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blinded condition until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.Cinder hulks are distant descendants of fire giants who isolated themselves from the
world and steeped themselves in the energy of the Elemental Planes. Over the course of centuries, these giants were transformed into Elementals made of smoke and cinders. Half the size of their giant
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likely hunting locations. Theyâre also smart enough to outwit many of the hunters who seek to trap them for their fur, and theyâre fond of disabling any trappersâ snares they find in
their territories.
Frost and cloud giants sometimes befriend giant lynxes and treat them as beloved pets. As long as the lynxesâ intelligence and independence are respected, the creatures are happy to share their divination magic with their giant companions.Cold
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, which sometimes leads nearby frost 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
spirit of their glacier home. Such worship amuses and flatters the dragon, who keeps the hunters safe and leads them to locations where seals are plentiful.
Crystal Dragon Lairs
Crystal dragons
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leads nearby frost 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
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A revenant persuades an adult crystal dragon to help get revenge on the frost giant;frost giants who murdered her.
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An adult crystal dragon teaches astronomy to students of a renowned
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; 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
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Emerald Dragon Lairs
Emerald dragons make their lairs in caves and subterranean ruins, favoring locations that have been abandonedâand ideally forgottenâby other creatures. They are most
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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
for a history of the gods the dragon is compiling.
Emerald Dragon Lairs
Emerald dragons make their lairs in caves and subterranean ruins, favoring locations that have been abandoned&mdash
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Eye of the All-Father The Eye of the All-Father is an underground complex built by giants (see map 4.1), which has survived for tens of thousands of years. The giant lords of Ostoria came here for
divine wisdom and also for refuge. Harshnag is one of only a handful of giants who know about the temple. A few ancient dragons â including Iymrith, Claugiyliamatar, and Klauth â also know of its
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Giant Enclave General Features Locations built, repurposed, or furnished by giants have a grand scale. A giantâs castle contains massive thrones, dining tables that could serve as the foundation for
cloud or storm giants. Giant-sized locations have the following features: Ceilings. Comfortable ceilings for giants must exceed 20 feet at minimum. Most ceilings are 30 feet high, with luxurious or
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underground fortresses where dwarves sheltered against giantsâ attacks. If exploring giant-sized dungeons is the norm, characters are likely prepared for climbing huge stairs and navigating other
A World of Giants Your first decision in building a campaign world around the significant place of giants is whether the giants are flourishing in the present or inhabiting the ruins of their past
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Exotic Locations Lightning rails, airships, and other forms of transportation facilitate travel to exotic locations. Adventures could take you to the colossal ruins left behind by the giants of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, literally towering over the other, younger beings that crowd the world. Yet nowadays most giants live in isolation or in obscure locations, exhibiting none of the collective grandeur and power of their forebears.
Giants: World Shakers If thereâs one thing Iâve learned in my life, itâs that any empire that rises will fall. They all come crashing down.
â Volo
The saga of giantkind began in the dawn of the
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Denizens The Maelstrom Roster table summarizes the locations of the inhabitants when the characters approach and indicates how those creatures react when intruders are detected. Loud noises in one
area of the stronghold can be heard in adjacent areas, even if thereâs water or a door between the locations. Princess Serissa is the supreme authority in Maelstrom during her fatherâs absence. She
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are examples of characters with this mark. Outlander Ranger. Youâre a courier who specializes in dangerous deliveries to exotic locations. Your assignments take you into
, and you love climbing towers and leaping between bridges. You value friendship and freedom. Youâre more interested in having fun and helping your companions than in joining up with some stuffy house.
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journey to these wondrous locations in search of some treasure or powerful magic used by the giants.
The Into the Giant Realms table offers more suggestions for how to bring characters to these realms
Adventure Models Giants serve as adversaries in many D&D adventures, but thatâs not the only possible role for them in your game. This section outlines five broad categories of adventures, including
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Denizens When the characters first arrive, most of Svardborgâs frost giants are out hunting whales aboard Storvaldâs flagship (see âThe Krigvindâ section at the end of this chapter). A few giants
to. The giantsâ lodge has a warning horn on the upper floor (in area 2C). If it is blown, the sound puts all of Svardborg on alert. Some giants remain at their posts and canât be surprised. Others
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, adventures, and entire worlds and campaigns that give giants a properly giant-sized role. The chapter has three parts: âEncountersâ provides tools to help you build encounters involving giants and
the creatures that frequently accompany them. You can use the tables in this section to populate the giant-themed locations in chapter 4 or any other encounter. âAdventuresâ includes adventure hooks and
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killed in the attack lowered the drawbridge and fled into the nearby hills, taking refuge in some caves. Once the village was abandoned, four cloud giants descended from the sky, uprooted the nightstone
âNightstone: General Featuresâ sidebar for information about the settlement. Map 1.1 shows its layout. The sections that follow describe locations on that map. NIGHTSTONE: GENERAL FEATURES
Nightstone
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Star Forge.
âBigby
This chapter, intended for the Dungeon Master, presents giant enclavesâlocations created by giants, controlled by them, or otherwise stemming from giants and their magic. Each
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many as two dozen Humanoids might live alongside the giants. Animal companions, elementals, and even a dragon might also dwell in a giant steading. Any of the locations described in chapter 4 might
Steading Giants live in larger groups when circumstances allow it. Such circumstances might include an abundant food supply, a charismatic or powerful leader who can unite multiple families, or a
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connecting them.
Climbing Walls. The walls of Deadstone Cleft have abundant handholds and are fairly easy to climb, requiring a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check.
Fossilized Stone Giants
Deadstone Cleft In the desolate, fog-shrouded foothills of the Graypeak Mountains is a dead-end canyon with the petrified bodies of stone giants embedded in its hundred-foot-tall gray walls. The
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directing the characters toward one of the three locations described in chapter 2. If any of the characters are affiliated with a faction, such as the Harpers, you can guide them toward Bryn Shander
, Goldenfields, or Triboar by having a representative of that faction give them a quest. With the growing threat of giants in the North, the quest might be as straightforward as protecting the location against a possible giant attack.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
not too difficult to find locations for the strongholds and the events in Against the Giants.
Dragonlance. On Krynn, the alliance of giants could center on the Kharolis Mountains, bringing
in level at the end of each section of the story. Only strong and experienced characters should adventure into these giantsâ areas if the party consists of no more than four characters. The
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frost giants moor their enormous ships.
Ceilings. Unless otherwise noted, ceilings inside the lodges are 40 feet high with 30-foot-high rafters.
Climbing. A creature can scale the icy cliffs of
Reclaiming Svardborg When Annam the All-Father shattered the ordning, Jarl Storvald and his frost giants set sail in an enormous ship called the Krigvind to reclaim Svardborg, a circle of immense
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Denizens Despite its grandeur and immense proportions, the castle is fairly self-contained, and loud sounds in one area can easily be heard in other locations. Any adult giant who yells really loud
can be heard throughout the castle. The Lyn Armaal Roster table summarizes the locations of the inhabitants when the characters approach and indicates how those creatures react when intruders are
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Xenâdrik Map 2.3: Continent of Xenâdrik View Large Version In Xenâdrik, you could⊠Seek to destroy an ancient mystical weapon before it falls into the hands of villains. Battle savage giants in the
Sovereigns bound the fiendish overlords and freed the world from chaos. The mighty giants had fought alongside the Sovereigns, and in gratitude Aureon granted them dominion over the continent of Xenâdrik
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Introduction You are about to embark on a great adventure that pits heroes against giants bent on reshaping the world. Storm Kingâs Thunder is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure for four to six player
characters. You can start the adventure with 1st-level characters or 5th-level characters. Either way, the characters should reach at least 11th level by the adventureâs conclusion. Because giants
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
called on to rescue a friend from the horrific depths of the Abyss or to sail the shining waters of the River Oceanus. They can hoist a tankard with the friendly giants of Ysgard or face the chaos of
Limbo to contact a wizened githzerai sage. Planes of existence define the extremes of strange and often dangerous environments. The most bizarre locations present settings undreamed of in the natural
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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
their caves and wait for enemies to come to them. Once they enter combat, the giants pursue enemies that attempt to flee. The Blue Bear tribe shares Kayalithicaâs belief that civilization is a blight on
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and have abundant handholds and footholds. Climbing them requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check; on a check that fails by 5 or more, the creature slips and falls into the lava. 40a
to fly are suppressed within the chasm.) Unlike other teleport traps in the Obstacle Course, this trap doesnât teleport creatures to other locations. 40d. Magma Mephitsâ Pool Six lava children (see
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Cinder Hulk Cinder hulks are distant descendants of fire giants who isolated themselves from the world and steeped themselves in the energy of the Elemental Planes. Over the course of centuries
, these giants were transformed into Elementals made of smoke and cinders. Half the size of their giant ancestors, cinder hulks maintain the basic physical shape of fire giants, but ash and embers billow
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
tower is staffed by an amnizu commander, a chain devil subcommander, ten bearded devils (each one with a hell hound on the end of a short chain), and two spined devils (see âWatchtower Locationsâ for how
chain devil subcommander can animate them using its Animate Chains ability. Climbing a chain requires a successful DC 16 Strength (Athletics) check.
Map 3.7: Styx Watchtower View Player Version
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To the Forbidden Vale Map: Overland Map shows the locations of Arborean Springs, the wildfires (shown in orange), the Forbidden Vale (area V8), and other key sites in the region. Each area is
terrain, allowing the characters to travel at a Normal or Slow pace. Theyâll have to deal with a wildfire (area V4) before reaching the mountain. Stage 3. Climbing Mount Glathek (area V7) to the vale (area V8) involves a 3-mile journey up the mountainside at a Slow pace.
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Birthplaces and Hometowns Your character might hail from a location steeped in giantsâ history and primordial magic. From ancient ruins to underground caverns to elemental nexuses, this section
provides various locales to tie to your characterâs backstory. Ancient Giant Ruins You grew up amid the ruins of one of the giantsâ civilizations. Perhaps the history of your home settlement is well-known
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Cinder Hulk Cinder hulks are distant descendants of fire giants who isolated themselves from the world and steeped themselves in the energy of the Elemental Planes. Over the course of centuries
, these giants were transformed into Elementals made of smoke and cinders. Half the size of their giant ancestors, cinder hulks maintain the basic physical shape of fire giants, but ash and embers billow
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
severely sloped, creating ice slides. Descending an ice slide is easy; climbing one is another matter. A character needs crampons or other climbing gear to ascend one of these slippery passages. Professor
is in a position where it can view its surroundings. Psychic Hauntings The Caves of Hunger have a way of capturing and holding on to psychic trauma. In certain locations, the text will ask you to check






