seeks to reclaim its hag eye, which rests within an amethyst dragon
down through the floor of the lower level, but the dragon’s magic warps space within the lair. Moving up past the upper level brings a creature to the lower level again, while moving down from
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or
succeed on a DC 26 Wisdom saving throw or expend one of its spell slots of 3rd level or lower and deal 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage to each
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
stole from the dragon.
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A village is beset by swarms of giant spider;giant spiders drawn to the area when a sapphire dragon took up residence nearby. Ridding the village of the spiders means
.
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A group of stone giant;stone giants believes a young sapphire dragon to be an emissary of their god, Skoraeus Stonebones. The dragon considers the notion ridiculous but loves having an audience
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
other dragons, but we are superior beings and should not lower ourselves to direct conflict.
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I have no interest in going to the surface world. It’s where one sends one’s servants
wyrmling with an experimental bent has created a “garden” of gray ooze;gray oozes.
6
An orphaned deep dragon wyrmling is cared for by a giant constrictor snake that is the recipient of a druid’s awaken spell.
Poison, Psychic
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. 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.
Topaz dragons often
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An adult topaz dragon vies with a storm giant over territory. The giant keeps live seafood in a tide pool, and the dragon keeps drying out the pool in an effort to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
made here and there. Map 6.4: Frost Giant Stronghold - Lower Level View Player Version Boulders. Some passageways on this level are blocked by huge boulders (at the places adjacent to boulders that are
cages for giant fire beetles (the latter mostly in the part inhabited by the jarl). Random Encounters On the lower level of the frost giant stronghold, the chance of a random encounter occurs on an
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
and use the ring to lower the temperature in a 120-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you can see within 300 feet of you. The temperature in that area drops 20 degrees per minute, to a minimum of
rumored to possess other properties that can be activated only by an evil being whose will the ring can’t break. Frost giant;Frost Giants have long believed that the ring can be used to
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, where they consider home, and what brought them to her web.
Arasta casts the giant insect spell (spiders only). It lasts until she uses this lair action again or until she dies.
Regional Effects
Arasta’s Web of Hair must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw, or the creature takes 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage and any spell of 6th level or lower on it ends.
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
level or lower, the spell has no effect on the chimera and instead targets the caster.Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: one with its claws, one with its head, and one with its tail. When its
, such as a giant lizard or spider. The chimera gains a climbing speed equal to its walking speed and it can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Diseased Giant Rat (p. 327) Bite: +4 to hit, 4 (1d4 + 2) damage [each was 1 lower].
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
’ scores, whichever is lower. (This increases the teenager’s passive Perception score to 10 as well.) Remove darkvision (unless the teenager is a stone giant) and adjust the teenager’s weapons and armor
as you see fit.
For a young adult giant, use the stat block of a giant lower in the ordning. For example, Storm King’s Thunder includes young cloud giants that use the hill giant stat block with
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Arrival at the Wreck When the characters arrive at the wreck, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: A towering wreck rises from the scorched hellscape. It looks like a giant
sword blade, tilted to a twenty-degree angle and partly buried underground. Much of its exposed hull is rusted and torn asunder. Hot wind screams as it tears through the hollow structure, and six giant
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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
active spell of 5th level or lower that it’s aware of in the lair and ends the spell.
Negative Energy Infusion. Up to two creatures the dragon can see within the lair must each succeed on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Grudd Haug The hill giants’ den is called Grudd Haug, which means “river mound” in Giant. Resembling a beaver dam, it straddles a river. The lower level of the den is lodged between two rocky
outcroppings and made of piled timber packed with clay and mud, with hollow cavities that resemble caves. Above this piled timber foundation is a mud steading (a house made to giant scale) with a log roof
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
How to Lay a Giant Low A force allied with giants — or worse, a force made up of giants — is one of the most fearsome opponents on the battlefield. The giants can rain boulders onto an enemy from a
distance where only skilled archers, heavy siege weapons, or spellcasters can strike back at them. At first blush, it might seem that a potent wizard would make the best giant-killer, but few
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
greatclub. Characters with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score lower than 16 are surprised by the giant as it rises from the pool. Clinging to the 50-foot-high ceiling are ten piercers. As a bonus action
spilling into the canyon. A stone giant bathes in the pool. It has gained the benefits of the Olach Morrah feature (see “The Great Stillness” section earlier in this chapter). If it hears intruders
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
use with characters in the third tier of play (levels 11–16). If you’re creating giant-themed encounters for lower-level characters, you might use more dangerous creatures in the background to
of Play” sidebar for more advice. Giants and Tiers of Play
The giants of the ordning are appropriate threats for characters who have significant experience. When you plan giant encounters, pay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
(3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. After the giant throws the boulder, roll a d6; on a roll of 3 or lower, the giant
Stone Giant of Evil Earth Stone giants with a bent toward cruelty and destruction might reject the gods of the Ordning and turn to the worship of Ogrémoch, the Prince of Evil Earth. These giants view
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Cloud Giant Giant of the Loftiest Heights Habitat: Mountain; Treasure: Arcana Taras Susak Cloud giants use the power of the skies to observe and subtly influence the world. These giants resemble
humans with hair ranging from silver to blue and with skin in cloudlike shades from stark white to twilight hues. Curved canines grow in their upper jaws, extending past their lower lips. In battle, they
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
, pottery shards, and the like. 12. Lower Bone Cave This place has many bones and skulls littering it and serves as the lair of five giant ice toads (see appendix B). These creatures feed on the
. 19. Lower Sleeping Area One frost giant is in the southernmost chamber. 20. Ice Storage Cave This place is full of large and small pieces of frozen meat. Some of the chunks resemble parts of human